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Blanca vs Negra - is only the wood different? Or are there other differences?
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gerundino63
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 RE: Blanca vs Negra - is only the wo... (in reply to TrickyFish)
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All woods can generate a certain sound, long sustain, short sustain, more bass, less bass, but the main overall difference in my opinion is,
that a blanca lower and higer notes melt better together, they have the same sound color.
With a negra the sound collor of the low notes is different than the sound color of the high notes.
Like a piano, the sound color of the notes in the lower part is different than the higher part.
For instance, left sounds like a sax and right like a bell like instrument.
With a blanca, the overall sound is more even, like a harp.
Ofcourse you can like and dislike both. I like blanca’s with long sustain with a “grow” and Negra’s with a short sustain. (Low bass and bell like high)
I Am lucky to have both exactly as my taste.
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Date Mar. 19 2023 16:08:36
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Richard Jernigan
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RE: Blanca vs Negra - is only the wo... (in reply to estebanana)
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ORIGINAL: estebanana
Does anyone fancy a mango for breakfast? I sure do, a mango with some toast and a boiled egg is a splendid breakfast. Of course accompanied by a strong coffee.
Though a mango would have gone down quite well, this morning I had two tamales de puerco, one with pico de gallo, the other with salsa poblana.
...with strong coffee of course, ground from whole beans. I alternate among Sulawesi, Balinese and Sumatran--but that's the only difference.
Which reminds me, the distinguished mathematician R.L. Moore used to preface his definition of topological equivalence with an anecdote. As a graduate student at the University of Chicago in the early 1900s he passed through the famous Marshall Fields department store where a man had drawn a crowd for a demonstration. In one hand he held a potato peeler. In the other hand he held an object. He said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a potato, but that's the only difference."
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Date Mar. 22 2023 0:03:23
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BarkellWH
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RE: Blanca vs Negra - is only the wo... (in reply to estebanana)
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Does anyone fancy a mango for breakfast? I sure do, a mango with some toast and a boiled egg is a splendid breakfast. Of course accompanied by a strong coffee.
Sliced mango and papaya as a mixed tropical fruit dish makes for a wonderful breakfast.
As for coffee, it is hard to beat Sumatran. Having lived a total of eight years in Indonesia and Malaysia, I can attest to how good Sumatran coffee can be at its point of origin. There is a very flavorful (although quite expensive) coffee known in Malay and Indonesian as "Kopi Luwak." ("Luwak" is the Malay/Indonesian term for the Palm Civet, sometimes incorrectly called a "civet cat.") Kopi Luwak is made from coffee berries ingested by the Palm Civet, the beans of which are then excreted with the Palm Civet's feces and collected for processing as coffee beans. It is said that the flavor of these beans, and the resulting coffee made from them, is enhanced because the Palm Civet only chooses to ingest the finest coffee berries, as well as because of processes occurring in the digestive tract. It should be noted that Kopi Luwak refers to a method of processing coffee beans. It is not a "variety" of coffee.
Kopi Luwak is available in some shops in the United States, but one must be careful that one is purchasing the real thing. There are packages labeled as "Kopi Luwak" that are not, in fact, the real thing, even though they may have been imported from Indonesia. (Shades of "genuine" Rolex watches one can purchase for $50 in Jakarta street markets.)
Bill
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Date Mar. 22 2023 12:41:57
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BarkellWH
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RE: Blanca vs Negra - is only the wo... (in reply to Fawkes)
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According to a friend of mine from India, those of us who have only had mangos in the US do not know what a real one tastes like.
Mangoes were originally grown in India. They were brought to Southeast Asia, primarily the Malay Peninsula, Thailand, and Java, centuries ago via trade. Everyone has his favorite region for Mangoes. Although I consider those from Malaysia and Indonesia to be delicious, my very favorite are from Thailand. They have a natural sweetness that is exquisite.
Most Mangoes in the US are imported from Mexico, but they are inferior to those of Southeast Asia, in my opinion.
Bill
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Date Mar. 22 2023 22:59:23
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gerundino63
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RE: Blanca vs Negra - is only the wo... (in reply to TrickyFish)
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Tricky Fisch,
Sometimes you do not get the answer what you are looking for, so wich kind of answer you had in mind for youself?
Did you read my post? I do not know if others experiance the same, but it is useful to investigate how you experiance the thing I wrote yourself.
Do not blame other people about the answer they give. It is their answer, respect that.
And, your question was, “is it only the wood or are there any other differents”
It is only the wood. There are no other differents.
So, if you want to know more, ask another question.
P.S. People here like newcomers, but remember you step into a room where a lot of us know eachother for a long time, so you are treated as a gast. We only aspect you behave like one.
Welcome here on the foro. (My name is Peter, the one that writes terrible english)
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Date Mar. 23 2023 9:20:36
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