The Wine, The Coffee, The Chocolate…

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Have you noticed that wine, coffee and chocolate all have similar, distinctive, flavor characteristics?

All three are influenced by the age of the crop, the ground they are grown in, elevation, weather, water, insects, etc. All can have a great crop year followed by a bad crop year.

Whether you are coffee, chocolate or wine tasting, you will rely on your eyes, nose, taste buds and hearing the story behind the harvest you are tasting.

Experts pair wine with chocolate, and chocolate with wine. They pair coffee with chocolate, chocolate with cheese, cheese with wine. Food is paired with coffee, chocolate and wine. Why? Because it enhances the taste (which is a selling point).

Below are some flavor wheels I’ve collected over the years that are used to describe coffee, chocolate and wine. See the similarities? (Click on the image to enlarge.)

We aren’t just a market, we are Rustic Country Market Living.

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THE RELENTLESS REDECORATOR

Communication Matters

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Rustic Country Market wants you to know that we will NEVER use artificial intelligence (AI) to produce our communications. That means we are committed to spend our time writing our own, human, material for you to read.

The End.

Now back to my coffee…

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Inspiring Home Life ♥️,

THE RELENTLESS REDECORATOR

10 Things About Coffee

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Retirement is one great big giant coffee break.

–Author Unknown

  1. One espresso has 2 calories.
  2. The word ‘coffee’ is pronounced almost the same in every language around the world.
  3. After water, coffee is the second most widely-consumed beverage in the world. (Tea is a close third.)
  4. When you drink coffee, your brain shrinks a little, which is why some advise drinking coffee if you have a headache.
  5. When making an espresso, 65% of the caffeine is extracted from the beans, whereas the French-press method of making coffee extracts 98% of the caffeine.
  6. There are two hundred flavors components present in raw (green) coffee beans, but roasted beans have over two thousand present.
  7. The first steam-pressured espresso machine was invented by a Frenchman in 1901.
  8. In Italy, 80% of the coffee consumed is espresso while the other 20% are milk-based coffee drinks like cappucino. Outside of Italy, those numbers are reversed.
  9. The espresso-pod of coffee was invented in 1973 by Illy coffee.
  10. 52% of all coffee imported into Italy comes through Trieste, whose harbor is almost entirely dedicated to coffee importation.

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Inspiring Home Life ♥️,

THE RELENTLESS REDECORATOR

Decor you can buy…

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I signed up as an affiliate marketer for a few companies that reflect my kind of Relentless Decorating.

What does Affiliate Marketing mean?

It means I get a small commission if you buy using my link or code at the checkout. This helps me pay for my website without pop up ads!

Signature Homestyles

I started selling Signature Homestyles, and a couple other “home party plan” products lines, the early part of 2006. I still have and use their products today. Out of all I sold, Signature Homestyles is the only company that is still in business, so I decided to sign up for their Shopify Collabs program so I could share some of their products on Rustic Country Market Living.

Signature Homestyles offers my followers $10 off a minimum $50 purchase. (Limited to one use per customer.)

Coupon Code at Checkout: RUSTICCOUNTRYMARKET

How cute is this cow?!

I will occasionally feature items on my Rustic Country Market Living facebook page. Let me know if you buy something you love!

Inspiring Home Life,

The Relentless Redecorator