Crema

“Coffee – the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson

Coffee has become an obsession with many people, a community get-together for many others.

There is a legend that it was discovered by a goat herder in Ethiopia (National Coffee Association USA/History of Coffee) who saw increased energy from his goats after chewing the berries from a tree. The bean moved east through the Arabian peninsula and eventually to the established European kingdoms and the New World.

Brazil is the world’s biggest coffee producer and, according to a quiz question I got wrong in today’s The West Australian, second is Vietnam.

You may want to read: https://www.ncausa.org/about-coffee/history-of-coffee and https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/history-coffee-facts-discovery-use-drink-social-revolution/

Following is a personal voyage through my oft-weekly cafe stops in Perth, Australia. This will be added to as days follow.

OK, it’s been five years but my new wife, Annie McCarthy, and I were on our way to NSW’s Central Coast when we followed internet star ratings to the Gosford Ground in Gosford.

Above left is a pit stop we spent ages finding. It was worth it. The host, working alone, was genial and helpful. The coffee was generous and very good. We both had a panini at the host’s recommendation. Filled with salami and other bits that I won’t bother mentioning because people think they’re good for you and I’m not here to promote that.

I have no skilful discernment of what is excellent coffee just as I do not have the necessary skills to be a wine connoisseur. However, I know what I like and I follow several rules which remain unspoken aloud for fear of offence in our precious world. Safe to say I can tell a bad one. I most often order Almond Cappuccino, usually favouring Milk Lab