Comments on: Ersatz movies vs The Real Thing

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:04:15 +0000

During WWII, Ersatz coffee really was ersatz: it was made from roasted acorns.

Cheers!

By: Tom Koltai

Tom Koltai — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:45:15 +0000

OMG…..

Yeah but I will probably never get ovarian cancer…… In fact I know I wont……

Coffee linked to lower ovarian cancer risk –>http://www.beveragedaily.com/Industry-Markets/Coffee-linked-to-lower-ovarian-cancer-risk

And as for Ersatz coffe – A_F – you are quite right. Ersatz coffee is usually made from an alternative non coffee bean – however – from years of living in =Germany, Hungary and Austria, I can promise you – the question about coffee is usually posed – “Do you want real or fake?” with the fake referring to instant.
And I’ve tasted Caro…. ummm yeah. Well thats about all I want to say about it.

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:22:44 +0000

“I drink between 30 and 40 cups of coffee per day.”

Tom!?
OMG!
: )

By: A_F

A_F — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:57:30 +0000

Well, he is not quite right, Ersatzkaffee is not Instant Coffee.
Instant coffee (as in the brand he mentions for example) is right that also in german Instant Kaffee or Sofortlöslicher Kaffee.

Ersatzkaffee is actually something completely different (popular (according to wikipedia even in .NZ) brandname for that product is “Caro” that has NOTHING to do with coffeebeans.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ersatzkaffee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caro_Instant_Beverage