Coffee Flavored Breakfast Cereal

Musrum writes "Hubbards, the New Zealand based makers of fine breakfast cereals, have launched 'Cafe au Lait', which they describe as "light coffee flavored flakes". This is great, just the thing for Xmas morning, wonderful coffee flavour, not too sweet. What took them so long? The packaging meets all known requirements for political correctness. Brain Health Warning: Do NOT read the enclosed 'Clipboard' newsletter unless you are inured against extreme examples of twee-ness."

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Ingredients - In case of Slashdotting

[darkstar949]

Cafe au Lait
An innovative new cereal to combine your morning coffee with breakfast. Light aromatic coffee flavoured wheat flakes combined with crisp rice flakes and yoghurt-coated cornflakes.

Servings per Pack: 17 Serving Size: 30g
Avg. Qty per Serve Avg. Qty per 100g

Energy 465kJ 1550kJ
110kcal 367kcal
Protein 3.4g 11.3g
Fat - Total 0.9g 3g
- Saturated 0.3g 1g
Carbohydrate 19.6g 65.3g
- Sugars 5.6g 18.7g
Sodium 93mg 310mg

Ingredients
Coffee Flavoured Wheat Flakes (77%) [Wheat, Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Coffee Flavour, Salt, Emulsifier (471)], Rice Flakes [Rice, Wheat Flour, Wheat Germ, Wheat, Barley Malt Extract, Sugar, Salt, Flavour, Emulsifier (471), Natural Colour (Carotene)], Yoghurt-Coated Cornflakes [Cornflakes, Yoghurt Powder, Skim Milk Powder, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin)]. May Contain Traces of Peanut and Other Nuts.

Allergens:
Wheat Gluten Soy Dairy Peanuts Nuts

Re:and how to brew that ultimate cup of coffee

[hirschma]

Anyone that would consider Yuban or Folgers as the ingredients for an ultimte cup of coffee has yet to have a good brew :) Now, I could go on about how you need to spend huge dollars getting the best beans and gear, and sound like the idiots that buy Monster Cable. However, it isn't about what you spend; you just need to be careful about your selections. For the same price as a what you find in most folks' kitchens, you can truly experience amazing coffee.

To get the ultimate cup, start with some good beans. Here's an outfit that has good prices and pretty decent beans. You'll see that good coffee doesn't have to be expensive - the Costa Rican varietals are excellent and $5.99/pound. You can also get great coffees at Trader Joe's if there's one near you, or even order pretty decent beans from Dunkin' Donuts.

Both Porto Rico and Trader Joe's offer Kona and Jamaican Blue Mountain that is 100% - none of this crap of adding 2% to crap coffee and calling it what it is not. It is up to individual taste whether it is worth the money for rare coffees - I like them, but I like the more pedestrian beans, too. And they cost about the same as a can of Yuban or Folgers.

Now, notice that I said BEANS. Coffee that is ground goes stale in hours. Don't let anyone tell you different. Don't use beans, don't drink good coffee.

Next, you need a good grinder. The king of home grinders is the Jericho - nearly impossible to find online or off, and they cost up to $200 (couldn't even find picture online). I have one, and it is the greatest present I ever got. However, a decent burr grinder, like this one, can be had for as little as $30, and is the easiest, best way to grind your coffee - just set it, hit the button, and come back 15 seconds later. It'll do the job, even if it won't last as long as the Jericho (mine has been purring away, twice a day, for 7 years, just like new).

A good drip maker can make good coffee, but the best way is to use the vacuum method. Vacuum pots are typically expensive, hard to clean, and difficult to use - like the Cona, the best. However, Bodum has a line of automatic pots that are a snap all the way around. The Mini Santos is about $60, and it makes terrific coffee at the push of a button - add grounds, water, done. They look kind of cool, too, in an old iMac kind of way.

I guarantee that if you make a modest investment in time and money, you'll be having coffee that any snob would be very happy to drink.

Jonathan