Kopi Dunia

Grand re-opening

After a year of silence, this blog will re-open on 12 July 2009.

Home made Nescafé Frappe

Looking for blog posts about Nescafe, here's an interesting view on Nescafé: Instant Coffee, anyone? is a post by Chrissy, who apparently got hooked on Nescafe while living in Greece for a while. In her post she promotes the delights of Nescafe served in a...hmmm..."new" way:

When I used to live in Greece, all the coffee houses used NesCafe for all their hot & cold drinks; when made right, these coffees will beat anything Starbucks can put out in a New York minute!

So if you want to test my theory, just pull out your shaker or your hand mixer, use 1-1/4 tsp. of NesCafe in a tall glass with abt. an inch of milk in the bottom [and as much sugar as you need] and blend it until you get a thick, creamy froth. Then slowly pour your cold water [and more milk if you need it] without wrecking the foam and possibly add a few ice cubes.

It's summer, it's hot, and I think I'm gonna try this :-)

Nescafé Partners Blend - a fair trade product

Nescafé Fair Trade - is it really possible? Well, I am not about to answer that question in my post this morning, but I am glad to see that fair trade Nescafé coffee has finally found its way to Norway. In fact, it tis so new that the Norwegian label on the back is a simple white sticker put on top of the original label. If you're well-versed in Norwegian you can read more at Nescafé Norway.

Nescafe Gold - Blend of the Year 2008

A new Nescafe appeared in my local store earlier this year: Nescafe Gold - Blend of the year 2008. IT's just the good old Nescafe Gold in a new packaging, I thought, but when I tasted it it, it was remarkably different from the usual Nescafe Gold. According to the Nescafe Norway website it is indeed a unique blend of Arabica coffee beans from Kenya, Etiopia and Central America, giving it a fruity and fresh taste...Hm, not sure about that, but is it a good Nescafe? Yes, most definitely!

Time for a new taste?

This blog is dedicated to Nescafe, and that's what I mostly drink, but every now and then I get to taste something different. While being away from this blog I visited a friend in the US, in Denver and he had the most delicious coffee, branded "Ridgeline". Craft-roasted, real coffee, it said. I must agree, very pleasant to my palate.

I had to do some research to find out where he had gotten it from, because I could not find it in stores. Turns out it must be from Food Service Denver, a major supplier to restaurant and institutional operators. Well, my friend works in a restaurant, so no wonder he had taken some samples home. Maybe that's where he gets all this coffee from? I think I need to find a job in a Nescafe plant, so I can have samples too :-)Doing more research on this company,  I realized they also operate Food Service Albuquerque and Food Service Phoenix, which means they cover pretty much of the Southwest and the Rockies.

And they have another coffee brand I have never heard of, "Trescerro". Sounds Italian enough :-) I'll ask my friend to send me some samples of that too, since he already deals with that company.  I doubt that it will cure my cravings for Nescafe, but I'll never know until I try.