Tuesday, September 20, 2011

X-MINI : HELLO KITTY Capsule Speaker : Special Edition

X-mini® presents HELLO KITTY Capsule Speaker®   

Special Edition

 The world’s most famous feline joins forces with the world’s smallest boombox to produce the special edition X-mini Hello Kitty Capsule Speaker that not only looks irresistible but offers quality sound anytime, anywhere. 

A must-have collector's item has arrived!
   So, here it is, unboxing my

X-mini® HELLO KITTY Capsule Speaker®  









Well, it's pretty ovbious that I'm a big fan of Hello Kitty and this lovely and 
irresistibly too cute mini speakers really captured my heart

  The X-mini™ Hello Kitty Special Edition Capsule Speaker™  are available in Singapore only and for limited stock only.

Key Features

 3.5mm audio cable - is easily kept away beneath the base of the Capsule Speaker.   Stow-away takes away the hassle of wires especially when you're on the go.
40mm Drivers gives you that extra edge over 36mm drivers when it comes down to sound quality. It's not that 36mm are bad, it's just that we've made 40mm better!
Bass Xpansion System (BXS) - supports the 36mm drivers in delivering that much needed bass on mini portable speakers.
 Buddy Jack - our parents taught us to share when we were young. That's why we invented Buddy Jack! A great way to share music with friends where ever you are! Just plug and play.
Connect several different X-minis to 1 X-mini HAPPY Capsule Speaker and you're all set.

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 perferctly fit with my pink laptop and stuffs :)

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Basic Coffee Education @ KaffeCaffe

Basic Coffee & Espresso Education

HappyTummyKitty experienced and explored the coffee's culinary side
by attending KaffeCaffe's coffee course.


Ms. Anj Ferreria, the owner and espresso chef of  KaffeCaffe 
taught us the science of coffee and espresso

First, It all started with the dancing goats, 
Kaldi the Ethiopian goatherder noticed that his goats acting strange and full energy after eating berries, so Kaldi couldn't resist trying it for himself and it gave him the same effect.
From then, Kaldi was the one who discovered the coffee plant and the evolution of cofee begun.


THE SPECIES OF COFFEE
 The two most common types of beans are the 

 Arabica is came from Arabia , its bigger and oblong than Robusta.
Arabica is more aromatic and have great flavor that has less or low caffeine content than any other coffee species.
while the Robusta is smaller bean, but more robust with higher caffeine content.


 BREWING THE PERFECT CUP OF COFFEE
Picture above is the Drip and French Press coffee maker. 
For coarse coffee ground, it is best to use a French Press and it extracts a very bold tasting coffee.

Vacuum pot or Syphon Brewer
using two chambers where vapor pressure and vacuum produce coffee

 The Ibrik or the Turkish coffee maker
 is used best in  pulverized coffee grounds.
It consist of water, ground coffee,sugar if you want sweetened coffee and cinnamon for flavor.

How to brew with an ibrik?
Add the water, sugar, coffee, cinnamon.
Heat until the water boils.
Wait for the water to foams up until it has foamed up 3 times.
Remove the heat/fire
Stir and serve.


 BREWED COFFEE COCKTAIL
 Irish coffee 
a coffee combined with whiskey and cream,often further sweetened with sugar.

 THE ESPRESSO MACHINE
 Ms. Anj bought this second hand machine for Php600,000.00, yes a coffee machine is expensive
but it is all worth it for working in about 12 years.
According to her, for you to own a coffee shop business, you have to invest around 2.6M.

This coffee tamper must hold like a flashlight, for perfect pressing


 CAFFE LATTE ART
consists of the pouring of steamed milk into a shot of espresso 
generating a pattern or design on the surface.
 this is ain't that easy! Caffe Latte Art is a talent! :)


 Ms. Anj and the other interns shows us their beautiful and common latte art like
Rosetta, Heart, Fern, Tulip

 
Remember, its difficult to create a good Latte Art without a good crema,
thus, it require to have a good foam and good milk texture.
  
 ofcourse, I got the chance to try and taste all their coffee and I found out KaffeCaffe has
better taste coffee than other commercialized coffee shop,TRY IT!!!
This KaffeCaffe coffee class was definitely not a waste of time for me, 
 I found the whole day very productive and enjoyable experience.

 46 Banawe St. cor. Ma. Clara St.
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Laing-Stuffed Chicken

 I got inspired from the Philippine's Junior MasterChef contender Louise Mabulo who made the 
Laing-Stuffed Chicken and made her to the top 20.

So here is my Laing-Stuffed Chicken happytummykitty version LOL

 
 Prepare the Chicken
season with salt and pepper

 Place Laing and cream cheese together and roll
 Whisk egg
 seasoned the flour with salt and pepper
 Roll the chicken in the seasoned flour and soak in egg
 Then roll it in bread crumbs
 Pan fry until golden brown and drain the oil in paper towel



Wednesday, September 7, 2011

2nd: OWN SUSHI

 I made sushi for the second time
 with nori this time
 first: sushi rice, nori, crab sticks, mango, mayonaise
 Second: sushi rice, nori, crab stick, mango, shrimps



 topped with crab mayo