morning coffee with simple cheese (a thoughful sunday post)

Part of post rewards I give out to 'Cinnamon Cup Coffee' and 'Fungi Lovers' - two of my fave communities. But there's much more Hive can suggest! Please support your fave 'spots', let them flourish instead of become dull and dusty. And of course, engage with others; dont only milk up and on and on.

Dunno, why I had a lyrical prologue to my post like this... Maybe I am a bit late, and this was supposed to be my #thoughtful-sunday-post? hehe, anyway. Relax and enjoy the photos and story below. It won't be too long! Below is a fresh #streetphoto from yesterday.

Russian authorities gave their citizens an unforgettable spring season of 2022, hell yeah. However, the human psyche tends to compensate negative stuff with a positive stuff, looking for it or faking it, if theres none. Damn! again, my blog tends to turn in the wrong direction again (I am so drawn to write a #thoughtfulpost!). Ok, just look at these cheerful faces. Actually there are no occasions for any rejoice, if one will care to think about it, but they do smile, and harvest some simple pleasures.

However, there might be a pack of cigarettes in their pockets, and the hand is holding a cup of hot coffee, and a friend’s hand has an iPhone, making a cool photo for Instagram (by the way, the Russian authorities have banned #Instagram in Russia for what is often called in social media “a hate speech”: inciting a hatred against Russians). But the main thing, of course, is that coffee continues to please us, even when nothing else can do that.

Российские власти подарили своим гражданам незабываемую весну, о да. Впрочем, человеческой психике свойственно компенсировать негатив позитивом, выискивая его или придумывая, если нет. Тьфу ты! Опять не туда (меня так тянет написать мыслебогатый пост!). В общем, посмотрите на эти весёлые лица. Радоваться-то им, если подумать, в общем нечего.

Однако есть в кармане пачка сигарет, а рука сжимает стаканчик с горячим кофе, а рядом рука друга протягивает айфон, делая клевую фоточку для инстаграма (кстати, Российские власти забанили инста на территории России за то, что в западных социальных медиа называется "хейт спич" - разжигание ненависти в отношении России). Но главное, конечно, то что кофе нас продолжает радовать, даже когда не радует больше уже ничего.

And now I am finally coming to my actual blog, hehe. My today's coffee was all the same as always. I brew it altogether with sugar and spices,

I still have a small supply of unrefined cane sugar of a wonderful amber brown color.

For coffee I prefer to use the cane sugar, which has this beautiful honey-amber tint (this is more due to an aesthetics rather than a question of taste). I have left a small supply of this precious stuff. It is not produced in Russia, it is an imported product, which is 3-4 times more expensive than regular white sugar made from beets. Most likely, the Russians now have to say "Goodbye, we will miss you!" to this product!

В кофе я предпочитаю добавлять тростниковый сахар, он медово-янтарного цвета... (вопрос скорее эстетический, нежели вкусовой). У меня остался небольшой запас; В России он не производится, это импорт и он в 3-4 раза дороже, чем обычный белый сахар, производимый из свеклы. Скорее всего, россиянам придется сказать ему "прощай! мы будем тебя помнить..."

My jezzwa's volume is suitable for making 4 cups of coffee. For this volume I use a proportion of 4 spoons of sugar / 7-8 spoons of grinded coffee. For coffee beans, I provide a fine grind (but not the finest, which makes it "a powder").

The spices asset included all the same ingredients as usual:

Cardamom (facultative), cinnamon (a must),

ginger (this one is really a must! you can brew the coffee with a ginger extra only: it will provide it more "focused and sharp" taste, I don't know if I can say that the tonic properties of coffee with ginger are higher than coffee without it? I don’t know for sure, and don’t want to check ))))