no have a look at d00d post above he has a small icon of you and JBR to the top left corner - how do i put such on?
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Click on reply to the post with a quote already in it, top left of the reply box is a speech bubble, click on this to give a quote of the post.
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Its because its a double quote, its more obvious…every time you quote someone, the wee icon comes up of the person who made the comment. Its more noticeable because D00d quoted two people. When you quoted me, Gumbud, my icon came up in the left bit as well.
many thanks let’s try it now? oh i see now PK!
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ah well I definitely cannot do that atm - I am under newcomer conditions
How do you mean , under newcomer conditions.
Even multi layered quotes.
I’m trying again over a cup of ground quality foreign coffee - the thought of putting milk or cream in it upsets me?
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Who Invented Coffee?
Coffee probably originated in the Middle East in modern-day Yemen.
Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world, with over 400 billion cups served annually. In the United States alone, about 450 million cups of coffee are consumed every day. It is estimated that about 107 million people in the country drink coffee every day. The beverage is brewed from coffee beans obtained from a plant species known as coffee. This plant species is native to tropical Africa, having originated from Sudan and Ethiopia. Today, the coffee plant is cultivated in over 70 countries across the globe with Brazil as the largest producer followed by Vietnam and Colombia. There are two types of coffee: Arabica and Robusta. But who invented coffee and how was it invented?
History Of The Invention Of Coffee
While the coffee plant is native to tropical Africa, specifically Sudan and Ethiopia, drinking coffee as a beverage seems to have originated in Yemen in the 15th century in the Sufi Shrines. It was there that the coffee berries were first roasted and brewed in a way similar to how the drink is prepared today. However, the coffee seeds were exported from East Africa to Yemen via the Somali traders. There are several accounts surrounding who exactly invented coffee. According to one legend, coffee may have been invented by Moroccan Sufi Sheikh al-Shadhili who was traveling across Ethiopia when he observed that certain birds were suddenly full of unusual energy after eating some berries. Upon trying the same berries, the Sheikh also experienced the same level of vitality.
Another legend has it that coffee was discovered by
Sheikh al-Shadhili’s disciple called Omar who was popular for curing the sick through prayers. Omar was once expelled to the desert caves near Ousab without any food. One day, he chewed some strange berries from shrubbery but the berries were too bitter for him. He decided to roast the berries to get rid of the bitterness but they became too hard for him to chew. So, Omar decided to boil the beans, resulting in a brown fragrant drink. When he drank the liquid, he felt reenergized and sustained for several days. The stories of the drink reached Mocha and Omar was allowed back and made a saint.
Another legend credits the ancestors of the Oromo people with the invention of coffee. While living in Ethiopia’s region of Kaffa, these people noticed the energizing effect of the native coffee plant. They would consume the coffee and trek for days without feeling hungry. The Kaldi, a 9th century legendary Ethiopian Sufi goatherd in Ethiopia, is also credited with discovering coffee when he observed his goats got excited after eating beans from a coffee plant.
Origin Of The Name
The name coffee may have resulted from Keffa Zone, the name of the area where coffee berries were first used by herders either in the 6th or 9th century. Keffa Zone is a region in southwestern Ethiopia. The name “coffee” was included in the language in 1582 through the Dutch word “koffie.” The phrase “coffee pot” was introduced in 1705 while “coffee break” was introduced in 1953.
I do hope some more thought goes into your coffee making/drinking now…aimed at a certain type of poster/s who seems to take coffee drinking far too contemptuously… 
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link might be handy… 
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well i for one was brought up as a tea only drinker for most of my life in UK until I left those fair shores for other climes and then slowly introduced myself or was drug induced by others to turn to coffee - amazingly now I hardly ever touch tea at all [maybe i should try it occasionally - oh no blasphemous - get thee behind me…] but am only still a light partaker of coffee black? thanks for that coffee history Dianne very interesting
Oh dear has this thread ‘ground’ to a halt and ready for pouring again?
how does that milk frother work as just looks like a cafetiere love my coffee and swapped putting sugar in now use honey
…and here’s me thinking it was all about the beat…'bout the beat. 
well it sure beats tea!!
Vittoria arabic 100% premium high altitude grown /mountain coffee I bet that’s what they all say heh - but tastes Ok black with sweetners
I have a strange relationship with tea and coffee. A long time ago, I only drank tea and didn’t understand at all how people can drink coffee - it’s bitter, even with sweeteners, milk, creamers and other additivese, it wasn’t enough to make coffee tasty. Then I drank only water, milk or juice - I was too lazy to boil water for coffee or tea 
It’s hard for me now without coffee. I like its taste and it also helps me with headaches. I have some pressure problems, pain pills don’t help, and coffee makes me feel better
yes I think developing a relationship with coffee takes time particularly if you’ve been a tea drinker for years as I was. and in a way they are totally different to each other non-comparable in my book. I wouldn’t like coffee very much without some kind of sweetener but maybe I just haven’t drunk it enough> Good ground coffee is now costing $A 44 /kilo I think before covid etc it was $A22 or thereabouts . At the moment I am trying Robert Timms coffee bags gold colombia style which seem ok if not somewhat weaker? 28 bags for $A 14.00 160 g net omg just converted that to $A84.00 per kilo - I better get away from these bags next time!
As a tea drinker I buy 500gm tins of Nescafe Blend 43 when they are on special at $16 in Coles or Woollies. Currently I have two unopened tins and one opened.
One heaped teaspoon in a mug half water and half milk, 2 minutes in the microwave, produces the perfect mug of coffee!
My kids each have different coffee machines that grind, beat as they sweep and produce a lukewarm cup of coffee in the time it takes to lose interest, I like my drinks to burn my tongue (except my beer)
I have a percolator somewhere but these days it seems impossible for these coffee places to grind it right so the stuff doesn’t fall through the holes so it’s Nescafe all round.
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I actually know the difference between tea and coffee! there is no f in tea 