Instant coffee..???

[8978]

During WWII my father would make a fire, boil water in his helmet and just dump grounds in it then drink. Up until the day he died he had a piece of junk little pot on the stove and still made it that way. He said some guys would take the powder out of a bullet and put that in too.

Back in the early 70's I was a dishwasher in the best restaurant in town. Can't remember the formula. I would take a HUGE pot and put cold water in like 5 gallons. Then put coffee grounds in cheese cloth. Maybe like 5 pounds then hang it in the water. It would sit there for a few days. Then I would pour the solution into jars. It was a little thick. Then out at the waitress section they had a small cup of it. They would take a little baby spoon and put some coffee syrup into a cup then boiling water. People would freak out about our coffee. Every cup was like it was just brewed.

That's were I learned the basics of cooking on Fri and Sat nights. As the night went on the cook was more and more sloshed and I did more and more of the prep and cooking. He would sit down and say flip that steak, fill that lobster tail, put butter on and broil it and so on. His name was Ike.

 

[krelithous]

Not to mention you are brewing coffee in plastic......

Although, I brew a couple cups in the Keurig per day when I am at home....

i wouldn't worry about brewing coffee in plastic hell no matter what you drink or eat today causes something and then you go to the doctor to get better but you only get worse off!!!

 

[krelithous]

I used to use the instant coffee when I was over the road. Until I got a single serve brewer that fills a travel mug.

I don't think there is any thing wrong with instant, It is freeze dried coffee. i think there is something wrong with adding milk to coffee

You and I are alike in the sense that we get home at the end of a shift ( very Unalike because New Engenders drive right hand vehicles and drive on the wrong side of the road)

I got my self a 12 cup brewer and make about 9 cups ( a cup is 6 ounces) I have a timer on the machine and I wake up before my alarm because I awake to brewing coffee

get a real coffee maker ya British bastard

adding milk to coffee is gross

 

[krelithous]

hell when i was younger i used to drink instant coffee, id'e nuke the water and add a table sppon of coffee and creamer and half of teaspoon of sugar. nasty

 

[krelithous]

Wimps

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id'e worry about any drip machine being a breeding ground if there not properly maintained

 

[Duck]

I've been using the same 16 oz stainless steel mug for coffee every day since early 2014.

The only time I've ever washed it was when it was brand new.

I'd be worried about the breeding ground in the water tank on those K-Cup machines

They come off. Just lift it out and walk over to the sink.


Because of the nasty well water that's not only gross but would lime up a Keurig in 3 days, I use jugs I refill at Walmart with their reverse osmosis thing.

You're supposed to bleach those jugs periodically but I just put little scraps of window screen over the opening with rubber bands to keep bugs out and dry them out every time they're empty.

In the summer I leave them outside in the sun all day and in winter I leave them on the kitchen radiator. Bacteria can't live in a completely dry environment I don't think. I dunno, I ain't no microbiologist. If I was I'd have to beat myself up for being a nerd.

But I don't want to put bleach in them because I'll never get it all out. It'll smell like bleach even after I rinse it 5 times.

 

[GAnthony]

right now, i have a rather new Mr. Coffee brewer. someday, i'd really like to get a BUNN brand, much like the restaurants have, all metal. thing is for that, i am seeing over $100. and it looks like a home edition, not a restaurant edition. i'm thinking that with the 24/7/365 use in the industry, at home, it should last into the next millennium...

 

[8978]

Watch out with the BUNN and other commercial grade units. They are made to brew a pot REAL fast. Those restaurants usually buy their coffee from a restaurant supplier and the bags are special with a different weight and grind. A Mr. Coffee brews slow like other home units. The filter is also an important factor in coffee machines. Buy the wrong one and your coffee will pass through either too fast or too slow.

 

[Duck]

right now, i have a rather new Mr. Coffee brewer. someday, i'd really like to get a BUNN brand, much like the restaurants have, all metal. thing is for that, i am seeing over $100. and it looks like a home edition, not a restaurant edition. i'm thinking that with the 24/7/365 use in the industry, at home, it should last into the next millennium...

If it's a home edition it's probably just a Mr Coffee that they put their logo on.

 

[krelithous]

If it's a home edition it's probably just a Mr Coffee that they put their logo on.

the new keurigs have a 2 speed pump on them now so if you want a strong cup you will get a strong cup. or you could just let it brew regularly and have a cup of water downed shit

 

[krelithous]

If it's a home edition it's probably just a Mr Coffee that they put their logo on.

every BUNN that i have seen has always brewed fast. i never belive all of the stuff they write on the boxes since that's for marketing gimmicks!!

 

[8978]

every BUNN that i have seen has always brewed fast.

They're suppose too!!! They're made that way.

 

[Rigjockey]

My buddy has a Tim Hortons coffee maker, I believe it is a Bunn ( not the crappy, Heavily marked up, home coffee maker that they slapped a Tims sticker on) Yeah he has the commercial Bunn coffee maker and it is all wired up and plumbed with a water feed.

Works just like any Commercial Bunn would. Just put a filter add the coffee grounds and push start.

He is well connected and thrifty so it didn't cost him a dime.

 

[Rigjockey]

Oh this Black and Decker coffee maker that I got is a real shitty design. Completely fucked. It has this ball with a spring and the carafe has like three holes around the top. The reason is so you can stop the flow of coffee and pour a cup while still brewing.

I was reading the reviews on this blow job of a coffee maker and everyone was complaining about it leaking and spilling coffee everywhere.

This ball system is a poor design because the carafe has to be sitting just right and the spring has the potential to push the filter holder out off place.
I took the spring out and it works perfectly, You can still sneak a cup during brewing, There is zero reason for the spring. I am no engineer but I can spot stupid a mile away.
Also the sneak-a-cup feature is just wrong! Do not do this. Let the coffee brew entirely and when it is done, enjoy.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I have a Mr Coffee that my mom bought as a present. It has a similar ball stopper design. I agree they don't work particularly well, so I just wait until it's done brewing.

Since it has a timer I'll usually set it to brew shortly before I hop out of the shower.

 

[GAnthony]

I have a Mr Coffee that my mom bought as a present. It has a similar ball stopper design. I agree they don't work particularly well, so I just wait until it's done brewing.

Since it has a timer I'll usually set it to brew shortly before I hop out of the shower.

those timers (at least in the past) don 't work for very long.

i prefer the method of turning it on myself.

my Mr. Coffee does not have a ball stopper, but a plunger(??) with a spring, and rubber gasket.

it works ok, i can take the pot off the machine at any time while brewing, i don't necessarily get the drips from the plunger, but from the top of the pot as i remove it. there is (to me) a small hole on the top of the pot's lid. that should be bigger. i could drill it out, but then i'd have to wash out the pot.....

too much like work for me.

 

[8978]

If you take a cup of coffee before it's finished you screw up your formula. Coffee is strong at the start and weak at the end

 

[Duck]

My Keurig is stupid.

My old one would make a 12 oz cup. This new one won't.

So I have to run it twice. Once for 8 oz and again for 4.

 

[8978]

My Keurig is stupid.

My old one would make a 12 oz cup. This new one won't.

So I have to run it twice. Once for 8 oz and again for 4.

One K-cup or two?

 

[GAnthony]

My Keurig is stupid.

My old one would make a 12 oz cup. This new one won't.

So I have to run it twice. Once for 8 oz and again for 4.

maybe they are following the guberment standards for portions.>???

you know, to get us off so much caffeine.>???