wednesday basking in the neutrino flux

[Pinno718]

I do 'instant coffee', but it's with a cafetière... none of this poncy waiting for the grounds to drop.

Therein lies the strange and inexplicable contradiction. People like their tea. It has to be x, y and z - the type, the amount of milk, the amount of time brewing etc etc. When it comes to coffee, if one displays a unique preference for how their coffee is made in a parallel vein, it's labelled as snobbery.

 

[VinSumRox]

Therein lies the strange and inexplicable contradiction. People like their tea. It has to be x, y and z - the type, the amount of milk, the amount of time brewing etc etc. When it comes to coffee, if one displays a unique preference for how their coffee is made in a parallel vein, it's labelled as snobbery.

Apart from instant coffee , which shouldn't be allowed to be called coffee.

 

[briantrumpet]

Therein lies the strange and inexplicable contradiction. People like their tea. It has to be x, y and z - the type, the amount of milk, the amount of time brewing etc etc. When it comes to coffee, if one displays a unique preference for how their coffee is made in a parallel vein, it's labelled as snobbery.

I might just be being poncey by not waiting for the grounds to drop, as I prefer it that way (as well as being quicker).

 

[briantrumpet]

Thankfully, the first dose of poncey (or not) poncey coffee seems to have been the correct medicine for my delicate guts. Might double the dose now.

 

[VinSumRox]

I might just be being poncey by not waiting for the grounds to drop, as I prefer it that way (as well as being quicker).

Do they ever drop in a cafetiere? I just add the water give the coffee a quick stir and put the plunger down fairly soon after, tastes OK to me.

 

[briantrumpet]

Do they ever drop in a cafetiere? I just add the water give the coffee a quick stir and put the plunger down fairly soon after, tastes OK to me.

Yes, if you wait long enough. It's apparently roughly how my grandfather used to make coffee in a jug: stir, leave a few minutes, put a few drops of cold water on top, then all the grounds would sink en masse.

 

[PhotoNic69]

Morning.
I swear that a phased return from holidays should be mandatory! I'm pretty useless for the first half of the day then completely useless for the 2nd half as well.
WFW. Emails. Sorting out mess I left before I went to holiday. Sweeping said mess under the metaphorical carpet.
Looking at specs for new image crunching laptop. Going to be either another Dell or a Lenovo. Can't decide.
Coffee. Instant. Decaf!!! What am I doing!!!?

 

[PhotoNic69]

Yes, if you wait long enough. It's apparently roughly how my grandfather used to make coffee in a jug: stir, leave a few minutes, put a few drops of cold water on top, then all the grounds would sink en masse.

Yes!!! I heard that was a method back in the 80's when I was a yoof! I tried it a few times but it was always bitty. Apparently an earthenware jug and a wooden spoon were essential.

 

[Webbo2]

Morning
A bit damp and it’s forecast to drizzle for most of the day. So it looks like an indoor day.

 

[briantrumpet]

Yes!!! I heard that was a method back in the 80's when I was a yoof! I tried it a few times but it was always bitty. Apparently an earthenware jug and a wooden spoon were essential.

I probably still have the earthenware jug my GF used. Yes, bitty, so as you'd really want to strain it anyway, one might as well make it in a cafetiere. And anyway I think it tastes better when you force the water through the coffee rather than leaving it to 'brew'. I've tried the airpresses once or twice, and haven't managed to make coffee that I like, because if you press it down too early, it's weak AF (because all the coffee is still at the top), and if you wait for the grounds to drop, it's no different from filter coffee.

 

[PhotoNic69]

I probably still have the earthenware jug my GF used. Yes, bitty, so as you'd really want to strain it anyway, one might as well make it in a cafetiere. And anyway I think it tastes better when you force the water through the coffee rather than leaving it to 'brew'. I've tried the airpresses once or twice, and haven't managed to make coffee that I like, because if you press it down too early, it's weak AF (because all the coffee is still at the top), and if you wait for the grounds to drop, it's no different from filter coffee.

I have an Aeropresse thingy. Not used it in a while since getting my Espresso machine. The trick with it is to turn it upside down with the plunget at the top of its travel then let it stand for a few mins, then place the end cap and filter on and invert it onto a mug, leave it a minute so the grounds settle on the filter then press it down. Bit of a faff and can be a bit messy if you get it wrong. Must try it again, as I must my Mokka pot. Not used than for a couple of years.

 

[Stevo 666]

It gets better: only UHT milk in this house.

I'll take your instant and UHT milk and raise you flavoured instant. I imagine some on here will be preparing their freshly ground garlic and crosses...

 

[VinSumRox]

I'll take your instant and UHT milk and raise you flavoured instant. I imagine some on here will be preparing their freshly ground garlic and crosses...

The pitchfork is being honed

 

[PhotoNic69]

Had the Glaucoma Clinic today. At least that went well. Pressure well controlled and nothing untoward on the scans. Phew! I'll take the small wins...
However, walking there and back was an absolute bitch with my Peripheral Neuropathy AND Plantar Fasciitis. I literally cannot walk without taking Tramadol now (which makes me a little bit floaty too)

 

[Stevo 666]

The pitchfork is being honed

Give me time to finish my toffee nut coffee...