Things I did today

I admit, I am a big fan of James Hoffmann, ever since YouTube showed me his Dalgona Coffee video in April of 2020. A few years ago, he decided to do a World's Largest Coffee Tasting. He worked with Cometeer Coffee to get 17,000 tasting kits - and sold out in less than 3 hours. While the tasting was a success, he knew if he were to do something similar, he'd have to go bigger. So, he decided to do a Decaf Tasting  on December 15th. He purchased ~16 tonnes (not to be confused with tons) of one coffee from one coffee grower, and split the lot into 4. There are three ways to decaffeinate coffee, so one batch was held back as a control batch, and the other three went to different decaffeination plants. He contacted roasters all around the world to see if they were interested in taking part in this tasting and would roast the green coffee beans and send them out to people buying the tasting kits. 23 roasters in the US agreed, and within a week, all of them were sold out. Lucky for m...

I watched a YouTube video of Asian chefs reviewing different instant ramen noodle packets. Being your normal US Ramen consumer, I was surprised to see that there were so many different ways to create the ramen noodles and seasoning. Most of my instant ramen experiences were of Maruchan Ramen Noodle Soup, with my favorite flavor being Roast Chicken . I've had Nissin Top Ramen, but preferred Maruchan. I decided to try out some of the chefs' favorites. Buldak Spicy Chicken Carbonara, Buldak Spicy Chicken, Sapporo Ichiban Chicken and NongShim Shin Black. Buldak Spicy Chicken Carbonara - South Korea 4.5/5 Excellent. It has a great flavor, and a fair amount of spice. There are two packets that go into the package with the noodles. A dry powder that is the carbonara seasoning, and a sauce that is spicy. I admit, I only added about a third of the spicy sauce, as I wanted to be able to taste the flavor of the seasoning and judge the quality of the noodles. The noodles themselves are thi...