Kitchen

[Icegoddess]

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@sissel wrote:

DD & Fiance must have the same thing, I am a k cup person, morning or rare times afternoon cup so had to sit for a week to watch her dog while they were on vacation looked at that machine grind coffee make it into k cup or carafe Oh No too much to figure out.  LOL I like k cups limit my coffee, if I did a carafe I would drink it all day which I don't need. I do miss the electric pot but know too much coffee for me. DD & fiance are coffee snobs too. DD tells me all the time k cups isn't good for environment I know. 

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@sissel you can recycle K cups in some parts of the country, but not here.  We recently got a new recyclables company and they only allow small-mouth plastic bottles.  We also can't recycle glass anymore.  Used to at least be able to take glass to a specific place to recycle.  I have a friend who lives about 2 hours from here and she says they can't even leave that little plastic ring that's left behind on plastic milk cartons when you open them.  

I believe there are companies that make compostable K-cups which would be the way I would go if I were a coffee drinker since I already have compost bins.

[Icegoddess]

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@DbinMD wrote:

I agree that there are better ways of making coffee. I need coffee fast so when I first get up, the Keurig does the job. But I bought the Nespresso. Talk about good coffee, its actually the best coffee I have had. Very rich in flavor and in taste.. I have been making a cup in the afternoon. My sister gave me a way to make it, Do either the espresso or the double espresso, put the milk foam on top and drizzle some honey on top, It is awesome!

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@DbinMD hubby used to have his own Espresso machine before we got married.  It's actually probably still taking up valuable cabinet space in the kitchen.  That was why I was rather surprised that he was not familiar with this method of coffee-making.  I expected him to elaborate on why Alton's method was better or not instead of deciding to change his entire method of making coffee.  

[faeriemoon]

Surprised they named the thing Chemex.  I thought they omit "chem" from everything these days because of all the bad connotations associated with anything chemical.

[Icegoddess]

Yay!  Hubby is enjoying his new coffee process so much he said we can put the Keurig in storage.  He doesn't want to get rid of it altogether because we might need it for company (and the fact that getting him to discard anything is like pulling teeth).  So, I told him to give it a good vinegar cleaning or else it might not work if we did bring it out again.

@faeriemoon I believe the brand has been around a long time and was named before everybody decided all chemicals were bad.  Well, not me personally, but at least the more vocal consumers.

[ECBG]

@Icegoddess That's a cute story.  I can just see all of that coming into the house and his anticipation!

At my house over the years, all of DH's excitement has been over rope to spelunk with.  

[Kachina624]

@faeriemoon    Those carafes go back to the 50s or earlier.  The 'chem' word was trendy back then.

[denisemb]

Is the pour-over coffee maker the same as a vacuum coffee maker?  (I don't drink coffee).

Years ago, we were fortunate enough to have dinner at WDW's Victoria & Albert's.  DH said it was the best coffee he'd ever had and promptly bought one.

Just asked what happened to it & he said he gave it to someone at work as it was a pain to clean, LOL.  He also went through a French Press phase.

Now it's a Bunn-o-Matic.

[Icegoddess]

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@denisemb wrote:

Is the pour-over coffee maker the same as a vacuum coffee maker?  (I don't drink coffee).

Years ago, we were fortunate enough to have dinner at WDW's Victoria & Albert's.  DH said it was the best coffee he'd ever had and promptly bought one.

Just asked what happened to it & he said he gave it to someone at work as it was a pain to clean, LOL.  He also went through a French Press phase.

Now it's a Bunn-o-Matic.

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@denisemb , no it is not a vacuum system.  It's quite simple although time consuming, looks like this:

[Bridgegal]

I've used that method off and on over the years but you have to start over the whole process for each cup of coffee.  I guess I'm lazy but I just don't want to go thru all of the steps for multiple cups of coffee.   Melitta has the cone that sits on top of your cup and that's what I used.  I still have the cone that I bought in the 70's.

[sissel]

those recyle cups are #5 we only do # 1 & 2 so not in my city