[Leica] How to make coffee

[topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan)]

John,

What fun! Now with a bit of global warming, you should be fine.

Best wishes,

Charlie

Charlie Chan
Cheltenham, UK
On 31 Aug 2009, at 21:41, John Beeching wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Something rather unusual to share with you and perhaps raise a  
> smile.  I'm
> afraid they are not like my usual work, they are not shot with a  
> Leica, not
> on film, in colour and not very good photographs; but you can't have  
> it
> all.  My day job is concerned with tropical crops and coincidentally  
> our
> house came with a tropical conservatory.  Amongst the plants growing  
> in it
> was a coffee plant, which this year flowered and produced berries.   
> Apart
> from the flowers, which I missed, I have documented the the process  
> from
> plant to cup - one cup was all I got.  My wife, who is Colombian and  
> hence
> should know about these things, admitted that it did indeed taste of
> coffee!  However, unusually she prefers tea!
>
> http://johnbeeching.com/coffee/album/index.html
>
> Yours,
>
> John
>
> P.S.  If you ever come round for a meal please don't ask for an  
> after dinner
> coffee, the process just takes too long!
>
> -- 
> John Beeching
> http://johnbeeching.com/
>
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