I had occasion to buy a new coffee maker recently. My philosophy is, “Go mid-range.” If you purchase one of those no-nonsense, on-off, under-20-bucks models, you eventually will come home in the afternoon to the smell of scorched coffee, probably sooner than later. And the really expensive, high-end coffee pots? Don’t even get me started. I return to the programmable, 12-cup Mr. Coffee, or comparable brand. It can’t be beaten, except I do notice the LED displays get harder and harder to read. Yes, we’re getting started slowly here after a little vacation. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need another cup of coffee.
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We had to buy a new coffee maker last year, and we got the same “12” cup programmable model too. In our house though, the 12 cup pot only holds 4 cups! 😀 I don’t like the new model’s water tank indicator. I have to keep the machine sideways in order to see the water level, where the last one had the indicator facing front. I do like the programmable feature, waking up to hear the beeping and to smell the coffee already made is a great way to face 5:30. (I do it only for the chickens!)
I use a 20 cup percolator when I go out camping with the Boy Scouts. One of the boys asked me if that was a new type of coffee pot.
Loon replaced our lost Mr.Coffee with a K-cup machine. Her logic, everyone can have a cup their way.
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Best way to have cup your way with K-cup is to buy the adapter that lets you use your own coffee in it. Then you can adjust the strength to taste. Some of the prepackaged types I’ve tried have been mighty weak.
We changed to “slow coffee” a couple years ago with AeroPress. It takes a little effort (seems like more when you’re making your first cup) but it is totally customizable and it’s the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had at home. Available at finer kitchen stores and Amazon. Adding an electric tea kettle makes it our perfect solution.
The Auto Off feature should be required by law like seat belts in cars. The odor of burnt coffee makes one wish the house had burned down.
Five years ago, I lost my two neighbors due to smoke inhalation cause by the automated coffee maker catching fire in the middle of the night. Fire self-extinguished, but house was destroyed also. Unfortunately, they did not have working smoke detectors.
These folks have some very good coffee: http://www.enjoybettercoffee.com/
Red letter day, we have sheet rock on the walls. Has only taken 28 weeks!
I don’t drink coffee and my wife only drinks one a day, so we ended up with the K-Cup. It pained me to buy it as it increased the cost. She used to brew a full pot and put a cup in the microwave. I suppose that we could have gone with a smaller pot, but then we would still be throwing grounds out all the time.
I can’t drink coffee for medical reasons, but like alcohol, I never cared for the taste. That puts me in awkward social situations.
… and Jimmy startes a new page. Repost from super early this morning.
Hello all. A check in as I skim through the older posts. All is well for the most part. Thunder is enjoying life as a 99.99% indoor house kitty. She still demands out on occasion, but her trips outside are brief. She has a completely different personality than Blacklight. Blacklight was reserved, needed to be in the room with me, but not necessarily anywhere next to me. And she always kept her tail down. Thunder’s very snuggly; I wake up wearing her most mornings. She is also very inquisitive. Has to see for herself the latest comings and goings. Her tail is a barometer – A curled question mark when she is off investigating, tail in a high arc we call a dorsal tail when she is on the prowl, and an ever undulating “s” when she is up to no good. Love the tubby tabby to pieces, but I miss my fuzzers.
Work is still going well. Made one year last week. Not sure where it went, but hey VACATION time at last. My boyfriend swears I have a work harem instead of a work husband. He thinks he’s hysterical that way. And speaking of, we made a year on March 4th. Didn’t get to spend any time together as his schedule is ever changing and somehow always worsening. AND a couple weeks ago, he had an irate customer follow him home and attack him. (He JUST told me this today. I may smack him myself.) So yeah, he is now actively looking for employment elsewhere. I’ve been worried this might happen, this part of Indiana is practically the epicenter of illegal drug use, and that store isn’t in any better area than my old one. Crossing fingers something better comes along quick.
Off to bed. We both took vacation time to have a rare day together. The hunt is on for a vintage dining table – I just bought chairs yesterday.
Mindy
We were told the first year was the hardest – I you make that
you have it made. I credit the fact MB (Mamma Bear) & i have made it
this far (49) is the first 2 years we rarely saw each other. Cherish your time together.
It is good to hear from you
Hugs
Where’s the “heart” icon for me to click on?!? I love this!
The Dictionary.com Word of the Day is “busticate”. It does not mean what I hoped it would.
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Here’s one for Debbe: https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28577360_1299114050189039_8928527856632995771_n.jpg?oh=62168b0c95b288ae3d63d2a95fcddfae&oe=5B3A6507
What I think is so good about this Mr. vs. Mrs. Coffee cartoon is that it links coffee with the battle between husband and wife! I never would have thought of that. But it’s so true.
Plus, I never noticed before that Arlo’s shirt wrinkles a little in the middle above the tummy just like Linus van Pelt’s and Charlie Brown’s golf jackets.
“And another thing,” as Jack Benny used to say: It’s funny how Janis’s hair is really about 50% white, but those four brush strokes—are they brush strokes, Jimmy, or something else?—make all of her hair seem brunette. Gestalt rules of perception.
Mark in TTown, the cat that self-portraits as a tiger make me chuckle! Too true! (Was the cat drinking coffee?)
Mindy — So glad to hear from you! I wondered what you’ve been up to. Well, I see you on Facebook now and then, but not with the details you speak of here in the Village. Glad that Thunder is happy and entertaining, and the boyfriend the same.
Say, I have a nice vintage dining table, but I guess Indiana and NH are too far apart. Mine is solid oak, 1890’s probably, and has six extra leaves!
Jimmy:
Are the LED displays becoming harder to read, or could it be that all of us are aging? In my case, the cataracts are worsening at an alarming rate.
By the way, I gave up coffee two years ago for Lent. I wanted to see if I could do it. So far, I’m still sans coffee.
Mark from Maine — I was curious, never heard of the Aeropress, so I Googled it. Well ! I read all about it and it took quite a while, but I like reading about things. Apparently it brews extremely good coffee, only costs $30, and is famous worldwide. How did I escape even hearing about it? I may actually buy one. Thank you ever so much for telling us about this!
Ghost and I do not drink coffee
Thank god we are like peas in a pod, teins
Good morning Village. No caffeine now at all
Impala. Looks possessive, doesn’t he?
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Peace,
Sorry, the smaller beast is also a male. And these are elands.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-river-wildlife-camera
Peace,