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Coffee with Ginger anyone?

by Nick (Coffee Detective)
(Montreal)

I found this sign at Heathrow airport in England. The words tell me about coffee...but the picture shows a root of ginger. I kept looking at the sign, thinking I must be missing something, but I couldn't find any explanation for showing ginger on the poster. Unless, of course, those crazy English actually do add ginger to their coffee. Which I don't think is the case.

That said, a quick search on Google reveals that coffee with ginger is popular in the Middle East. I didn't know that.

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Jan 19, 2010
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it is common here
by: terREItory

i live in Semarang,central Java of Indonesia, and here in Indonesia adding coffee with ginger is something common just like pouring milk and honey in to it.

Oct 29, 2009
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yes coffee with ginger
by: Anonymous

At times regular coffee would give me heartburn, so I decided to add some powdered ginger to it. I am now able to drink the coffee and I really like the spicy taste too.

Aug 21, 2009
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coffee pic
by: Cindy

the ginger on the package looks like a little dog hehehe.

Editor's Note: That's what we figured. Maybe we are missing something that only the locals understand!

Jul 19, 2009
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Ginger in their coffee?
by: Ellen

Hi Nick,
I'm not sure why they show the ginger in their ad poster, but I don't think Pret, the company advertising, does put ginger in their coffees. However, although I haven't been to the many Pret shops in the UK, I have been to all of them in NYC.

I think they mean well and offer organic, rainforest alliance coffee, etc., their coffee to my taste is always over roasted. It's not as bad as that other famous chain that seems determined to burn all of their coffee beans, but this company only seems to offer darker roasts, perhaps not exactly burnt, but pretty close to it.

I've noticed that a number of the "gourmet" type chains in NYC do the same. Have they not heard that some of us prefer a milder or medium roast, maybe what they call a City Roast, especially for breakfast? I think they somehow believe the darker roasts are more "gourmet" than the lighter roasts.

Ellen

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