Posted on 06/06/2021 5:33:26 AM PDT by NOBO2012
“I am a simple man who would just like to eat laminated pastry and sip a cappuccino outside in the sun.”
You must admit, last week was fairly crappy and to cap it off my coffee maker bit the dust yesterday somewhere around my 3rd cup. Now this was not a coffee maker that you can just run over to Kohl's or BB&B and replace, or even order on Amazon for 2nd day delivery – unless you wish to pay full price, which you do not as it is prohibitive. No, in order to replace my Saeco ground-to-order-cup-at-a-time brewer that makes perfect regular, expresso and cappuccino for less than a third of it’s ridiculous price you have to find a reconditioned one online. Which may take awhile.
I doubt they even make this model any longer but she’s a beauty
Fortunately Raj lives in mortal fear of having his favorite things no longer available so he ordered a spare one several years ago when he spotted a reconditioned one from the Seattle Coffee Company. So it’s been stashed away awaiting our hour of need which arrived yesterday morning. We were able to confirm the old one to be completely kaput and get the new one up and running again in a bit less than an hour and a half (it takes awhile for your new coffee maker to get to know you properly).
And now Sunday morning can now proceed peacefully. If we hurry we can enjoy coffee on the deck as it’s currently sunny and just 72 degrees. I don’t have any “laminated” pastry but I do have bagels fresh from the Detroit Bagel Company and cream cheese which will do just fine.
By noon it will be in the 90s so this may well be my last chance to be outdoors for the day, so I bid you adieu and wish you and your morning coffee a good day – whether enjoyed in the sun or under coffee-colored skies.
I must go now as my covfefe needs me.
Posted from: MOTUS A.D.
Pretty on the outside. I’d hate to see what the insides look like.
There’s nothing quite like coffee brewed through a rubber hose.
Covfefe. From the President Trump tweet “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” . Before Google fixed it’s translator the Arabic sound Cov fe’ fe came out as “ I will stand up” when translated into English. When “I will stand up” is translated into Arabic it sounds like “ So f*** off” . Therefore the Tweet really meant “ Despite the negative press coverage I will stand up , so f*** off” .
There is an alternate meaning as well. Cov is short for coverage. Fefe means ‘party’ or alternately “masturbation device”. So covefe is a Portmanteau meaning the coverage is a mutual masturbation party or in the context used “a circle jerk among Trump hating reporters”. The tweet therefore is the same as “Despite the constant negative press circle jerk coverage.
I actually have one of those, and the coffee/espresso/lattes it makes are wonderful. I just clean the brew unit every week or so (rinse under water) and do a deep cleaning every 6 months.
Are things refurbished ever furbished to begin with?
I hand-grind my beans in a 100 year old grinder and brew in a coffee maker I’ve kept working for 30 years. I’ve given up on the lattes, though I miss a good espresso.
What are the insides like? I am not a fan of rubber hose-pumps outgassing into hot liquids I drink.
Buy geen coffee beans.
https://www.coffeebeancorral.com/product/Bali-Organic-Blue-Moon__BALIBEANS.aspx
Buy a stove top roaster.
Learn how to roast your own. Takes 20 min per batch.
https://www.coffeebeancorral.com/RoastingInformation.aspx
French Press for regular coffee.
https://www.frenchpresscoffee.com/products/frieling-french-press
Tescoma Moka pot for stronger coffee. Superior to Bialetti.
https://supermarketitaly.com/products/tescoma-paloma-coffee-maker-6-cups
Your coffee will be out of this world. Freshness is paramount. I NEVER drink two week old coffee (*spit*).
Speaking of Iron, Do you know what this is?
Irony?
It’s a Ferrous Wheel!
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Iron-ion_6#section=Depositor-Provided-PubMed-Citations
With six iron atoms on a carbon I’m guessing stainless steel?
Some kind of Iron rear axial?
See post #11
LOL ... I should have known better than to guess!
I thought it was a “six iron”.
I know I’m in the minority but I hate coffee.
My father didn’t drink it so it was never in the house. It’s an acquired taste to be sure. To me it’s just bitterness and aftertaste in a cup.
I kind of chuckle to myself when I think of the gyrations people go through to make it palatable.
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