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My coffee standards are very low. The other day I had the most vile cup I've tolerated in a long time -- poorly made bottom of the pot in the office, had been sitting there at least four hours. Then I added expired oat milk that was excessively clumpy. I sucked it down. Don't @ me.
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
My coffee standards are very low. The other day I had the most vile cup I've tolerated in a long time -- poorly made bottom of the pot in the office, had been sitting there at least four hours. Then I added expired oat milk that was excessively clumpy. I sucked it down. Don't @ me.
I like having espresso around so I can get a similar amount of caffeine but less volume of acid
That said in a pinch I’ll drink whatever coffee and not particularly care
like the things a gas station needs to have is, in order of importance:
1. coffee machine
2. gas
3. hotdogs
A coffee machine and an espresso machine are totally different beasts.
not to me, in this context
like, sure not some stainless steel thingy where you have to tamp it for every cup
but not a moccamaster either, y'know?
by coffee machine in the context of a gas station or convenience store I mean a big thing with buttons on the front selecting regular coffee or espresso or cappuccino or etc.
most places here are still just a coffee pot on a hot plate filled with regular or decaf
to me that's bar coffee (as space is more of a premium behind a bar than in a gas station and, of course, it's an incidental instead of the major business driver) of which I drink far more than anyone should
it is seldom that anyone manages to get good coffee out of those (even though theoretically it's not really harder to make the coffee it's just that sitting on a hot plate does not do any coffee good)
although I must say that culturally speaking, I am slightly confused by this conversation, because I get the impression that coffee being bad is something that like, matters to you?
to me the coffee being bad is more akin to... the weather being shit that morning. An issue that's more of a topic of idle conversation than an actual issue. And where a lot of the time i haven't thought about it until it was brought up.
I grew up in diners and coffee shops. I think I started drinking coffee before I was 10. The quality of coffee experiences is deeply important to me.
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zepherinRussian warship, go fuck yourselfRegistered Userregular
My coffee standards are very low. The other day I had the most vile cup I've tolerated in a long time -- poorly made bottom of the pot in the office, had been sitting there at least four hours. Then I added expired oat milk that was excessively clumpy. I sucked it down. Don't @ me.
Jesus fucking christ you're an animal
Look... Yesterday I had half a cup of coffee (left over the weekend) in my coffee cup when I came into work...I slammed it down and made me another cup.
zepherin on
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Deebaseron my way to work in a suit and a tieAhhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered Userregular
has to live in new jersey for ever
my in laws make instant coffee. I think they only ever really make it when Im around. I appreciate the effort, but there is a convenience store 2 blocks from my MIL's house.
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Mojo_JojoWe are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourseRegistered Userregular
I'm with Abdhy here. Coffee is a mechanism for alertness and productivity. If I can get it for free everyday in the office, I do. I guess I can appreciate a nice cup sometimes -- but it's not worth $4 to me.
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zepherinRussian warship, go fuck yourselfRegistered Userregular
I'm with Abdhy here. Coffee is a mechanism for alertness and productivity. If I can get it for free everyday in the office, I do. I guess I can appreciate a nice cup sometimes -- but it's not worth $4 to me.
My work now has an espresso machine. I can make my red eyes in the office. It's saving me a bunch of money.
Even with low quality beans, if you use enough of them to make the pot and it's fresh, it's still not too bad. Too weak and sitting too long are what kill coffee.
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BrodyThe WatchThe First ShoreRegistered Userregular
although I must say that culturally speaking, I am slightly confused by this conversation, because I get the impression that coffee being bad is something that like, matters to you?
to me the coffee being bad is more akin to... the weather being shit that morning. An issue that's more of a topic of idle conversation than an actual issue. And where a lot of the time i haven't thought about it until it was brought up.
I mostly don't care about coffee quality. As long as its not instant coffee, which tends to chew up my stomach, I mostly just drink it black and real hot, because I need the darkness in my life. Also, recently, the old coffee coating the bottom of my cup has been flaking, making my coffee more concentrated.
But to clarify, the vending machine in a gas station is probably using instant coffee.
A coffee maker slowly percolates through ground beans, drawing out various chemicals.
An espresso machine quickly pushes water through ground beans, under pressure, to make a thicker version of coffee.
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I'm with Abdhy here. Coffee is a mechanism for alertness and productivity. If I can get it for free everyday in the office, I do. I guess I can appreciate a nice cup sometimes -- but it's not worth $4 to me.
appreciating a nice cup is like
saturday morning sitting down at a cafe enjoying myself and enjoying the taste of a really well made cappuccino kind of thing
just a regular-ass cup of joe is a coffee break at work, or coffee while working, those kind of experiences. They're very different. Nice, though. But the taste of the coffee doesn't really apply to the niceness of the moment.
Hm I’ve got the poops today and it is making me not want to work
And yet there is some work to do
Yesterday I talked to my coach/counselor and he asked me what I did and he was like wait, what does your senior manager do, and I was like, as far as I can tell, literally nothing, and he’s like yeahhh you seem to be doing his job and I’m like yep.
I’m glad I switched to my bro as company-assigned mentor; should be good. But he asked me what I wanted in my career and I was like who knowsssssssss
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
Even with low quality beans, if you use enough of them to make the pot and it's fresh, it's still not too bad. Too weak and sitting too long are what kill coffee.
And people.
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AuralynxDarkness is a perspectiveWatching the ego workRegistered Userregular
although I must say that culturally speaking, I am slightly confused by this conversation, because I get the impression that coffee being bad is something that like, matters to you?
to me the coffee being bad is more akin to... the weather being shit that morning. An issue that's more of a topic of idle conversation than an actual issue. And where a lot of the time i haven't thought about it until it was brought up.
I've spent way too long working with and around Emergency Services veterans to care at all about the quality of coffee anymore, just that it's there when I want it.
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Orphanerivers of redthat run to seaRegistered Userregular
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
My coffee standards are very low. The other day I had the most vile cup I've tolerated in a long time -- poorly made bottom of the pot in the office, had been sitting there at least four hours. Then I added expired oat milk that was excessively clumpy. I sucked it down. Don't @ me.
My coffee standards are very low. The other day I had the most vile cup I've tolerated in a long time -- poorly made bottom of the pot in the office, had been sitting there at least four hours. Then I added expired oat milk that was excessively clumpy. I sucked it down. Don't @ me.
Jesus fucking christ you're an animal
Look... Yesterday I had half a cup of coffee (left over the weekend) in my coffee cup when I came into work...I slammed it down and made me another cup.
I don't know if I've ever had chicken fried steak. I'm not sure I actually know what it is
*record stops*
You go to cracker barrel this evening and have grandpas country fried breakfast. I don't want no guff from you until you do.
But I'm making jerk chicken with a mango habanero sauce that I'm throwing on the grill
That sounds really delicious. You are still grounded from guff till you have grandpas country fried breakfast. It might be the most unhealthy thing I've ever eaten more than once.
Literally just ate a chicken fried steak but I wasn’t lookin at chat we are so in time with each other oh my god our astrological signs must be shimmering together like aurora borealis
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
Literally just ate a chicken fried steak but I wasn’t lookin at chat we are so in time with each other oh my god our astrological signs must be shimmering together like aurora borealis
or visits from family where coffee will be drunk by everybody without stop for a couple of hours. Nibble some cake and drink cup after cup after cup. After X amount of cups you will get up and say you have to go, host will offer you just a bit more, you will accept some "just at the bottom"
although I must say that culturally speaking, I am slightly confused by this conversation, because I get the impression that coffee being bad is something that like, matters to you?
to me the coffee being bad is more akin to... the weather being shit that morning. An issue that's more of a topic of idle conversation than an actual issue. And where a lot of the time i haven't thought about it until it was brought up.
I mostly don't care about coffee quality. As long as its not instant coffee, which tends to chew up my stomach, I mostly just drink it black and real hot, because I need the darkness in my life. Also, recently, the old coffee coating the bottom of my cup has been flaking, making my coffee more concentrated.
But to clarify, the vending machine in a gas station is probably using instant coffee.
A coffee maker slowly percolates through ground beans, drawing out various chemicals.
An espresso machine quickly pushes water through ground beans, under pressure, to make a thicker version of coffee.
and so would I
it's why I say specifically "coffee machine" because it's not just a coffee maker - IE, your moccamaster, and not just an espresso machine either, since it does both, servicably
and no, no gas station chain I know of uses instant coffee
pretty universally fed with beans as so
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TTODewbackPuts the drawl in ya'llI think I'm in HellRegistered Userregular
has to live in new jersey for ever
I'm a Gemini
I am the best
Bless your heart.
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jungleroomxIt's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovelsRegistered Userregular
I mean, I'm probably a little bit of an exception in that my intake has not really noticeably increased despite the fall-off-a-cliff rapid decline of my interest in coffee quality, but seriously, it just needs to be present.
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Literally just ate a chicken fried steak but I wasn’t lookin at chat we are so in time with each other oh my god our astrological signs must be shimmering together like aurora borealis
Sounds like something a gemini would say!
Ha, who reads your charts, the Psychic Hotline? I’m a Libra, thank you very much.
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TTODewbackPuts the drawl in ya'llI think I'm in HellRegistered Userregular
has to live in new jersey for ever
Yeah beans is actually cheaper than instant coffee
wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy cheaper if you're doing bulk coffee
I mean, I'm probably a little bit of an exception in that my intake has not really noticeably increased despite the fall-off-a-cliff rapid decline of my interest in coffee quality, but seriously, it just needs to be present.
When I was in the service I would drink the field coffee and like it. Even though it was utter garbage.
You adapt to your surroundings I suppose.
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zepherinRussian warship, go fuck yourselfRegistered Userregular
Literally just ate a chicken fried steak but I wasn’t lookin at chat we are so in time with each other oh my god our astrological signs must be shimmering together like aurora borealis
Sounds like something a gemini would say!
Ha, who reads your charts, the Psychic Hotline? I’m a Libra, thank you very much.
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Jesus fucking christ you're an animal
That said in a pinch I’ll drink whatever coffee and not particularly care
Steak but fried with a fried chicken recipe (eggs in the breading).
to me that's bar coffee (as space is more of a premium behind a bar than in a gas station and, of course, it's an incidental instead of the major business driver) of which I drink far more than anyone should
it is seldom that anyone manages to get good coffee out of those (even though theoretically it's not really harder to make the coffee it's just that sitting on a hot plate does not do any coffee good)
I grew up in diners and coffee shops. I think I started drinking coffee before I was 10. The quality of coffee experiences is deeply important to me.
I know you wouldn't guess what it is from the name but I can't remember the specifics
A friend had one on a trip to the US the other week and was incredibly angry about what he received
Is that a markov chain
I think that's a markov chain
You go to cracker barrel this evening and have grandpas country fried breakfast. I don't want no guff from you until you do.
My work now has an espresso machine. I can make my red eyes in the office. It's saving me a bunch of money.
I mostly don't care about coffee quality. As long as its not instant coffee, which tends to chew up my stomach, I mostly just drink it black and real hot, because I need the darkness in my life. Also, recently, the old coffee coating the bottom of my cup has been flaking, making my coffee more concentrated.
But to clarify, the vending machine in a gas station is probably using instant coffee.
A coffee maker slowly percolates through ground beans, drawing out various chemicals.
An espresso machine quickly pushes water through ground beans, under pressure, to make a thicker version of coffee.
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appreciating a nice cup is like
saturday morning sitting down at a cafe enjoying myself and enjoying the taste of a really well made cappuccino kind of thing
just a regular-ass cup of joe is a coffee break at work, or coffee while working, those kind of experiences. They're very different. Nice, though. But the taste of the coffee doesn't really apply to the niceness of the moment.
And yet there is some work to do
Yesterday I talked to my coach/counselor and he asked me what I did and he was like wait, what does your senior manager do, and I was like, as far as I can tell, literally nothing, and he’s like yeahhh you seem to be doing his job and I’m like yep.
I’m glad I switched to my bro as company-assigned mentor; should be good. But he asked me what I wanted in my career and I was like who knowsssssssss
And people.
I've spent way too long working with and around Emergency Services veterans to care at all about the quality of coffee anymore, just that it's there when I want it.
Tropical fruit habanero sauce mmmmmmmm
It's about as fancy as he gets
Sounds like something a gemini would say!
and so would I
it's why I say specifically "coffee machine" because it's not just a coffee maker - IE, your moccamaster, and not just an espresso machine either, since it does both, servicably
and no, no gas station chain I know of uses instant coffee
pretty universally fed with beans as so
I am the best
Definitely an Aries mentality
I mean, I'm probably a little bit of an exception in that my intake has not really noticeably increased despite the fall-off-a-cliff rapid decline of my interest in coffee quality, but seriously, it just needs to be present.
Ha, who reads your charts, the Psychic Hotline? I’m a Libra, thank you very much.
wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy cheaper if you're doing bulk coffee
And yet
When I was in the service I would drink the field coffee and like it. Even though it was utter garbage.
You adapt to your surroundings I suppose.