Coffee Coffee Coffee
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It's Florida, mate. We don't have basements because they'd float away like a casket in New Orleans. As for the gimp, he looks strangely like a coontie plant. I mean, uh, he's being fed coffee grounds regularly in the attic per your instructions. Yeah.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
Mom shared a great tip about coffee making with me.
I've got a generic drip machine with a swing out filter funnel. The thin glass pot got broke like they do so I headed to the thrift store to find a replacement. None to fit. While I was looking at the assortment of kitchenware I saw a nice Pyrex measuring cup. Only a cup. AHA! I drove to Target and bought a four cup Pyrex measuring cup. Not going to break this one. The catch is that when I put it on or4 remove it catches on the nubbin of the filter funnel. Not an issue when starting but when its done brewing and the last seven drops of brew are making their way to their fate I usually swing the filter out. Then those seven drops end up on the counter...a MESS!
Mom read a tip and shared it. Back to the thrift store to find a thick glass tray that resides in the bottom of a microwave. Set the coffee maker in the glass tray and the seven drips are caught in the saucer! No mess on the counter. I'm not obliged to clean up the counter after every pot. The saucer gets a nice brown patina after the seven drops dry.
As I was typing I had a coffee flash back.
My gr-grandparents on Dad's side emigrated from Sweden in 1876. They had a LOT of kids! The first born generation were pretty cool. I liked being around most of my great aunts and uncles. One uncle, Olis Shugren, was the best! He never tossled my hair or commented on how tall I'd grown. After dinner his wife, Pearl, would serve coffee to the adults. Fancy cups and saucers...tiny little handles that didn't fit Olis or my Dad's fingers. The coffee wasn't very strong either I remember seeing. Olis maintained a tradition that was cool. He'd pour his coffee into the saucer then dip sugar cubes and suck the cubes. Kind of endearing to a kid of five...six years old. He got to play with his food. I asked Dad what was going on when we drove home. Dad said that he'd seen his grandparents do the same. I drink out of a mug or small thermos. A Swedish tradition is gone.
I've got a generic drip machine with a swing out filter funnel. The thin glass pot got broke like they do so I headed to the thrift store to find a replacement. None to fit. While I was looking at the assortment of kitchenware I saw a nice Pyrex measuring cup. Only a cup. AHA! I drove to Target and bought a four cup Pyrex measuring cup. Not going to break this one. The catch is that when I put it on or4 remove it catches on the nubbin of the filter funnel. Not an issue when starting but when its done brewing and the last seven drops of brew are making their way to their fate I usually swing the filter out. Then those seven drops end up on the counter...a MESS!
Mom read a tip and shared it. Back to the thrift store to find a thick glass tray that resides in the bottom of a microwave. Set the coffee maker in the glass tray and the seven drips are caught in the saucer! No mess on the counter. I'm not obliged to clean up the counter after every pot. The saucer gets a nice brown patina after the seven drops dry.
As I was typing I had a coffee flash back.
My gr-grandparents on Dad's side emigrated from Sweden in 1876. They had a LOT of kids! The first born generation were pretty cool. I liked being around most of my great aunts and uncles. One uncle, Olis Shugren, was the best! He never tossled my hair or commented on how tall I'd grown. After dinner his wife, Pearl, would serve coffee to the adults. Fancy cups and saucers...tiny little handles that didn't fit Olis or my Dad's fingers. The coffee wasn't very strong either I remember seeing. Olis maintained a tradition that was cool. He'd pour his coffee into the saucer then dip sugar cubes and suck the cubes. Kind of endearing to a kid of five...six years old. He got to play with his food. I asked Dad what was going on when we drove home. Dad said that he'd seen his grandparents do the same. I drink out of a mug or small thermos. A Swedish tradition is gone.
My brother runs a donut shop up north. He has to brew the coffee light, else the locals will grimace. They call the light brew "Norwegian" coffee.
There's Evidence Coffee Acts on Your Brain Like Cannabis, But in Reverse
Coffee, the world's most common recreational drug, affects our metabolism far more deeply than we realised, according to a recent study.
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There's Evidence Coffee Acts on Your Brain Like Cannabis, But in Reverse
Coffee, the world's most common recreational drug, affects our metabolism far more deeply than we realised, according to a recent study.
Yeah, like they really abstained before the study began, lol.
I imagine most natural substances have benefits and toxicities in proportion to whether they need to avoid foraging or get nutrition in order to reproduce. Since humans don't compete for soil, sun, water, and air, the relationship is purely based on which foragers eat less of the vegetation and more of the fruit, and are best at seed dispersal. Is that humans, or something else? If it's not humans, we should expect a random assortment of toxicity and benefits...
macrocarpa
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- Location
- Midwest
JeffGu
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Osceola, Nebraska
Now, that's a great idea!
I tried taking my big, one gallon percolator with me once... ran it off my small generator. Not very cost effective, but I bet it was still cheaper than Starbucks.
(My wife calls them "Fourbucks"... because everything, even a glass of water, is at least four bucks.)
I tried taking my big, one gallon percolator with me once... ran it off my small generator. Not very cost effective, but I bet it was still cheaper than Starbucks.
(My wife calls them "Fourbucks"... because everything, even a glass of water, is at least four bucks.)
JeffGu
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Osceola, Nebraska
Amen to that...
After my aeropress flew off my trailer during a house move three years ago I rocked one of those stovetop espresso units for a year at our new home until I melted the handle over the stovetop... it's pretty straightforward but a bit harsh with the high water temperature. I limited my use to dark roast with it. What are you sticking in it?
I was in California over Thanksgiving holiday and was brewing this on a chemex I have stashed at my mom's place. I was grinding with my porlex mini ceramic bur hand grinder. Still no temp control out there, so I was boiling the water, then dipping a meat thermometer into it to test the accuracy at a boil. Then I backed the temp down to 200° for the poor over. Got some great stuff out of this bag:
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macrocarpa
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- Midwest
I've been using Dark/Expresso Roast
- Location
- Chardon, OH
I've start using only Dark Roast/Espresso in my Technivorm drip maker this year.
IMO the best commercial beans are: (I've tried quite a few)
Peet's, Major Dickerson's Blend
Illy, Intenso
I also have a "local" coffee roaster, that sells to the public. The dark roast is excellent, but he doesn't open until 10:00; and it's 40 mile trip.
10:00 am. Geez. I'm already coming down off my first cuppa, and ready for another.
- Location
- Chardon, OH
Yep. He has very good roasted beans.
He's more interested in the commercial business.
But a 10:00 open, plus the drive home; he's lost most of my business
He's more interested in the commercial business.
But a 10:00 open, plus the drive home; he's lost most of my business
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My go-to local roaster uses the technivorm. Says it's awesome. I thought about it, but I think the best way forward for our house is the breville grind control because we currently grind the night before and have the drip start on a preset time in the morning. If we ground morning of, I would want the technivorm.
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- Chardon, OH
