coffee maker is broken

[Carol Dee]

Well Cane you are so clever I would have suffered or taken my coffee break to run out and buy a BIG cup of gas station Joe. By the way I LOVE the cup mug you have.

 

[baymule]

@digitS' I believe it is the egg shell you supposed to use.....egg whites? That would be coffee-egg-drop-soup!

Also, an ice cube dropped in the boiled coffee shocks the brew and sends the grounds to the bottom. I can vouch for this method, it does work!

 

[thistlebloom]

Aha! So that's what my uncle was doing that time when we stopped at his house in the wee hours while driving to grandma and grandpas.

I remember standing in his kitchen, still dark outside, barely taller than the kitchen counter while he made coffee for my mom and dad.
I remember him breaking an egg into the grounds (I think it was a percolator?) and my folks telling him what a weirdo he was. Haha! I don't think they actually said weirdo, but with my kid ESP I knew that's what they thought.
The coffee must have been fine because we hung around while they drank a few more cups.

Oh, I meant to say that he added the shells to the broken egg.

 

[digitS']

Dang, I don't know!

I only tried it once!

There's this idea in the social sciences about discovery. Seems that misunderstandings are a BIG reason for human discovery ... I should be so lucky .

Steve
not @so lucky

 

[journey11]

That's some ingenuity, Cane. I think my coffee addiction would have driven me to suck on a mouthful of the grounds, lol.

I have a percolator pot that we use for camping that I will pull out for a power outage, but it is not at all the same.

 

[valley ranch]

Good morning Ladies, gentlemen, good morning Steve. I read this thread all the way through, with a cup of nice full bodied coffee.
Coffee's can be very important, it was today, I slept well but could hardly talk when I came downstairs. Now after just two cups I'm as awake as the Stellar Jays in front of the kitchen windows, Just a mo, let me get them something.
Hi, Been eavesdropping, pleased to have found this island, had no idea one was here, but kept looking. If I could I'd pour each a cuppa.
Richard

 

[canesisters]

I hate you @valley ranch

(just kidding of course)

Still no coffee maker here... 4am wakeup... working Christmas Eve... did I mention no coffee?
(unbending paperclips to make more camp coffee......)

 

[digitS']

Have you considered DeCaf, @canesisters ?



I'm so tired of the Caf/DeCaf blend I've been using. Grinding the whole beans helps. Flavored DeCaf most definitely did not help. Hopefully, the lessened effects on my stomach make it all worthwhile.

Steve

 

[Carol Dee]

I hate you @valley ranch View attachment 5711
(just kidding of course)

Still no coffee maker here... 4am wakeup... working Christmas Eve... did I mention no coffee?
(unbending paperclips to make more camp coffee......)

Cane you are going to have to bring a thermos of coffee with you until the new coffee maker arrives. (Or send someone out on a coffee run a few times.)

 

[Carol Dee]

Good morning Ladies, gentlemen, good morning Steve. I read this thread all the way through, with a cup of nice full bodied coffee.
Coffee's can be very important, it was today, I slept well but could hardly talk when I came downstairs. Now after just two cups I'm as awake as the Stellar Jays in front of the kitchen windows, Just a mo, let me get them something.
Hi, Been eavesdropping, pleased to have found this island, had no idea one was here, but kept looking. If I could I'd pour each a cuppa.
Richard

@valley ranch You are fitting right in here. So glad you found us! I sure would love to pull up a chair by that fire and share a cup. Happy Holidays and Warm Winter wishes.