Coffee Appreciation

You're not meant to drink the grounds at the bottom. Leave it to settle before drinking, then when you tip the cup the sludge stays down. Once you've drunk all of the good stuff you then (traditionally) turn over the cup and the spent grounds are used in some sort of "reading" / fortune telling kind of thing.

Did that! Left it to settle so it was ready for me at the end of my meal. I think it's fair to say it just wasn't my cup of tea.

On a different note, descaled my Gaggia over the weekend and it's now pumping out oodles of crema-packed goodness. Unfortunately it's also blonding a bit. I can see now why so many people get obsessed with this sort of thing...