On 8/27/07, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hotel Saravana Bhavan
I'm partial to Airlines myself. But only in the mornings.
On 8/27/07, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/
I wish all the baristas in the cafes in the US educated themselves at
least minimally from this site. It might not be a gourmet coffee
drinker's definitions, but surely
I remember when I was a kid, which is also when many of you were kids, the
'espresso' we'd get out of machines in India would be this terrible, milky
contraption. And I remember a scene at a Barista around the time when it
opened when someone ordered an espresso and was most upset that there was
On 8/27/07, Amit Varma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I remember when I was a kid, which is also when many of you were kids, the
'espresso' we'd get out of machines in India would be this terrible, milky
contraption.
Were these those red and gold/silver machines with a prominent spout
on one side?
Were these those red and gold/silver machines with a prominent spout
on one side? I remember seeing them at movie theaters, many moons ago,
but cannot recall the brand/trade names of those machines.
Can't remember brand name, but I do remember the spout. Suitably phallic,
given the horrid
On 8/27/07, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/27/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you reckon is the best coffee chain in Bangalore/India. Or
Hotel Saravana Bhavan might not be as hep, cool, or rocking as the
coffee shops mentiond in this thread. However, if the
Yup. But that should be no surprise, no?
C
On 27/08/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/27/07, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/27/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you reckon is the best coffee chain in Bangalore/India. Or
Hotel Saravana Bhavan
Biju Chacko wrote:
I'm up for lunch in the Indiranagar/Airport Rd Area.
Count me in for lunch. Wednesdays, though, are out...
Vh
Biju Chacko wrote:
I have to admit there isn't much to beat a good South Indian filter
coffee. This may get me excommunicated but I also think that, in
general, you get better coffee in Madras than Bangalore.
I agree with the former statement. But Kalmane coffee's Bluegrass by
the cup
Charles Haynes wrote:
So Venky, this is a throw down. Where do you think you can get a good
espresso in Bangalore. I'll meet you there.
That's Venki, not Venky. And I think that the best espresso is probably
at your place and I will meet you there before you become a
non-resident. :-)
My
Amit Varma wrote:
Were these those red and gold/silver machines with a prominent spout
on one side? I remember seeing them at movie theaters, many moons ago,
but cannot recall the brand/trade names of those machines.
Can't remember brand name, but I do remember the spout. Suitably phallic,
On 8/27/07, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's Venki, not Venky.
y the y ?
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-- Vinayak
Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree with the former statement. But Kalmane coffee's Bluegrass by
the cup rocks... Their Nelyani is just Bluegrass with Elaichi powder.
But please avoid the outlet in Innovative multiplex.
Oxford Bookshop in Madras (haddows road) has a surprisingly
Cups Saucer has weird furniture. Much too small. Or, well, I'm much too
big.
Talking of coffee shops in Madras, I'll vouch for Amethyst. They brew good
stuff there.
C
On 27/08/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree with the
On 8/27/07, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While on the subject of coffee, I thought I'd share this wonderful
method of making iced coffee.
It's a very smooth and non-bitter brew. Quite different from the hot
brewed stuff.
I believe that I can make Mysooru coffee that tastes a lot better than any of
the coffees illustrated in that link and does not have an unpronounceable
foreign name.
shiv
On Monday 27 Aug 2007 10:48 am, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/
On 8/27/07, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Charles Haynes wrote:
So Venky, this is a throw down. Where do you think you can get a good
espresso in Bangalore. I'll meet you there.
That's Venki, not Venky. And I think that the best espresso is probably
at your place and I will
Charles Haynes wrote:
Oops! Sorry. At my place is only my super-automatic. The cappucino I
make is actually at work when I can convince the helpers not to
helpfully pre-grind a hopper full of coffee. I've finally got the
So I guess I will have to meet you officially... ;)
tweakish like add a
shiv sastry wrote:
I believe that I can make Mysooru coffee that tastes a lot better than any of
the coffees illustrated in that link and does not have an unpronounceable
foreign name.
A good filter coffee is hard to come by these days... Have you tried any
of the fresh roasted and ground
On Monday 27 Aug 2007 7:49 pm, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
A good filter coffee is hard to come by these days... Have you tried any
of the fresh roasted and ground coffees from Kalmane?
I currently use Kalmane's Mysore nuggets which is delivered home when I call
and ask.
shiv
On 8/26/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you reckon is the best coffee chain in Bangalore/India. Or
perhaps even the best stand alone coffee bar in Bangalore?
Those street corner kaapi kadai, of course!
Thaths
--
Homer: He has all the money in the world, but there's one thing
shiv sastry wrote:
I currently use Kalmane's Mysore nuggets which is delivered home when I
call
and ask.
Nice choice... Very good coffee...
I have a quick question for the hive mind.
I have just tasted two brands of salt, salt being NaCl.
One is made by concentrating and crystallizing salt water under vacuum
(hence a faster process) and one is made the traditional way
(sunshine/firewood under a pan and hence a slower process). Now
On 8/27/07, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote:
Talking of coffee shops in Madras, I'll vouch for Amethyst. They brew good
stuff there.
C
there is also this idli-dosa joint in raja annamalai puram (its part
of some bigger chainforgot the name), they make very good
kumbakonam degree
On 8/27/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/27/07, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/27/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you reckon is the best coffee chain in Bangalore/India. Or
Hotel Saravana Bhavan might not be as hep, cool, or rocking as the
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:40:50AM +0530, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote:
I grew up in the hills, where I used to harvest coffee beans from our
home garden and help out in getting them dried, roasted and brewed.
Now that was exciting, but I am not sure if it ever could be termed
gourmet coffee.
Gautam John [27/08/07 22:56 +0530]:
My explanation is that the former has a smaller crystalline structure
(because of the method of crystallization) while the latter has a
bigger crystal lattice and hence this affects the rate of solubility,
it being higher in the former.
Crystal shape is
On Tuesday 28 Aug 2007 12:40 am, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote:
Chicory laden south Indian coffee
Not all South Indian coffee is chicory laden.
The effect achieved by one's just like another chain outlets is to kill
variation in favor of promoting brand names that taste like mud. Like someone
On 8/27/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One is made by concentrating and crystallizing salt water under vacuum
(hence a faster process) and one is made the traditional way
(sunshine/firewood under a pan and hence a slower process). Now when I
tasted two salts (applied to a moderately
On 8/28/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/28/07, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Salt is salt. Fuck you.
Exactly why I find this difference all the more curious. The salts are
near identical in terms of particle size, purity and NaCl content.
More seriously. If you
On 8/28/07, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chicory laden south Indian coffee is not gourmet coffee by a long
shot. Too sweet and too milky, I mostly swore off that stuff a long
while ago. It was probably as good as it got for me when all I had for
I think we've already established
On 8/28/07, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Salt is salt. Fuck you.
Exactly why I find this difference all the more curious. The salts are
near identical in terms of particle size, purity and NaCl content.
More seriously. If you are really curious do a double blind or ABX test.
This
Apparently they're serious.
The great tax heist: Patil appeals to Prez
DH News Service, Bangalore:
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council H K Patil has
urged President Pratibha Patil to take the opinion of the Supreme
Court on whether Artificially Created Light Energy (ACLE) can
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