One of the darling equipment in the kitchen is the Coffee Maker. There are many brands, designs and colors of this equipment. The first coffee-making equipment I used was a Coffee Percolator. Obviously, it is a bit out of fashion, unless you are going camping and must use a stove-top version of it. Although the principle is the same for both the "percolator" and the "maker", the latter is more efficient than the other in terms of how much drink it extracts out of a given quantity of coffee.
The goal of this talk is not to compare the percolator with the coffee maker. Actually, they both will work for the point I want to enthusiastically present-the versatility of the Coffee Maker. That it is called a Coffee-Maker is the brainchild of the original inventors, because coffee is a universal drink. It is the drink of those who need the highest degree of alertness. Coffee, despite its known stimulant capacity, is perfectly legal. (No, I will not suggest any illegal brew) But their intention cannot limit my own imagination, once I have purchased the equipment and gotten it to my kitchen.
I have used a lot of coffee, both as a student and a worker. Unfortunately, I now have to drastically limit my coffee intake because I have hypertension. I still keep coffee samples of differing potencies in my cabinet, but I hardly use the regular coffee, sometimes use the decaffeinated, and would prefer not to use any. Caffeine makes high blood pressure worse. Can you then imagine why I might want to discard my Coffee Maker? Definitely I will not. I have a lot of other herbs I could use the same gadget to brew, and with excellent results too. You are aware of all the herbs that would rather reduce your blood pressure rather than increase it, and are equally aromatic and tasteful. Here is my list:
1. Spearmint
2. Peppermint
3. Ginger
4. Lemon Grass
5. Aloe
Excellent brews of these herbs and many others could be obtained using the Coffee-Maker. I am sure the list goes on and on. A word of caution or two though. Not all herbs lend themselves to this type of extraction, and all the above are better brewed coffee-style when they are properly dried up. Sun-drying is preferred, but when not attainable, oven-drying will work well also
You can obtain a variety of tastes, and you can also brew these herbs alone or in measured combinations. I am experimenting with cayenne at present, and intend to extend the list as time goes on, and as I succeed in getting another brew. I will also put some emphasis on the health benefits of each brew, apart from the taste. These are plants that contain little or no caffeine, but are of immense health benefits in different aspects of our biochemistry. A few of them are available as tea bags, but won't you rather brew something from your garden?
I think we should take advantage of what our little Coffee-Maker can do, and it will help us adapt to what drinks as we dream them up as substitutes.
The goal of this talk is not to compare the percolator with the coffee maker. Actually, they both will work for the point I want to enthusiastically present-the versatility of the Coffee Maker. That it is called a Coffee-Maker is the brainchild of the original inventors, because coffee is a universal drink. It is the drink of those who need the highest degree of alertness. Coffee, despite its known stimulant capacity, is perfectly legal. (No, I will not suggest any illegal brew) But their intention cannot limit my own imagination, once I have purchased the equipment and gotten it to my kitchen.
1. Spearmint
2. Peppermint
3. Ginger
4. Lemon Grass
5. Aloe
Excellent brews of these herbs and many others could be obtained using the Coffee-Maker. I am sure the list goes on and on. A word of caution or two though. Not all herbs lend themselves to this type of extraction, and all the above are better brewed coffee-style when they are properly dried up. Sun-drying is preferred, but when not attainable, oven-drying will work well also
You can obtain a variety of tastes, and you can also brew these herbs alone or in measured combinations. I am experimenting with cayenne at present, and intend to extend the list as time goes on, and as I succeed in getting another brew. I will also put some emphasis on the health benefits of each brew, apart from the taste. These are plants that contain little or no caffeine, but are of immense health benefits in different aspects of our biochemistry. A few of them are available as tea bags, but won't you rather brew something from your garden?
I think we should take advantage of what our little Coffee-Maker can do, and it will help us adapt to what drinks as we dream them up as substitutes.
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