-Coffee Series-

I attended the 1st coffee series in 1Borneo's Starbucks Coffee last Tuesday. ( yeah super late entry ) .The purpose of the 'seminar' is pretty cool. The coffee master ( yes there is such a thing ) :P taught us all about coffee. The history of coffee, history of Starbucks, the type of coffee beans from different regions and of cuz how to actually make really good coffee and experience the taste of it.

Let's see what i've learned :-

I've learned that coffee grows between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. This area is also known as the Coffee Belt. It consists of Latin America, Africa/Arabia, Asia/Pacific and the Multi Region & Dark Roast Blends.

We have tasted 5 different types of coffee for the night. They are known as House Blend ( me fave ), Kenya, Sulawesi, Arabica and Robusta. I'm a noobie in all of these so they smell like one another. The bitterness was too much to bear and i almost choked on some of em'. xD. Hey it was pure DARK COFFFEE, no sugar or milk added, alright? Again i emphasize me = noob. :P

There are 4 steps to experience the taste of coffee :

1. Smell : Besides igniting the sense of smell, u can determine if the coffee's 'super' roasted, nutty,sweet, fruity or earthy ( yes it is possible, though i did not sense that ). You smell it by covering half of the cup's surface with your palm, leaving the small gap at the side of your cup, you smell the coffee with your nose :)
2. Slurp : Next, you slurp your coffee so that the coffee has a whole pathway around your tongue. This helps to sense the presence of an after taste. Believe me.. some can linger longer in your tongue that the others - and i dun mean the burning sensation of a hot cup of coffee ;)
   
3. Locate the experience in tongue : After you smell and slurp the coffee, you can determine where the sensation will linger. Some lingers at the front of your tongue, while other coffees on the side of your tongue. Therefore, you can determine if it's 'sweet' or 'sour' in a way. Coffee can be acidic, did you know? :)
4. With all these information, you can now identify the characteristics of your coffee.

That's pretty much the gist of the 1st series. can't wait for the next one.... :D

~the reasons~

after much thinking, i have finally decide to start...ME BLOGGGG..

so my first post is gonna be about the reasons....
*deng deng deng... wait.. reasons for what? O_o*

The reason why i did not start to blog:
1. i dun have a decent camera like 'someone' does so don't expect good pictures from me~
2. i have nothing to write about -- ... yeah.. bloggers have their blocks too, don't u deny that
3. i'm a boring person -- i tend to do things on the safe side ~

The reason why i'm starting my blog now:
1. i'm gonna take pictures with my handphone camera and show it to the world for all i care~
2. i'm gonna make things happen now so i'll have stuffs to write about~
3. i'm not a boring person anymore.... :)

~Gonna make changes... for the better.... one step at a time~