TheBanyanTree: Coffee

[LaLinda]

This brings back memories of my non-coffee drinking husband...grinding and
brewing coffee in the Chem-ex coffee maker. When my kids came back as the
pandemic was kicking up, it was pointed out to me that some ppl don't have
a human coffee maker with a Chem-ex, so they set up their Kureig (?) and it
began.

Christine loves fancy coffees, but hates the pods, so she has two pods that
she can refill and empty as needed, and washed, with which to put her
freshly-ground with her little "carny hands," as she calls them, fancy
coffee in.

I've gotten used to it, but won't buy one. Once it leaves with him or her,
it's back to the Chem-Ex.



LL

On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 9:24 AM Pam James via TheBanyanTree <
thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com> wrote:

> I am not a coffee connoisseur.  I just love a great cup of coffee first
> thing in the morning!  I'm not really sure about the whole caffeine waking
> me up bit (although that may be absolutely true), just that going through
> the motions of sitting and sipping gives my brain and body a chance to wake
> up!  (Same-same?!?!)
>
> But I get so tired of making the coffee!!!  My second husband used to make
> it and leave my vitamins sitting beside the pot.  It was a sweet act of
> love - until he decided he'd rather be elsewhere.  My last husband used to
> get up first and make the coffee, or if he left super early to golf, he'd
> pre-make the second pot for me - regardless of whether we were talking or
> not.  It was thoughtful.
>
> But it turns out I'm not great at maintaining the relationships that get my
> coffee made, so I have to make it myself!  As a friend used to say,
> "Dayum!".
>
> And so every morning, making coffee is a part of the routine that includes
> saying hello to 7 animals, letting 4 dogs outside to relieve themselves,
> filling water bowls, filling cat food and dog food bowls, tossing cat
> treats for all the animals to scramble for, and handing out frozen treats
> while I'm getting coffee cubes for my mug, and ice cream to put the dog
> meds in.  waunt-waunt-WAUNT-waunt-waunt!  (Read that with the right whine!)
> Rinse and repeat!
>
> I've tried a Keurig a few times.  But while they are super convenient, I
> feel guilty about the landfill waste, and then I go back to a traditional
> pot.  Until I say, 'screw it!', and go back to a Keurig.  I'm currently
> with a pot.  But my neighbor has a Keurig and I have been known to go over
> to visit *specifically* to grab a quick cup of coffee!!
>
> I have a coffee press, but I haven't used it yet.  My friend's son visited
> Costa Rica and brought me back a kilo of coffee beans!  (ha!  I thought
> kilos were only for drugs!!)  I ground some of the beans once and made a
> pot, but then I put the beans back in the cabinet.  So wasted on me!
>
> I buy the small 'bags' of ground coffee. And I'm cheap and don't like to
> pay more than $5 a bag!  So I look for sales at the commissary, or Lidl or
> Aldi or even Harris Teeter or TJMaxx!  It all tastes the same to me!  But
> it's all also medium roast.  I don't like dark roasts - I think they taste
> bitter.  However, I was reading something or other a couple of months ago,
> and it stated that a bit of salt will take any bitterness out of coffee, so
> now I keep a salt cellar by the pot and I toss some in everyday!  I have
> impressed friends with that trick!!
>
> Anyway, all of this because the act of making coffee annoys me, but it's
> something I gotta do!!  I have tried tricking myself and setting it up at
> night so in the morning all I have to do is push a button!  It's almost
> like somebody else made it!  hahaha!!
>
> <sigh>  Mostly I love visiting my friend Maria.  SHE will happily make me
> coffee, in the morning or the afternoon, pour it, add a drop of creamer,
> and hand it to me while I sit and enjoy being waited on!!  It is a special
> gift and I never take it for granted... There is always a little more
> feeling in my sip and sigh when it's been handed to me by another coffee
> maker person!!
>
> But I'm no connoisseur!
>
> Pam
>
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