Isabelle Delgado

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Isabelle Delgado/The New York Times)

It’s hard to find the perfect coffee in the United States. To me, it’s the classic cup made with an almost endless amount of milk, rich in sugar and, sometimes, bitter.

There is a way to make it taste like a cup that’s right for you.

It involves blending coffee bean to a perfect consistency with an electric blender.

It also involves using two different types of beans. And, yes, it’s expensive — a cup of latte or cappuccino costs about $2.85, according to coffee-reference.com.

But if you want one, here is how to do it with ground ground and extra finely ground coffee, all of it in the world of coffee.

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A simple, economical setup: A blender; two different kinds of coffee beans; two beans that are at different stages of processing; two coffees that have different properties in terms of acidity and flavor.

That’s it. Now I can go anywhere and have a cup of coffee, and it will taste like the one I am used to.

I don’t know about you, but my coffee has always smelled and tasted like vanilla beans. They are too dry — more acidic, in fact. I will never drink a coffee again that smells and tastes so bad.

What I do know is that I love a good cup of coffee.

That’s what it costs.

I’m thinking about buying a nice new one, although I’m considering ordering it online via a site owned by Nestlé — and buying a whole fresh batch instead of a small one, which would just give people a false impression of the quality and experience of the product.

But you could make your own coffee.

If you can find two different kinds of beans, both beans in the same state; two different coffees being processed. Two coffees that, each in its own way, offer more distinct and unique flavors.

And two coffees that are both sold in the same container with a logo on it — and sold for exactly the same price, the same amount of money, in the same stores.

Those would be a good start.

Here’s why it would be worth it.

Isabelle Delgado

Location: Sydney , Australia
Company: Compass Group

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