A Cup a Day, Brings Joy to the Day!

Coffee is the best thing ever created. Its the only good thing that the americans ever did for anyone. I know Bush would disagree but yes I know...coffee is the only good thing.

I ran out of my regular 'Aik Cheongs', those 2 in 1 types where you just drop the sachet into your mug and pour hot water into it and wallah!..you coffee is ready maam. So this time, instead of my uncle AC coffee, I decided to give the old infamous hero 'Kopi Hang Tuah' a go. It was a tough decision, between the blue pack or the green..in the end, I went for the green. I dont know why, maybe because my mama used to drink the green pack. But those days, HT used to be just the coffee powder but even they know its time to progress and have a 2 in 1 version.

To add the thrill of drinking my HT coffee, I took my mom's golden teapot..hold on, not a teapot, its a....hmm...'mini kettle'. Dropped two sachets of HT and poured the water in and wallah! coffee for two that you can share with your love one. Not bad this infamous Hang Tuah, maybe the aroma is not as seductive as uncle AK but, the taste was smoother. hmm...yummy, especially when you accompany it with chocolate brown fudge brownie cookies heated for 10 to 12 seconds!

Talking about coffee, did you know that you can actually taste coffee using the same process as wine tasting. Using a french press you pour the coffee and water in and let it brew for about 4 minutes. And then you pour it in a cup, swirl it and place the cup near your nose and enhale. Smell the aroma, taste the flavour through your senses. If your nose if functioning as it should, you could even smell the berries or other mixtures in the coffee. Delicious! Then you take a sip and do the gargle (not like when you are using listerning ok) and let the coffee swirl in your mouth. Then you swallow and enjoy the after taste. This is when you can taste the body of the coffee. Whether its mild, bold or medium bold. To add more fun, eat a small piece of chocolate cake or mousse and wash it down with coffee. hmm...then you will experience a new taste to it. Some may even taste minty!

Ahh.. coffee, the drinks of gods in heaven. heheh..too much may not be good for you but minimum doses can keep your heart beating a few more years. Plus, when you sip that first sip, it eliminates any annoying noise coming from those so called need to be incinerated homosapiens.

A cup a day, brings joy to the day!

XOXO Longkang Cat