What's cleanup like? Prep time?

I quite like my little 4 cup traditional percolator. I like melita coffee. Pre ground. Zero ****s given.

cleanup is super mega easy.

prep is a bit slightly more involved than drip. boil water. grind beans, and put them in the chamber. now pour water into chamber, stir. put filter on and press into cup.

the main nuisance is that you can only make like 2.5 cups max and you gotta transfer into other containers and thermos for that.

its super easy for one cup.

Apparently there weren't actually any unexploded bombs at the marathon. Just the two that exploded.

Is chili considered a kind of soup?

I thought it was technically a stew since it's usually quite thick. Also quite a few soups can be served cold, which is just ridiculous for chili.

not imo, more of a stew

awesome

I have an aeropress also, and it's amazing, but I think your prep could be easier. Since the target temperature of water for making coffee is something like 175 F, not 212 F, I just did some trial and error with my microwave to find out how long it took to take hot water from my tap and heat it up to 175. Turns out it's 53 seconds. You don't need to take the time to boil water. Making coffee with water at that temperature dramatically improved the flavor of my coffee. There's more hands-on time than using a regular coffee maker, but it's faster for making a cup or two. And yeah, clean up is way easier than a French press.

It only correlates with some blood-born cancers like lymphoma and leukemia if you have 1 can or more per day over periods of 20 years or so, and only if you are male. Correlation gets worse the less of it you drink while still around that 1/day level. Also worse if you do not drink alcohol. Those numbers are not as bad as for regular-sugar sodas.

Apparantly aspartame does not cause blood sugar levels to spike, but does cause liver to produce formaldehyde.

Also appears to cause weight gain, independent of correlation vs. causation argument. Rats fed aspartame gain more weight than rats fed sugar, etc. fat people may switch to diet sodas, but the people who drink the most diet sodas are the fattest. There may also be a false sense of security similar to how people get into more accidents when they get antilock brakes.

Most "plausible-sounding" kook narrative theory is that the sweetness tells the body there are calories coming and to prepare to digest and use them. When nothing arrives, it makes things go haywire.

Deepest rabbit hole kook conspiracy theory is that asparatame is a neurotoxin and is used as the sugar pill in double-blind studies of MSG in order to hide MSG's neurotoxic effects so that MSG can continue to be used to make crappy, rancid food taste good and sell.

Ultimately, aspartame has no actual benefits to the body other than satisfying our craving to drink something sweet every five minutes "like we were goddamned hummingbirds"*.


* That's a quote from a 2+2er from a few years ago, I can't remember who. Head asplode if it was kcountry.

So does eating a fruit. Unless you're mainlining aspartme your body handles it easily.

Just like everything else. Moderation.

neeerrrddd. (i love it)
i'm a fan of my keurig for making coffee. Mainly because I drink 1-2 cups a day while my wife will have none. It was hard to make a pot for 2 cups, plus the coffee was so much better than what i was doing.

By developing cancer?

Thanks for the info, Holliday.

eta: generally, mostly interested in the specific marginal effects of an occasional diet beverage/G2 compared to the fully sugared alternative. The cancer stuff is good information, but fortunately don't consume enough aspartame to be too worried about that in particular/as it specifically relates to my own health.

I would still drink coffee if it didn't have caffeine. I switch grinds every once in a while. Right now, I'm doing Starbucks medium house blend. On average, I probably go through about 2-3 cups a day.

70% water consumption.
20% coffee
9% other (OJ, alcohol, ice tea)
1% soda

I tried Mio for a week or so, I would just end up putting half of the damn thing in one water bottle.

Only drink water, one soda or fewer a day and milk. Alcohol is the devils mouthwash.

My percentages for a week would prob go something like

70% Water
15% Soda
10% Hot Tea
5% Other

I follow the exact same liquid consumption pattern damn near every non-hungover day at work.

Grab a G2 when I get into the office at 6, cup of coffee with breakfast at 6:45, 2nd cup of coffee at 8 with a glass of water, keep drinking a 16 oz glass of water every hour until I leave. Sometimes I throw in a Coke at like noon if I'm especially tired.

At Starbucks, I usually go with whatever their dark roast is that day. Pike Place isn't bad, but I usually prefer as dark of coffee as possible.

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Milk is awesome, started drinking it a ton lately. Not GOMAD but more like GOMEOD. (every other day). Red milk FTW.

ya i do it this way too. tho i do it on the stove and just play by feel. didnt feel like going that in depth, proly shoulda said "heat water to proper temp" but wateva. im sure kc would figure it out.

what type of milk do you guys drink?

any answer other than 2% is wrong

Skim.

im something to aspire to