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<hr>Nescafe with room temp water is for pansies. When we used to go far back into the bosque looking for figured mahogany logs we used to eat a spoonful of the stuff followed by a teaspoon of sugar as a chaser.<hr></blockquote>
Pansy! :-) I usually tried to at least put enough water in it to semi dissolve the stuff.
Maybe we should start another thread on "you're really a Mexile when you... eat dry Nescafé, etc."
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<hr>I'm just stunned that anyone still drinks Nescafe....and in Mexico yet!
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The Mexicans do.
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rj_1
longford, the Nescafe I bought yesterday is the same stuff you buy in Mexico. On the label it says, "100% hecho en Mexico" distributed by Nestle, U.S.A...Glendale, CA.
paty, I used to go through all that mess making "real" coffee, but found I have too much to do in the mornings to waste all that time in Mexico. Sure it tastes better, but Nescafe Clasico gets the job done in a hurry and I can get my day going without having to worry with the messy coffee grounds at the end of the day. I have too many interesting people to meet and too many places to go to spend my time making coffee. I don't have a housekeeper who makes it for me. I guess that's the problem.
When in Mexico, the best way to learn about the country is to live like the Mexicans. Although I have to admit it took me several years to discover why they like Nescafe, and now it's no big deal. Except for when I can't get it in the States. I always have a 200 g jar with me on trips to the jungle or to Houston.
John
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patywolf
What clean up? i take a little paper filter and throw in the trash can. My grounds are in the filter and in one quick toss clean up over. I enjoy Mexico with good coffee and no hay well then a coke.
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rj_1
paty, you are right about having a coke for breakfast. It's a fine touch to breakfast I learned in Mexico, too.
John
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paty, you are right about the coke in the glass bottles tasting better, but the Classic Coke in the red can is good, too. Or in a plastic bag with a straw if you are in a hurry. You know, in Mexico they can teach you how to live well on just about any level.
John
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akirakhan
no matter where I go: Latin America, Middle East, Southeast Asia, India, Turkey... Nescafe and Lipton rear their ugly heads... with the most awesome coffee in Laos, Costa Rica, etc. people are still conditioned to drink that mass produced chemical shit... I hope it has something in it to stunt fertility.
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John, I remember when rollyb posted one of his great features of Doña Marta's (or is it Martha?) cooking and someone took issue with the food she'd prepared, or the way she prepared it . . . claiming it wasn't the real Mexico - real Mexicans it was said didn't eat that or cook that way. I got a good laugh out of that, because it seems that so many people (foreigners) have a Hollywood-ish view of Mexico and what it and Mexicans are . . . and if what they see (even in Mexico) doesn't fit that image, it isn't the real Mexico. Mexicans clearly have a choice as to what coffee they drink, and, as we're discussing here . . . many crave Nescafe, and that craving is part of the real Mexico - no matter the protests of some foreigners.
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