Month: June 2006

Some disadvantages of VoIP

There are some disadvantages too in going for a VoIP phone. You may have to register your address for location identification to be able to make 911 calls. The service may stop working during power outages. Further, Voip services may not always offer white page listings.

However, these are minor inconveniences. The advantages are many more. In fact, it will not be wrong to say that the balance is tilted in favor of VoIP phones. It is only a question of time before VoIP home phones will replace landline phones altogether.

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Cuban espresso with aluminium stove-top

The other type of Cuban expresso coffee recipes utilizes the aluminum stove-top espresso makers. These sort of look like steel tea kettles and are available at Latin, European, or specialty markets and coffee shops. To make the espresso in one of these pressurized contraptions, add water to it up to the brass safety valve in the bottom chamber. Place the filter basket, or funnel piece, in the bottom chamber. Add enough ground to coffee to make it level to the brim, if not rounded in the center. Seal the upper chamber with the lower chamber. Then heat over low to medium heat. It s done when you the coffee starts to make bubbling sounds in the top chamber. Take the coffee maker off the stove.

Whatever Cuban expresso coffee recipes you use, try adding a big teaspoon of sugar to your serving. Or boil milk for a moment and add it for caf con leche. However you have your Cuban espresso, it s as close to Cuba as you can get without breaking the embargo!

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