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Subject: Re: Re: Tea  (salt and coffee) - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 22-Apr-84 17:19:11 EST
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cbneb!jdd    Apr 22 16:53:00 1984

The reason for salt to coffee is that the bitterness in coffee is caused by
its acidity.  A little salt added to each pot DURING brewing mellows the
flavor.  This is, of course, because salt is a base added to an acid which
hopefully brings the final brew toward the pH of water.

(Don't get too heavy with the salt however!)

Navy ships use one pot a month made with sea-water to clean the pot out.
The rest of the time it still tastes like bilge-water late at night...

John Daleske
Advanced Programming Resources @ AT&T Bell Laboratories
Columbus, OHIO