The Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve

Gran Hermano · 26-01-2014 9:09pm #1

Just started on BBC 2 at 8 pm.
(Sorry about the short notice!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03sr67n

JPA · 26-01-2014 11:10pm

Was it any good?

Gran Hermano · 27-01-2014 2:22pm

I recorded it but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I believe it is repeated tonight.
I'm guessing it focuses on the quantity side as opposed to the quality side of coffee.

all the questions · 27-01-2014 5:41pm

It was a bit of a depressing programme, very much focused on the negative impact that Coffee production has had on Vietnam, but a good watch.

P. Breathnach · 28-01-2014 10:24am

To a large extent, coffee production was a hook on which to hang a moderately interesting programme about how Vietnam has fared since the war there.

You don't need to have a particular interest in coffee to watch it, nor does having an interest make it much more (or less) interesting.

gucci · 28-01-2014 3:22pm

P. Breathnach wrote: »

To a large extent, coffee production was a hook on which to hang a moderately interesting programme about how Vietnam has fared since the war there.

You don't need to have a particular interest in coffee to watch it, nor does having an interest make it much more (or less) interesting.

Yeah thats more or less everything covered in one post!

It will be interesting to see how that Vietnamese billionaires coffee business fares if he goes forth with his plan to take on multi nationals in service side of the industry.

It was also quite funny to see the vast difference in quality control (which type of berries they picked) in the first farm he visited and the second farm he visitied. Pretty much the quality control problem summed up in 2 minutes!

P. Breathnach · 28-01-2014 5:42pm

I forgot to mention the coffee-and-egg drink; that was interesting in a weird way.

gucci · 30-01-2014 11:27am

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I forgot to mention the coffee-and-egg drink; that was interesting in a weird way.

Indeed...might be a weekend project!? How much sugar do you reckon he put in that egg white?

P. Breathnach · 30-01-2014 12:32pm

gucci wrote: »

Indeed...might be a weekend project!? How much sugar do you reckon he put in that egg white?

I think it was a lot. Didn't Reeve say it was like a dessert? It sure looked like one.

gucci · 30-01-2014 1:15pm

coffeee soufleé (or however you spell it!)
http://www.legalnomads.com/2013/01/vietnamese-egg-coffee-recipe.html

Condensed milk eh.......this sounds like a meal in itself!

P. Breathnach · 31-01-2014 1:34pm

gucci wrote: »

coffeee soufleé (or however you spell it!)
http://www.legalnomads.com/2013/01/vietnamese-egg-coffee-recipe.html

Condensed milk eh.......this sounds like a meal in itself!

If you don't report back, I'll assume the worst.

The Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve

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