Got up yesterday morning and got the coffee ready to brew, pushed the start button and....... NOTHING...


repeatedly push button.... nothing...

unplug/plug back in.. push button.... nothing..

Time is growing short along with my temper (push button again)..

Brain starts devising a alternate route to school that includes at least two gas stations that have coffee.. (pushing button with vigor)(thinking positive/happy thoughts).
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Here we are this morning after not reading the directions on the proper set-up and function of my new Kitchen Aid 14 cup coffee maker when I note:

Note to self:thoroughly clean new coffee maker proior to usage. Not sure what styrofoam will do in digestive system or long term effects. But the coffee definately tastes different though. Will suffer through this pot for test purposes.


On a positive note, weird coffee is better than no coffee in the morning.

 

Do they have restrooms available at the bungee site?

 

tree's and small shrubs.. there maybe a outhouse by now... Not sure.. I will find out this afternoon for ya

 

Oh no, I was just worried about you, lol.

 

no worries here, everything should be safely packaged in styrofoam.

 

that gave me a good laugh.

 

thats what the bridge is for, go off the bridge in more than one way, lol.

 

I am so sorry to hear that, I totaly agree wit hte whole coffee thing, unfortunatly I have been forced to drink tea lately and it jsut not the same. I should be back on coffee very soon.

well I do not think there is any problems with the foam thingy. you will probably jsut passit no big deal

 

what is tea?
coffee is more than just a drink. it's a way of life.

i got one of those a life coaches, her name is Tina, she's the latte girl at my local spresso place.

each morning i start my day all sleepy-zombie like, and walk into the coffee shop like a half asleep moron.

and they just see that it's me and start making my latte, cuz I get the same thing everytime.
i'll be just standing there, usually leaning on the guy infront of me, half asleep
and when i get to the front counter i hear a faint "hey dave" i usually mumble something back "hey"

followed by a "nnnnmoney.. here".
probably the most retarded transaction possible.

within minutes of the first sip, my life is fine. my language comes back, but not until then.

 

seattle dave, I totaly understand what your are saying, I am that way myself, but for now because of medical reasons I ahve to stay away from coffee, something about the acid in it,

how ever I have discovered some really strong english breakfast teas.

but there is still the ocasion that the only thing that will break through the fog is a good old cup of Starbucks. infact I am on my second one today.

Who ever does exactly what they are supposed to

no ones perfect

 

yeah i had to cut back myself, it was 2 or 3 "quad vente vanilla lattes" a day. after like 8 years of that, my stomach started killing me, acid reflux, or acid something all the time. now im "vente drip" 3 of every 4 days.

if you find yourself in shoreline, goto hotwire off of 175th & 15th ave ne.
best. espresso. ever.

 

well since that is just up the street from us here at lake city, I will just have to drop over there. Thanks for the pointer

 

Week before last I had a pot problem - my old one would no longer make a hot brew - so I went out and bought a new one.



Still trying to figure out what all the controls do...

(And yeah, that first pot, before reading all the warnings, importants, cautions, and instructions (43 page book...) DID taste kind of, uh, "odd.")

Tom

 

Thomas, I see you have yours set on "strong"...lol... That's there coffee maker is one step above the model that just went gunny-bag on me.. Same controls. Loudest beeping noise I've ever heard out of a coffee maker.

 

At home, I drink strong Red Rose tea (good tea and I have a killer collection of ceramic figurines). It's stronger than regular coffee anyway.

But I prefer to go to the espresso stand and get a 32oz, triple shot WHITE coffee, sugar free white chocolate powder, breve. There is nothing more heavenly than that! And white coffee is about twice as strong as regular coffee.

Strange thing is that a lot of caffeine, like my white coffee, can either have me bouncing off the walls or knock me out.

 

I detest that beeper!!!

One of these days I'm going to snap, tear it apart, and clip it's leads. (I did that to my desk phone at work a few years back - ripped it open and cut it's little bells off).

Tom

 

that kind of drink ordering is part of what's wrong with america right there ! j/k

I used to go to the espresso stand around the corner while I was at work, and on my out, a co-worker would ask "where you going?". Dumb me, I'd say "to the espresso stand, want anything". and then i'd get a response like that, or even longer like a "double, grande, something-cino, light foam, 1%, 180 degree, etc.." o, the madness.

after a while i said 4 word maximum. I'm sorry, but i want a latte. if i was on a diet, i would be drinking water, and not asking for skin milk on my 1000 calorie mocha-cino-iced-double-belended drink. and how spoiled have we all become when we start ordering food and drink at specific temperatures?

I thought about opening a little stand myself and there would be 2 lines, one for cash and <5 word drink order and one for everyone else so they could dictate their book, i mean drink order, as slow and with as many elevation/temperature specific requirements as they like.

 

Um, dear, your order really is no different than mine. You state four things about your order, as do I. You're no better in causing the problems of America.

32oz (SIZE) triple shot WHITE coffee (SHOTS) sugar free white chocolate powder (FLAVOR) breve (TYPE)

quad (SHOTS) vente (SIZE) vanilla (FLAVOR) latte (TYPE)

(we're going to end up seeing each other at a M&G some day and get in a fist fight, lol)

 

my order:
quad-ven-te-va-nil-la-la-tte

your order:
thir-ty-two-ounce-trip-le-shot-white-cof-fee-sug-ar-free-white-choc-o-late-pow-der-brev-e

yours has 3 times the syllables. it's much longer, and you got to admit, you would rather stand in line behind and order like mine, than yours.

i hear you. actually i know you'd get along with me just fine in person, everyone does. just online i come off as a complete azz.

 

just say to hell with it al and get a french.. excuse me a 'Freedom' press.

Gabi and I refuse to make coffee at home unless it got mud on the bottom!!!