tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post2675032839477812143..comments2024-03-18T19:58:19.662-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Running Out Of Sugar Can Be GoodRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-48428290806894496422008-02-09T12:38:00.000-05:002008-02-09T12:38:00.000-05:00Yeah, I understand about the cleaning part. But, I...Yeah, I understand about the cleaning part. But, I only brew two cups a morning, one's drunk immediately and you can spot me in the truck, regular old coffee cup in hand, toodling down the road taking a sip where there are no potholes.<BR/><BR/>Only spilled doing that once, I was pulling away from a stop sign and the truck did something really wierd, almost like a backfire. Rear wheels locked up, the whole nine yards. It's never done it again, and I haven't spilled my coffee :-D<BR/><BR/>As far as other stuff, I've got everything but a vacuum pot... filter cones, percolators, french presses, an espresso machine somewhere... Convenience trumps on a harried morning. <BR/><BR/>I've always thought of finding a vacuum pot though, once I have some spare cash. I've got radios to repair, a room to paint, and a doddge shadow interior to finish restoring first.Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-3986357822518301572008-02-09T08:26:00.000-05:002008-02-09T08:26:00.000-05:00Doc, I understand but IMNSHO, not startin' with a ...Doc, I understand but IMNSHO, not startin' with a decent coffeemaker is like the fellow with zillion-dollar speaker on a bargain-basment amp fed by a dimestore media player....<BR/><BR/> Those plastic-and-pot-metal coffeemakers are impossible to get and keep clean enough, usually have the water too hot, and slow the flow down too much. The result is coffee that is a lot more bitter and cloudy than it should be. And after it's been cooked on the "warmer" for very long, it's swill.<BR/><BR/> My emergency-backup vacummatic (a Bodum Santos) has one plastic part, the little filter disc, which I scrub immediately after every use. The Chemexes are all glass. The stuff that they brew shines ruby-red in transmitted light and even at double-strength, you can read through it. It lacks the acrid bite of coffemaker brew and with really good beans (Jamacan Blue Mountain, when I can find it, when I can afford it) and pure water, the stuff tastes the way fresh-ground beans smell.<BR/><BR/> The problem is, it'll ruin you for anything else. We've got those high-end vendroids at work, the ones with the little packets of "designer" coffee; I'll drink it but I have to thik of it as a coffee-like drink. Most of the time at work I have tea instead; it's harder to ruin a good black tea and easier to carry one's own fixin'.<BR/><BR/> ...With that in mind, I'm not sure if I am advising you to try a simpler coffeemaker or not; it can become an expensive addiction.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-37790310259890998142008-02-06T07:39:00.000-05:002008-02-06T07:39:00.000-05:00This morning I shoveled two scoops of JFG's latest...This morning I shoveled two scoops of JFG's latest attempt and let my whatever-it-is generic machine dribble hot water over it. <BR/><BR/>I can be a coffee snob at times, but most morning's it's quantity over quality :)<BR/><BR/>Usually I've got "experimental beans" and a container of chock-full-o-nuts around the house, the JFG was a stopgap measure...Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.com