So, sourdough bread the first was a limited success. Good flavour, good texture and crumb, sadly it looked a bit like a large risen pancake. Hmmm, I think I may need to reconsider doing the secondary rise in a loaf tin, or possibly keeping the dough drier ( Read more... )

Iced coffee was disgusting. Bitter, slightly gritty and just wrong tasting. As if someone had brewed coffee in a percolator and let it sit overnight after too much heating ( Read more... )

I am experimenting with iced coffee recipes. Currently I'm trying one that has involved leaving ground coffee in a jug of cold water for 12 hours. Being impatient I tested it this evening, at approximately 8 hours. It is not the cup of delicious tasty coffee liquid that I was promised. It was more weak, slightly bitter and odd tasting ( Read more... )