SL28ave Senior Member Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 769 Location: Rockville, MD Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Fri Apr 4, 2008, 2:49am Subject: OffLine get together - Crabs and Coffee?
The first, and maybe the last, Crabs and Coffee Luv Fest is long overdue.
I love crabs and coffee. But, I've never had them at the same meal. May be an awkward pairing, so that's why this may be the last CCLF. Is anyone interested in having a crab and coffee meal somewhere in Maryland? Sometime before September. Crabs are expensive and increasingly rare, so whoever attends may need to provide their own. My buddies and I will try to catch our own, which we can meet up for, too. I can provide coffee for about a dozen people, but the more coffees brought by more people, the merrier.
Jay Caragay, of Spro coffee, had the interesting idea of steaming crabs *in* coffee.
The_Mighty_Bean Senior Member Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 458 Location: Bowie, MD Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Fri Apr 4, 2008, 5:56am Subject: Re: OffLine get together - Crabs and Coffee?
Yes! Yes! Yes!
~the Over-excited bean
(I would suggest perhaps steaming the crabs with a healthy splash of coffee-flavored stout, in a nod to MD tradition of tipping half a bottle of beer into the pot. Also, the coffee pairing needs to not destroy the ultra-light sweetness of crabs and clarified butter. Maybe a lighter, fruity coffee with a nice "pop" to it and a clean finish. A Kenya? or a Yirg? Crabs go well with light lager- which has a breadlike flavor, so if the chosen coffee has notes of toast/grain/mild earthiness, that could also be nice.)
gscace Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2001 Posts: 237 Location: Laytonsville, MD USA Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Mon Apr 7, 2008, 7:20am Subject: Re: OffLine get together - Crabs and Coffee?
Sure. Peter, you're gonna have to move here first.
SL28ave Senior Member Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 769 Location: Rockville, MD Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Tue Apr 8, 2008, 2:03am Subject: Re: OffLine get together - Crabs and Coffee?
The_Mighty_Bean Said:
(I would suggest perhaps steaming the crabs with a healthy splash of coffee-flavored stout, in a nod to MD tradition of tipping half a bottle of beer into the pot.
Do we make that kind of stout ourselves or buy it at the store? We should steam the crabs a few different ways, for comparison. Some with just water. Some with coffee. Some with coffee stout. Some with plain beer.
The_Mighty_Bean Said:
Also, the coffee pairing needs to not destroy the ultra-light sweetness of crabs and clarified butter. Maybe a lighter, fruity coffee with a nice "pop" to it and a clean finish. A Kenya? or a Yirg? Crabs go well with light lager- which has a breadlike flavor, so if the chosen coffee has notes of toast/grain/mild earthiness, that could also be nice.)
Kenyans may be a bit too intense, but we should try it anyways. Yirgacheffe, Brazilian and Colombian are three others that I think could be complementary. I had a buttery Salvadoran that I'll try to bring, and maybe a mellow Sumatran. People should bring whatever they want though.
gscace Said:
Sure. Peter, you're gonna have to move here first.
Awesome. And I suppose you're right. I'm in transition from Boston, halfway in spirit to my MD hometown, so on the Jersey Turnpike if I go South or China if I go North. But will be in MD soon enough.
The_Mighty_Bean Senior Member Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 458 Location: Bowie, MD Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Mon Jun 2, 2008, 9:53am Subject: Re: OffLine get together - Crabs and Coffee?
SL28ave Said:
Do we make that kind of stout ourselves or buy it at the store? We should steam the crabs a few different ways, for comparison. Some with just water. Some with coffee. Some with coffee stout. Some with plain beer.
I say we probably should leave the beer brewing to the experts. As fond as I am of my red plastic Mr. Beer, I'd rather we use a well-crafted commercial stout like this one, and play around with the coffees and crab-steaming marinades.
Of course, if a BeerGeek wants to bring along some home brew, I won't complain.
SL28ave Said:
Kenyans may be a bit too intense, but we should try it anyways. Yirgacheffe, Brazilian and Colombian are three others that I think could be complementary. I had a buttery Salvadoran that I'll try to bring, and maybe a mellow Sumatran. People should bring whatever they want though.... will be in MD soon enough.
SL28ave Senior Member Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 769 Location: Rockville, MD Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Mon Jun 2, 2008, 10:25am Subject: Re: OffLine get together - Crabs and Coffee?
The_Mighty_Bean Said:
I say we probably should leave the beer brewing to the experts. As fond as I am of my red plastic Mr. Beer, I'd rather we use a well-crafted commercial stout like this one, and play around with the coffees and crab-steaming marinades.
So are we going to do this sometime in July? August?
The_Mighty_Bean Senior Member Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 458 Location: Bowie, MD Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Wed Jun 4, 2008, 10:19am Subject: Re: OffLine get together - Crabs and Coffee?
Either mid-late July or August is good for me, I have no problem waiting for anything new and promising from Terroir, but I don't want to plan it for when others will be traveling. Speaking of others, who else is interested in this, and any ideas for organizing it?
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