The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 02: A Comma (is a Restful Pause)

[Handley_Page]

I suspect I need some of Chloe's really strong stuff; I got a call late this afternoon from my garage. It seems that my car requires some more serious work and will not be ready until tomorrow.
I can wait, no sweat.
But the bill, however.

Any chance of that strong stuff please?

 

[ChloeTzang]

I suspect I need some of Chloe's really strong stuff; I got a call late this afternoon from my garage. It seems that my car requires some more serious work and will not be ready until tomorrow.
I can wait, no sweat.
But the bill, however.

Any chance of that strong stuff please?

Just for you, HP, a cup of my special prescription Java Joe, coming right up .... made using the beans below the presrciption container....

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[MagicaPractica]

My old Grannie used to refer to the sufferer of such youthful ailments as "delicate."
Let us hope the Munchkin recovers soon.


My car's in the garage for a service and MoT (the annual test for safety, etc.),
and the weather is gloomy yet not cold.
I've ordered a little manual coffee grinder and I've not a clue how to use it. Hopefully,
it will include full 'Instructions'.

I'll settle for Instant,. for now

Thanks.

My car is in the garage too. Losing coolant quickly but leak not found yet.

Ginger tea tonight.

 

[Hypoxia]

I am becoming disconnected from clock and calendar. My A-phone buzzes when it's time for my medications or trash-hauling (11 hours from now) but otherwise it's free-form, and only partly because my and my partner's ailments keep us from regular schedules.

Coffee whenever. Alcohol whatever. Pot forever. My clocks are on 24-hour time because 12-hour doesn't let me know if it's morning or evening. Gotta go somewhere someday? Set the alarm, worry about it then.

Life in the small RV isn't that different. Awaken sometime after daylight seeps past the blinds. Do the day; nap as needed. Crash sometime after nightfall. Awaken to pee; slug a snort and puff a pipeful to return to sleep. Repeat as needed. Are we in Ohio yet?

 

[TxRad]

Fresh coffee for the morning crew.

Now for some sleep. I have a busy day later on. Number one house guest will be moving in permanently. Number two house guest already has her place well in hand a hundred yards down the road. The planning and preparations have been nearly two years in the making.

Now there will be three happy campers.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Fresh coffee for the morning crew.

Now for some sleep. I have a busy day later on. Number one house guest will be moving in permanently. Number two house guest already has her place well in hand a hundred yards down the road. The planning and preparations have been nearly two years in the making.

Now there will be three happy campers.

Aaaaahhhhhhh thank you Tex

And happy camping

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[Handley_Page]

I took delivery today of my first coffee grinder. It's a little hand-operated thing having a removable container at the bottom
and some sort of lid thing.
But there's a plastic doo-hickey not mentioned in the "instructions" (which have been written by someone who actually knows about coffee grinding and thinks everyone else knows about it, too).
Whoever wrote it is dead WRONG.
I fear for much head-scratching and even instant coffee.

 

[NotWise]

I took delivery today of my first coffee grinder. It's a little hand-operated thing having a removable container at the bottom
and some sort of lid thing.
But there's a plastic doo-hickey not mentioned in the "instructions" (which have been written by someone who actually knows about coffee grinding and thinks everyone else knows about it, too).
Whoever wrote it is dead WRONG.
I fear for much head-scratching and even instant coffee.

Our first coffee grinder was manual. We used it for a little while and concluded that it was mostly made to look nice on a shelf.

We went from that to electric "grinders" that work like a blender. They're relatively inexpensive, but the produce an irregular grind. The first one we bought had the advantage that the noise it made was so awful the kids and the cats would scatter as soon as I turned it on. That gave me some peace and quiet to drink my coffee by.

We use an electric burr grinder now. It has a hopper that holds about a week's worth of beans for two people and it produces a fairly regular grind that can be adjusted over a wide range of sizes. It even came with good instructions, but it doesn't make enough noise to scare the cats away.

 

[Handley_Page]

This one claims to be a "ceramic Burr grinder". Tomorrow morning it and I will have a debate (or should that be 'fight'?)

Meanwhile, Tea, I reckon

 

[ChloeTzang]

This one claims to be a "ceramic Burr grinder". Tomorrow morning it and I will have a debate (or should that be 'fight'?)

Meanwhile, Tea, I reckon

What's wrong with two rocks i ask you. Back to the basics!

 

[Handley_Page]

What's wrong with two rocks i ask you. Back to the basics!

finding two (relatively) clean rocks might be even more difficult.
But it might be better than a Pestle & Mortar, perhaps

 

[TxRad]

Has anyone ever came up with an electric Pestle & Mortar? It might be the answer to numerous questions.

Evening all.

Most of the moving is done. Now for the rearranging and integration of one household into another. Luckily the area involved is limited and the incoming goods the same way. Adjusting to the climate and culture after being up north for forty years will be far more interesting. Adjusting to retirement also.

In any case, things will be far different around here from now on.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Most of the moving is done. Now for the rearranging and integration of one household into another. Luckily the area involved is limited and the incoming goods the same way. Adjusting to the climate and culture after being up north for forty years will be far more interesting. Adjusting to retirement also.

In any case, things will be far different around here from now on.

Electric pestle and mortar? They exist....

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And ohhhh, the adapting to living with someone else! You must have done that before?
That was a tough one for me. I like doing things my way and my guy is a bit older than me, (was) a long time single guy used to doing his own thing. Compromises all the way ... but lots of fun along with that.

The household integration for us was real easy - merging my books with his coz I didn't have much of anything else except a futon bed, bookcases, clothes and my Tae Kwon Do stuff. And a couple of boxes of kitchen stuff. And the coffee machine. Let's not forget the coffee machine! Student essentials. Next time we move ... ... four years now and that stuff builds up...

 

[Handley_Page]

Electric pestle and mortar? They exist....

I didn't have much of anything else except a futon bed, bookcases, clothes and my Tae Kwon Do stuff.
Let's not forget the coffee machine! Student essentials. Next time we move ... ... four years now and that stuff builds up...

I love the idea of an electric Pestle & Mortar. Consistency in grinding at its best.
Where can I get one of those prescription Java Joe containers, please ?

Did you & your partner have long discussions about 'Futon vs Bed'.

Meanwhile, my and the grinder are having negotiations.
And my car set me back about $650; Ouch!

More coffee. . . .

 

[ChloeTzang]

I love the idea of an electric Pestle & Mortar. Consistency in grinding at its best.
Where can I get one of those prescription Java Joe containers, please ?

Did you & your partner have long discussions about 'Futon vs Bed'.

Meanwhile, my and the grinder are having negotiations.
And my car set me back about $650; Ouch!

More coffee. . . .

Lol. I'll track down java joe for you.

Futon bed? No, no discussion. It was a cheapie student thing that I bought for college and he had this super firm king sized already which is wonderfully comfortable . So the futon is turned into a couch next to my desk so I can curl up there during the day when I'm working nights.

 

[TxRad]

Happy Hump Day to all,

Good morning to you, HP, and you, Chloe.

I'm up way to early. I'm blaming it on the late nap and boiled shrimp.

Fresh coffee is available, along with fresh cinnamon rolls.

I will say,my big old bed does sleep better with two in it. Three is not even crowded but does end up a tangle at times.

I've decided to pass on the Halloween contest this year and go straight for the Winter stories. I have a Santa in the dungeon story that I want to see out and off my computer. It has been around far too long. I have two Halloween stories under construction but I can't keep my head in them for some reason. Halloween and scary stuff just isn't my bag I guess.

 

[litfan10]

I will say,my big old bed does sleep better with two in it. Three is not even crowded but does end up a tangle at times.

I've decided to pass on the Halloween contest this year and go straight for the Winter stories. I have a Santa in the dungeon story that I want to see out and off my computer. It has been around far too long. I have two Halloween stories under construction but I can't keep my head in them for some reason. Halloween and scary stuff just isn't my bag I guess.

I agree on the comfort of multiple deflates except dogs and cats can be complete bed hogs, how a cat far smaller than a human can take up three quarters of a bed is beyond me.

I agree on Halloween, Winter is so much easier for me....

 

[Handley_Page]

I used to have an argument with my cat over space available on a double bed.
It didn't stop him trying, though;every bloody time.

Meanwhile, coffee.

 

[Hypoxia]

We've tried arguing with cats over space but what's the use? The cat's half of the king-size bed is the cat's half and that's that. Then the dog pokes up at the end of the bed, watching...

Long ago (early 1970s, San Francisco) I necessarily consumed vast quantities of corporate coffee daily because my job was physical. But a young-ish roly-poly Russian hippie landlady with sensitive tastes changed my life.

Suzy had scored a rare (for then and there) connection for first-rate raw beans straight from the Guatemalan finca. She roasted the beans stove-top. She hand-cranked the clunky Dutch grinder. She brewed in a Chemex flask. She poured over sugar cubes (usually without LSD) and added full-fat heavy cream.

Then the ascent Heaven-ward commenced...

Today isn't quite so exalted. Good but not great roasted beans; motorized grind; into the little Krups espresso machine; cream and Godiva chocolate liqueur into the oversize cup. A good start. Y'all want one, stop on by.

 

[legerdemer]

Making a quick stop here at Procrastination Station... for its ease of use and consistency of brewing a pretty damn good approximation of espresso, I loooovvve Nespresso's small and affordable machine. The Arpeggio pods make pretty damn yummy coffee, and are under $1/pod. The machine itself sells for $149, but I got mine for about $100 on sale. No muss, no fuss, keep the grinding where it belongs - in the bedroom, etc.

 

[Handley_Page]

And I still have not worked out what the little plastic thingy is for. It does not have a corresponding thing to which it can attach itself.
And I have started a copy process on my PC which, I discover, will take most of the evening, if not the night. All 100MB of it.

I do hope that there's good programme or three on TV. . . .

Where did I put my coffee ? . . .
Ah h h

 

[Hypoxia]

... The Arpeggio pods make pretty damn yummy coffee, and are under $1/pod.

We boycott pods -- huge piles of plastic waste. YMMV.

 

[Handley_Page]

We boycott pods -- huge piles of plastic waste. YMMV.

There's an island as big as France (& that's bigger than Texas) made out of floating plastic waste. Such a pity we cannot find a hot bomb and sink it ?

It's either going to be a long night or a very early morning. I'm cleaning up my PC.

Tea, please
'Night all.

 

[MagicaPractica]

We boycott pods -- huge piles of plastic waste. YMMV.

I just moved to a french press, mostly for that reason.

'Night all.

Night, HP.



It has been a sleepless week of heat, the stink of liquid manure spread on the fields nearby, coughing child and utter exhaustion. Things are looking up though. Munchkin is better and this should be the last day of high temps. October is my favorite month of the year and I am working on a story for the Halloween contest that I'm quite excited about so I think things will soon be much better.

 

[Hypoxia]

It has been a sleepless week of heat, the stink of liquid manure spread on the fields nearby, coughing child and utter exhaustion. Things are looking up though. Munchkin is better and this should be the last day of high temps.

My sympathy. Sick sucks. Sounds worse at your place than at ours, which has seen enough disorder. Stay well.

Should I say something about coffee or tea now? I'll brew a cup of Yama-Moto-Yama Genmai-Cha with a dash of soy sauce. Miso works too. Tough tea.