Terry K - Cardamom is a very fine ingredient of coffee prepared orientwise. It is an absolute must; I use a few pinches of ground c. for a filling of about 6 fanagin (the small cups). It shouldn't be used too lavishly, only to support the taste of the original stuff instead of suppressing it what seems to have been the case with you.

Liland - or salve Lelans - since I tried it in an Algerian soup tripe doesn't rank high in my esteem, but: de gushtibus non esht dishputandum (you mushtn't dishcussh tashte), as the Suevian philosopher says.
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Wilfried