COMMENTARY, Aug 22 — I was on vacation in South Korea earlier this year when I hankered for some coffee.So while Jeju has its fair share of cafés, many of them offering specialty coffee so you can get anything from a flat white to a filter brew here easily, we weren’t about to head out when it’s pouring.We searched high and low, but couldn’t locate anything that looked like a coffee pod or its corresponding machine.
Next, pour hot water slowly over the coffee grounds, allowing the resultant liquid to drip into the cup below. That’s it! Names of coffee-producing countries with flavour profiles to match: the Colombia Jairo Murillro promises bright juicy grapes and syrupy sweet plums; the Ethiopia Guji G1 a more familiar floral scent and the fresh acidity of berries and floral scent.Here’s a little confession: I have never had a good experience with coffee inside hotel rooms, especially the fancy coffee pod machines. In fact, I’d go as far as to say the instant coffee sachets would satisfy where coffee pod machines do not.
He adds,"Coffee drip bags produce a brew that is better tasting than instant coffees, yet at the same time you don’t have to invest in a lot of gadgets such as digital scales, goose-neck kettles or even hand-held grinders. But you still enjoy the ‘craft’ and fun of hand pouring.”