Thursday, February 3, 2011

From the Coffee Files


Why did 19th-century local residents laboriously roast and grind their coffee beans at home?

I've done at least the first part, and it's a LOT of work for kind of grainy, lumpy coffee.

But it was common practice in late 19th-century Ypsi, and the reason for all that work might surprise you.

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