the best thing about coffee -the smell

people continuously ask me if i drink coffee. i think its a kind of a challenge, implicit in the question are: - are you a health nut (freak!!)/nope, you got something against stimulants(whoose!!!)/nope, are you trying to make a statement(trouble maker!!)/nope again, you've probably never had a good cup of coffee(ignoramus!!)/well, actually i do know a thing or two about the bean, i do drink it occasionally (very rarely impressed) but quite honestly the most use i have for it, is smelling it!

coffee is a great way to clear your nose between cupping and flavouring of tea. its a great way to clean your slate, and "look" at a new tea from a fresh perspective.

rough!

proof that its a no brainer to made a great cup of tea. here is news clip i picked up


Mississippi woman alert, coherent after being shot in the head
Thursday, April 16, 2009 By CHERIE WARDStaff Reporter
PASCAGOULA — A rural woman shocked deputies when they found her alert and coherent after being shot in the head at close range by her husband.

She even made a cup of tea, according to one of the deputies.

"There's no way she should be alive," Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said. "The bullet completely passed straight through her brain. It entered at the middle of her forehead and exited from the back of her head. She should be dead. It's one of the most unreal, bizarre things I've ever seen."

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Huevos Haminados - brown tea eggs!

Awesome! Pesach (Passover)is upon us. i have many fond memories of writhing in discomfort on the side of a road after gourging myself at passover seder. my wife standing over me gently proding me with a toe to see if i was still alive or if she should carry on walking home. good times! so i present here a recipe for a sefardic classic Huevos Haminados - tea eggs!! traditionaly prepared as part of the passover seders ritual meal in the homes of Jews deriving from Spain before it turned pear shaped.
tea. eggs. passover. matzah! im excited already
list of cooking stuff
1. eggs however many you like
2. onion peels
3. salt
4. oil
5. water
6. black tea

method
put the salt, eggs, glug of oil, onion peels and tea into a casserole dish with water. make sure there is sufficient water in it to cover the eggs. put into an oven and leave overnight on a low temperature.
the tea will colour the eggs through the shell, you can even lightly crack the shells when they are mostly cooked to make some patterning. the eggs themselves will have a rich and creamy texture.