SpillthebeansW56: My coffee when the electricity is not in our favor. ☕🌎
Greetings friends, today I'm going to answer option number 2 in the Spillthebeans challenge.
Debatable Prompt: In a dystopian future, electricity has been made illegal. How do you prepare and enjoy your coffee in this changed world?
I have to confess that the #spillthebeans theme of the week was very funny to me because even though electricity is not illegal in our country, making coffee without using electric coffee makers has been part of our daily lives since ancient times. So that changed world is already part of my present in terms of not depending on electricity to prepare my traditional coffee. 😄
Our ancestors lived in the countryside where electricity was not even known, because of that lifestyle to the natural it became a tradition to prepare coffee in stone or clay stoves using wood to cook this exquisite drink. And it was strained using the typical cloth or canvas strainer, which is completely manual.
Later the gas stove would be used until today, which is the one that we commonly use either using the traditional cloth strainer or the coffee pot that is placed on the stove and automatically prepares the coffee.
A few years ago in Venezuela we had several days in a row without electricity, which was a pretty rough experience but it was not inconvenient for Venezuelans to prepare our morning coffee and be able to pass that bitter time.
So if in that dystopian future electricity became illegal, I would surely prepare my coffee in my greca coffee maker on the gas stove. But since gas is also becoming scarce, if I didn't have gas I would place two stones with firewood and there I would heat the water to prepare my morning or afternoon cinnamon coffee, I would never be stranded without coffee because I didn't have electricity.
"Coffee is the engine that moves the world for us." 😊
I hope you can continue to enjoy delicious coffee even if electricity is not in our favor. A big hug 🤗☕
This is my entry in the weekly #spillthebeans challenge, join in and tell us a funny story with one of the suggested prompts, more info here.
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The content is my authorship, the images are my own and the digital editing has been done by me. The original text has been written in Spanish and translated using www.DeepL.com
I agree, electricity is not some part of the world back then.
You have prepared your coffee well, well served too. Nice one.
Thanks for stopping by @lizizoo
The truth is that I, like you, would not be afraid of a future without electricity for coffee, since as you mention, for Venezuelans, preparing it with a strainer, over firewood or something similar would not be a problem, Venezuelans are resilient, and with these blackouts we all hope to prepare ourselves for another general blackout, of course we do not want it, it would surely be a mess to charge the cell phone or take care of the food in the refrigerator, but coffee would not be missing.
Hello @actioncats , of course we have been resilient, but regarding the preparation of coffee without electricity, that is a legacy of our ancestors that has been passed down from generation to generation. In reality, in our country, very few people use electric coffee makers. Thanks for stopping by 🤗☕
It is nice to take a break or stop from the routine and visit places, in this case they took the opportunity to have a delicious coffee in a place they had not visited despite being close and it was a pleasant surprise.
I like that you have options for improvisation. It would be really painful if lack of electricity would hinder people from taking their daily coffee. I like the method you shared but I feel it would be a bit more tedious
Hello @wongi , I like using the Greca coffee maker and I find it practical, in reality it is not tedious. I think that for a coffee every effort is worth 😂
This is a beautiful way to look at it. Because after all the effort, a cup of delicious coffee would be served.😄
So many ways to make coffee, I'm sure electricity won't be an issue. The cloth strainer and boiling water on a gas stove reminds me a lot of my childhood/teenage. I currently love my electric coffee maker but the good thing is that there are always other ways to prepare our coffee. 😏😍
I also use the electric coffee maker to save gas 😃 but I keep the cloth strainer and the greca coffee maker, the latter seems super practical to me 🤗☕
I usually make coffee the traditional way, without electricity, but the way you prepared it is very good, I have also tried it that way. Excellent publication.
I love my Greca or mocha coffee maker. Thanks for stopping by @elromeo
Nice tone to your story, and I like the logical reasoning for solutions if this situation ever arises 👍
I hope it doesn't happen to you, I have three infallible instruments activated: cloth strainer, greca and electric coffee maker. 😄 Coffee should never be missing @millycf1976 😊
I'm a huge fan of coffee brewed with moka pots. The one in the picture strongly resembles the Bellemain Stovetop Espresso Maker Moka Pot (Silver).
There's something uniquely satisfying about the rich, robust flavor that a moka pot extracts, combining the intensity of espresso with the convenience and simplicity of traditional brewing methods. The Bellemain version stands out with its sleek, silver design that not only looks elegant in the kitchen but also enhances the overall coffee-making experience. It's not just about the caffeine hit; it's about appreciating the ritual—the sound of bubbling, the unmistakable aroma, and the first sip that makes all the difference.