I like to blame this on my epilepsy, but who knows? I make coffee using the coffee cone/drip method. I bought this little frame from Starbucks where you put the cone holder on top, put the filter in, fill with freshly ground coffee* and pour water through the grounds to the mug below.
I cannot tell you how many times I have set the cone thingie on the little frame, put the grounds in and poured the hot water into the cup that wasn’t there. I have wasted more coffee and paper towels than I care to recall.
I figured I had this sussed. I got rid of the frame and just used the cone thing directly on the mug. How could I mess that up? For a while, this worked very well. It was only recently that I hit the pinnacle of my coffee misadventures.
The hot water was ready and I poured it to the top of the cone. The coffee started to drip into the mug. It smelled heavenly. I did a couple of other things and was about to feed the cat. Did I put the cat food in the cat food dish? Noooo, I put it in the coffee grounds still dripping into my mug. It’s obvious that I need coffee before I make my coffee. The cat thinks so, too.
*Starbucks Sumatra, if you must know 😉
Hiiii, hope all is good…I can’t find your message with your email on it 😦 Can you pls resend Thank you!!!
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It’s mainepaperpusher@yahoo.com Yay! I’m going to get an email from FOODZESTY!
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hhhahahahahaha so funny…will get them to you by Friday 🙂 Sophie
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No hurry, I have enough that I’m scheduled out for a while. But still, I can’t wait to read what you have! ❤️
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Oh good then can I send them next week? I am still in the process of making two recipes and wanting to upload and translate and well you know…Alot of translation :).
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Oh gosh! Translation? Now I’m intrigued!
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Oh my goodness – my husband did a very similar thing the other morning. First attempt at coffee, he forgot to put the jug on and so pour cold water on to the coffee grounds. On the next attempt, he accidentally filled the coffee grinder with cat biscuits instead of coffee beans. Glad we are not the only ones with these problems!
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You have made me feel so much better. At least I don’t have to clean the coffee grinder!
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You need a coffee to make a good coffee 😁
Ask your neighbor. 😊
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Awe. that’s a great idea!
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EXACTLY!!! Just ask my cats! 😉
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🙌
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I love freshly brewed coffee.
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I do, too. Sooooo much!
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I’m in stitches! You’re delightful! 😂
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You are so sweet. I promise there are more embarrassing situations to come. Most of them haven’t happened, yet. However, I know they are out there, just waiting to become blog fodder. They are out there…lurking. 😉
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You are so special. Can’t wait to read more!
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You are too kind. 🙂
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😘
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❤️💕❤️💕❤️
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I loved this post so much! It is one of my favorite posts of yours. Love it still so much. I am enjoying spending time with you, beautiful lady!
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I’m thrilled that you are taking the time to go through and read so many of my posts. Love you lots!!! ❤️💕❤️💕❤️
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You are such a sweet thing to me. You have to know you are one of my favorite people on the blogosphere. My time is not my own these days but I do try to catch up a bit with everyone. I miss the times when I could read much more. What I love is that I can go to any of your posts whenever I want. That is a gift here in the blogosphere. Pretty cool I think. That and Google impregnating WP. I’m sure that’s how those damn Discover posts pop up all over the place. The freaking get on my nerves!
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Hahaha!!!! I love you to bits, too! I haven’t been around much lately and I know I’ve missed a bunch of your posts. Fingers crossed I’ll pull myself together soon! muah!
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No worries sweet woman. You take your time and do your thing. Recover, relax and destress.
Hugs and so much love to you!
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Wifey would agree with you! She tells me no talkie before coffee! Do you know how hard this is? I am a morning person. I have found the if I make her coffee and bring it to her, I talk sooner! Perfect!! 😜
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Great idea! Haha
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Ooh, I got Renata and Roda’s replies all mixed. Anyhow, Renata, you know me well enough to know how imperative my caffeine is! ❤️
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I do! 🙂🙂🙂
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She and I are so much alike! I used to have customers who would call in the morning and if it was a little early they would ask If I’d had my coffee yet. If I said no, they’d say: “Go get it now, I’ll hold!” I thought they were very nice to do that, but in truth, it was a survival tactic on their part! 😛
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Ha!! She is very particular about her coffee. I told her about your post. She said we must send Linda some good Michigan cherry coffee!
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Michigan cherry coffee? Cherry, like cherry flavor? *shudders* Coffee, hopefully, originated from Sumatra. Add hot water. Done. Alternatively, add cold water and brew for 24 hours. Add ice. Done. One does not add things to coffee other than good water in either solid or liquid form. Yup, I’m going to have to write that coffee snob post. It’ll be cringe-worthy! 🐉 ❤️ 🐉 ❤️ 🐉
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I have yet to meet someone more snobby about coffee then wifey!
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Oh, you just wait! YOU JUST WAIT! Coffee post is coming along. Soon!
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I can’t wait!
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I should say Wifey and I are so much alike. Sorry, Renata…I’m all confused. Only a half cup so far. I’m surprised I’m not delirious! ☕️
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That perfectly describes me as well. I wonder what Lily and Echo enjoyed eating the freshly ground coffee. Kkk by the way, I love your coffee frame! What will you do about it?
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Lily and Echo got fresh food and I got fresh coffee. Having those two on caffeine would be a bad idea. This morning Walter tipped over a mug of coffee and started to lick it up off the floor. You KNOW that Walter on caffeine is one of the worst things ever. I’m living in fear right now! 😉 kkkkk
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Hahaha Walter can say goodbye to his tipping days! That boy is going through extreme makeover on Wednesdays. Kkk
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Let’s hope!!
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You blew me about this fantastic post, yes i think you need a coffee before you make your coffee for having a good while focusing on making the coffee😬
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I might even have to have a coffee before I make my pre-coffee coffee! 😛 ❤️ 🤗
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Nice smart reply 😂😂😂😉
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Oh but it’s so true!
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Indeed😀
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I can SO relate to this need. I start to function – that is, able to recognize that I have two different socks on, after my second cup of coffee. Of course, it was my blushing bride who ‘helped’ me realize that wearing matching socks is the intended goal before I leave the house in the morning. Cheers!
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Ah, wives are very good at ‘helping’ steer their spouses along the right path. If you are mismatched after your SECOND cup then I don’t feel quite so bad. Cheers to you, as well. ❤️
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First coffee has to be instant. No way would I be coordinated enough for anything more complicated. Then I travel to work and have another when I get there. My colleagues know not to pester me until after or they experience much grumpiness. My wife seems oblivious to this and if she gets up with me will chatter away to me and fail to notice that I don’t respond and how I am trying to shrink into my seat! Yet when we see her friend Stephen in a morning she warns ME not to be too chatty until after he has had his coffee!
I did seven years of night shifts in a cellophane film factory when I was a youngster (a not dissimilar process to your paper mill Linda). The night shifts left me with a hopeless caffeine addiction.
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First, instant coffee is an invention of the devil. I admit I’m a bit of a, ok a more than a bit, of a coffee snob. Oh now you’ve inspired me to write a post about my coffee snobbishness. It will be insufferable. 😉
As far as collegues suffering coffee-deprived grumpiness…see the reply I left above for Roda/Renata. Haha!
Obviously, you must have a chat with Stephen and find out his secret to pre-coffee silence. Perhaps he could give you some tips…OR you could have him warn your wife that chaos will ensue unless she stops this madness!!!
Raising a cup to you…Starbucks Sumatra homemade cold brew…black. Always black. ☕️
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One day I must send you some Monsoon Malabar, roasted here in Lancaster by Atkinsons.
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Ooooooh!
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Not a fun start to the morning, sorry!
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It was eye-opening, to be sure. My nose wasn’t terribly happy, either!
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Ha! What a coffee cocktail!
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I know, right?
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You’ve been nominated again
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You are too kind to me!! ❤️
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You too
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That is messed up :). Sorry to hear about that poor you and that poor cat.
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VERY mess up, but after a quick redo, it was all ok in the end! ☕️
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Thankfully 🙂
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Oooh lordie do I feel you with this. 😂 All things end up in all the wrong places with me in the morning! Great post!
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It sounds like we are kindred spirits! I’m glad you liked it. ❤️
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Hahahahahahahahahahahaha oh my goodness I’m sorry but that is hilarious! I’m just glad you didn’t figure that out by drinking it. 😀
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Yeah, even I was amused AFTER I had my properly brewed coffee. If I’d figured it out while drinking it, that would have been very bad. But not as bad as your salad was last week! ;P
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Hahahahaha! We both almost had close calls though I feel your cat coffee would have tasted marginally better than my bug salad. 😉
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I agree, ewww. Bug salad would be awful for you, but think about the poor bug! 😉 ❤️
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I thought we had brewed coffee every way possible that was wrong, but you beat our record! Penny Wilson Writes blog said you were worth a visit and she was right. I’m now following you. A person who can’t brew coffee perfectly every time has to be followed, right? I’m still chuckling and probably won’t stop until lunchtime.
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Now I have to know more about your coffee misadventures! One of the commenters said her husband put cat biscuits in the coffee grinder. I thought that rated pretty darned high as a coffee mishap!
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The only possible solution to this problematic predicament is the invention of time travel.
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Yes! And automatic cat feeders!
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Definitely relate to this one Linda! Here in Seattle, coffee is a religion and the only one in which I actively tithe on a daily basis. My hubby and I drink a minimum of two pots a day when we are home and he usually makes the first one saving me the embarrassment of screwing it up!
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2 pots a day?! I don’t tithe religions other than this either but I must bow down to you in wonder!
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Just as an interesting little side note, our cats are named Java and Sumatra.
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Hahaha!!! Perfect!
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I bought a one cup coffee maker so I could have one cup before I go to work. But I sit and think, “Man, I’d love to have a cup of coffee.” and I just keep sitting there until it is time to get ready for work. Guess I need a coffee maker and a hose.
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Haha! I’m thinking of setting up my set up on a smart plug. Then I’ll just have to tell Alexa to make coffee for me and it will be waiting.
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Maybe I just need a remote control coffee maker and a drone. LOL.
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Hahahaha! Love it!
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I loved the title specifically because it perfectly describes my state of mind whenever I am craving coffee! The best coffee is made with freshly ground beans undoubtedly! Read this story about one such event when everything was made all the more special with some amazing coffee! https://columntribe.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/a-break-from-everyday/
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If you want to see just how particular I am about coffee, take a look here https://wordpress.com/post/mainepaperpusher.wordpress.com/8795 I’m crazy when it comes to coffee!
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Will surely do, also for all coffee lovers here is my other post: https://columntribe.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/from-the-heart-of-a-cappuccino-lover/
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I hear you. Pre-coffee coffee!
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I’m at the point where I think I might need pre-pre-coffee!
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