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The Real Price of Gourmet Coffee

Gourmet coffee consumers rarely consider the cost of their daily coffee in terms of the expense to brew premium whole bean coffee at home with prices of a pound of gourmet coffee beans versus a two or three cup a day ($4.50 to $6.00) coffee drinking habit when purchased at premium coffee houses.

Gourmet Coffee drinkers have become accustomed to paying $2 or more per cup for fresh brewed coffees at Premium coffee houses and many sources are predicting those prices may increase to as much as $4 per cup soon due to expected increases in green coffee prices. But smart gourmet coffee consumers have long known that premium coffee brewed at home costs just 12 cents or so per cup, depending on preferences for coffee strength.

Prices of premium gourmet coffee beans range between $10 and $18 per pound, making a cup of home-brewed gourmet coffee, made fresh to your liking, cost only between .10 cents and .25 cents per cup or between $1.00 and $2.00 per pot of coffee! Even the rarest and most expensive coffee sold, the exotic Kopi Luwak, at $175 per pound, is still less than $1.75 per 6 ounce cup when brewed at home! So if you have expensive tastes and want a 12 ounce mug of the rarest and most expensive coffee on the planet, you still need only pay what some premium coffee houses charge for a latte ($3.50) for that rare privilege.

When consumers learn that they can purchase gourmet whole bean coffee for between $10 to $18 per pound, then fresh grind and brew at home for significantly less than gourmet coffee companies charge, many see home brewing premium gourmet coffee as luxurious treat. Purchasing a thermos or a large travel mug to take coffee with them from home makes drinking rich, fresh roasted coffee a possibility for about one-seventh the cost of buying that coffee from expensive and crowded coffee shops.

You can enjoy great gourmet coffee more and pay less for the privilege by starting with whole beans and grinding them yourself with a $20 coffee grinder. Make only what you can drink or carry with you in a nice thermos or travel mug instead of reheating coffee later. Use good tasting water and keep your brewing equipment clean to prevent the rancid bitterness that can come from previous grounds in crevices.

You can brew at home with fine gourmet coffee beans, fresh ground and brewed in a French press coffee maker, carry a fancy thermos of great coffee to work or school and enjoy the best coffee available for far less money than you would spend at crowded and expensive premium coffee house.

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Chili Roast Salmon Salad

I was always jealous of people who got to eat green things, although I can see now that that is madness and not good for any child. When I think food for Paddy’s Day I think of Irish food. Irish food? I think of Beef Stew, Liver & Onions, Steak & Onions, Peas, Stewed Apple, Black Pudding, White Pudding even more so, Pork Sausages, Peppered Pork Chops, Crubeens, Pig Cheeks, Bacon and Cabbage, Lamb, Soda Bread, Smoked Salmon, Fried Potatoes, Spiced Beef, Boiled Ham, Apple Tart, Rhubarb… so many things. Rustic comforting food, all made with great produce.

In recent years I think of my childhood favourites and the new ones from the fantastic producers all over Ireland, the wonderful cheeses and sausages, the smokeries and their salmon and eels. A personal favourite is Frank Hederman’s salmon. He smokes and does all kinds of wonderful things with wild salmon. I’ve never tasted better. What better way to celebrate our national day, than with a green white and gold salad, which has some of his salmon and potatoes? So, that’s what I did.

I toyed with the dressing and it’s not perfect but it worked well, I may add some white wine vinegar also next time to cut through the fat in the cheese. Use a light white wine, as a stronger one dominates. Use any roast salmon in this, although I will say Frank’s is pretty special if you can get it. This recipe is a guide, use your eye and alter to taste.


Roast Chilli Smoked Salmon & Potato Salad with Cream Cheese Dressing

Ingredients (for one)

Salad:

1 large potato, cooked, cooled and diced finely
2 spring onions, sliced
Fresh parsley, chopped, approx 1 tbsp
As much of the smoked salmon as you like, I used the same as the potato, half and half, flaked

Dressing:

1 tbsp cream cheese
2 tbsp light white wine
1/2 tsp grain mustard

Seasoning: salt & pepper

Method:

It’s pretty simple really. Prepare your dressing by mixing your ingredients. A mini whisk is very useful or whisk with a fork. After mixing all your salad ingredients, drizzle the dressing on top, and gobble it up.

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