[pct-l] Coffee and food

[Tortoise]

I'm not sure how high altitude and thus lower boiling temps will affect 
brewing coffee. General recommendation seems to be temp just below boiling 
point of water at sea level so the higher you get the more likely you are 
to have inadequate brewing if you value really good fresh brewed coffee.

My solution is to take Starbucks' Via Instant Coffee.  I trade some quality 
for the convenience.

You choice.

Tortoise

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
President John F Kennedy,  1962

All content is copyrighted. Reproduction or use elsewhere is is expressly prohibited without the express permission of the author. Use within the PCT-list is permitted.


On 2012.01.07 14:34, shelly skye wrote:
> I don't know about anyone else but above 7 or 8,000 feet I had a hell of a
> time getting my tea to steep. This puzzled me until I figured out that
> water boils at a lower temp at high altitude and I can only guess that the
> temp is not hot enough to make my tea get as strong as I like it. Thus I go
> with coffee in the high country. Having said that, I have never had a
> chemistry (or food) course so I have no idea if my thinking is correct.
> It's just my answer to the question. Anybody got any facts to support or
> contradict this thinking?
>