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You did attain Shrink levels in the end then...
I've had to really cut down on the coffee...It's tough, but I'm one cup a day now. On the plus side it does mean I can buy really nice beans, but drinking a potful was resulting in chronic leg cramping...or so they say...I must admit, since I cut down the legs have been better.
You did attain Shrink levels in the end then...
it's a shame about cutting coffee...but you health and comfort are more important, Mate.
But come around and enjoy the conversation anyway...
You did attain Shrink levels in the end then...
Good health should come before coffee.
Yes, I am gaining ever so slowly on Shrink as we meander down the winding road of coffee insanity.
it's a shame about cutting coffee...but you health and comfort are more important, Mate.
But come around and enjoy the conversation anyway...
I still have the odd "extra" cup, but costabunny drinks instant
Swears she can't tell the difference....Yergh!
I still have the odd "extra" cup, but costabunny drinks instant
Your lady is a wonderful person...but...we don't use the "I" word here! I'm thinking of suggesting that the phrase "instant coffee" be included in MR's profanity filter.
I do think "Yergh" covers it nicely!
You're always welcome to send your request in the form of a Contact Us and we'll gladly consider your request.
I agree though, the "i" word has no place here.
Your lady is a wonderful person...but...we don't use the "I" word here! I'm thinking of suggesting that the phrase "instant coffee" be included in MR's profanity filter.
I do think "Yergh" covers it nicely!
Duly noted....what's worse is that she is saving the darned coupons on jars for a new kettle...so the cupboard has jars of the muck in it...
Duly noted....what's worse is that she is saving the darned coupons on jars for a new kettle...so the cupboard has jars of the muck in it...
Aaah...we love our significant others despite their minor flaws!
Y'all seem to know each other rather well.
From the right to left, the awesome Mazzer Mini, the Gaggia Accademia, and my nearly 15-year old but still kicking Barista (and, as one of the first gifts my then-girlfriend now wife ever gave me, it's not likely to ever leave this counter).
The Gaggia is awesome, and includes its own grinder. I use the Mazzer to grind for my french press or the Aero.
From the right to left, the awesome Mazzer Mini, the Gaggia Accademia, and my nearly 15-year old but still kicking Barista (and, as one of the first gifts my then-girlfriend now wife ever gave me, it's not likely to ever leave this counter).
The Gaggia is awesome, and includes its own grinder. I use the Mazzer to grind for my french press or the Aero.
This thread is very, very, very bad for me. Okay. It is a Tuesday morning, the sun is shining, and I am at home, ever so fleetingly. It is a long week-end, thus offices and schools are shut.
Most days, when making coffee, I use my French press (as it is faster).
However, in honour of this thread, and, precisely because I have the time this morning, I have dusted down my old Bialetti moka espresso pot, which is now on the stove, fulfilling its destiny, and retrieved one of my espresso cups and matching saucer that I wrote about above. Thus, I am about to drink several cups of espresso......
Just under the rim, the porcelain cup tells me that it is 'Espresso Italiano' adding "Storie di viaggi!". Underneath, where it sits in the saucer, it announces that it was made by 'd'Ancap'. When I acquired it, all I knew was that it was exquisitely beautiful and that every cup I drank from it was delicious.
So, the pot has gurgled, and the caffeine infused nectar has been poured, and is being sipped, as I write....
Most days, when making coffee, I use my French press (as it is faster).
However, in honour of this thread, and, precisely because I have the time this morning, I have dusted down my old Bialetti moka espresso pot, which is now on the stove, fulfilling its destiny, and retrieved one of my espresso cups and matching saucer that I wrote about above. Thus, I am about to drink several cups of espresso......
Just under the rim, the porcelain cup tells me that it is 'Espresso Italiano' adding "Storie di viaggi!". Underneath, where it sits in the saucer, it announces that it was made by 'd'Ancap'. When I acquired it, all I knew was that it was exquisitely beautiful and that every cup I drank from it was delicious.
So, the pot has gurgled, and the caffeine infused nectar has been poured, and is being sipped, as I write....
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The thread has been open since January of this year, and many of the regular posters have been here since jump street.
But I for one, and I think I can safely speak for others, really love it when someone new finds their way into our beloved little looney bin!
This thread is a little island of good will and civility...and a place to learn, teach, gently tease, and just have fun talking about our favorite subject!
So, please don't feel that this is an exclusionary, clubby little in-group...we welcome new posters to our little nut house with open arms.
Yeah. No kidding.I'd send you some, but I fear it might lose just a bit in transit!
Sounds wonderful.
So, please don't feel that this is an exclusionary, clubby little in-group...we welcome new posters to our little nut house with open arms.
Thanks for the warm welcome.
Oh, and, good morning.
Oh my, I see we've just gone straight to coffee porn.
Well, as the Master Freud himself once gnomically observed: "Sometimes a cigar is only a cigar."
And, you know, sometimes an espresso machine which pours (richly and seductively, I'll readily concede, that dribbling sound is very attractive, on a par, perhaps, with the strangulated gurgling noise my Bialetti makes) espresso into an awaiting cup, is just that: a machine which pours espresso into an awaiting cup.....
More often than not in my house its a son of a b**** ***** ****** damn ***** over extracted again you ******** ***** *** espresso machine.
Not to rub it in or anything...but a true craftsman never blames his tools.
And, assuming that the machine is listening... perhaps if you spoke nicely, quietly...with just a touch of begging, that machine would work better!
Not to rub it in or anything...but a true craftsman never blames his tools.
And, assuming that the machine is listening... perhaps if you spoke nicely, quietly...with just a touch of begging, that machine would work better!
We have a special relationship.
Really I'm swearing at myself. I cant blame the machine, I put it together after all.
Now, while I consider myself to have a fine degree of fluency in Anglo-Saxon oaths and curses, none has ever been directed at my coffee pots. Verbal caresses are more the norm for them, along with the sort of stupid fatuous grin you sometimes see parents bestow on offspring.
Lest one erroneously assume that no foulness ever passed my lips, allow me to assure you that nothing could be further from the truth. For, there have been curses - vehement, sonorous, vulgar and biological - directed at inanimate objects. But not ever at my coffee pots.
Telephones, (including mobiles), are a frequent target, as was my (old) computer, (in the days before I took a willing bite out of the fruit that also played a role in a story set in the Garden of Eden and cheerfully set off upon the path to technological perdition).
Indeed, I still violently curse the computing antique I am afflicted with at work on a daily basis, much to the tolerance of my colleagues and the huge amusement of our local staff, who see it as an opportunity to expand their English language vocabulary.......
I just ordered a supply of beans from Sweet Marias. I buy three different green bean blends, a total of 8 pounds.
The cost of the 8 pounds always takes me back a bit. But when I remember that I am paying less than $7.00/pound for the highest grade and quality beans, and from a fair trade source whose relationship with the various farms from which they buy is fair and very supportive...it takes the sting out of it.
Also considering the super premium quality of the beans (which would cost many times more if bought from a seller pre-roasted and in a fancy bag), I can't complain.
It has been pointed out that, although certainly not the primary reason for home roasting, some money is saved doing home roasting....as long as you don't figure in the cost of the roasting machine. Although I have not done the math, my guess is that the roaster must be used for quite a while before it starts paying for itself.
That notwithstanding...no price issues can compare with the incredible quality of the coffee produced by super premium beans, freshly roasted and freshly ground.
The cost of the 8 pounds always takes me back a bit. But when I remember that I am paying less than $7.00/pound for the highest grade and quality beans, and from a fair trade source whose relationship with the various farms from which they buy is fair and very supportive...it takes the sting out of it.
Also considering the super premium quality of the beans (which would cost many times more if bought from a seller pre-roasted and in a fancy bag), I can't complain.
It has been pointed out that, although certainly not the primary reason for home roasting, some money is saved doing home roasting....as long as you don't figure in the cost of the roasting machine. Although I have not done the math, my guess is that the roaster must be used for quite a while before it starts paying for itself.
That notwithstanding...no price issues can compare with the incredible quality of the coffee produced by super premium beans, freshly roasted and freshly ground.
I just ordered a supply of beans from Sweet Marias. I buy three different green bean blends, a total of 8 pounds.
The cost of the 8 pounds always takes me back a bit. But when I remember that I am paying less than $7.00/pound for the highest grade and quality beans, and from a fair trade source whose relationship with the various farms from which they buy is fair and very supportive...it takes the sting out of it.
Also considering the super premium quality of the beans (which would cost many times more if bought from a seller pre-roasted and in a fancy bag), I can't complain.
It has been pointed out that, although certainly not the primary reason for home roasting, some money is saved doing home roasting....as long as you don't figure in the cost of the roasting machine. Although I have not done the math, my guess is that the roaster must be used for quite a while before it starts paying for itself.
That notwithstanding...no price issues can compare with the incredible quality of the coffee produced by super premium beans, freshly roasted and freshly ground.
Wow, $7/lb for beans that satisfy you? Umm, how much does a decent roaster run? Gah, I shouldn't ask these dangerous questions....
More than just satisfy! You can buy pre- roasted beans of equal quality, but none better.
This is my machine. As you can see, they ain't giving them away...and mine is among the less expensive...you can certainly pay a lot more. My machine has a bit of a steep learning curve...but once you get it down, it's a good machine.
If, at any point, you take the plunge, I'll be more than happy to help in any way you wish to flatten that learning curve a bit. Also, as it is with most machines, it produces smoke, and must be vented outside in some way. I can help with suggestion about that, too.
Roasting at home to save money is like buying a boat to save on fish cost, or homebrewing beer to save on beer costs. You may be ahead of the game on the ingredient costs, but by the time you factor in the equipment and the labor you've killed your savings for years to come! It's best to not even try to justify it and just keep doing what you're doing...