Its all about COFFEE!!

I have been so busy that blogging kinda took a back seat....I am very excited about how many of you read my last post on marraige and your encouraging responses.

Our family went through a somewhat difficult time recently and you can read about it here.

Today I am sharing a much belated post of a coffee exhibition we went to last month. We saw all kinds of gadgets for coffee making and tasted all kinds of coffee....Thought I share some pictures with you - after all, my blog is christinencoffee :)

This is the first time I saw green coffee beans in Malaysia. Many of these beans are from Africa. This barista was showing us how to make coffee with this cloth filter coffee maker, the Chemex - very expensive but not much different from our parents' old fashion coffee strainer!! However, she was very diligent and her coffee making was an exact science - 23g coffee, specific temperature and brew time!

I am not sure how the smoothies managed to sneak into a coffee show, no fair!

Who knew the humble coffee bean would get so much attention! If you know me, you would know how much I LOVE my coffee. Even then, I think all this is too much. It's not difficult to brew a good cup of coffee...as long as you have good coffee beans. It's the beans that matters! I can't help but to draw an analogy on the way we treat the good news of the Christian faith. We are so guilty of packaging the Christian faith in so many complicated forms that the world cannot "see" Jesus. Jesus is the only reason for our faith. I believe if people could Jesus for who He is, minus all the man made packaging, many people will respond more easily to the gospel. What do you think?

We are so encouraged that Tony's books continue to find appreciative readers. We have received so many encouraging feedback - thank you all!

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