Coffee Thread

[Allen]

This sorta says it all (with a little exaggeration).

Just completed my 20th mowing for the season so far.

[PWC]

I lived in Jackson thru my teenaged years...and yes this looks very familiar. 85? and 80% humidity. Most days in Jul and Aug rain about 2PM for an hour then sun. The fog off the ground sometimes would rise to knee high.

[Allen]

It's going to rain forever.

[Allen]

Another day in paradise here along the Gulf Coast.

This is happening right now.

[Allen]

Fall is in the air now (here).

Kids back at school. School buses everywhere. New schools being built like there's no tomorrow.

Still hot but everything is dying, drying up, leaves falling and covering the yard, spider webs everywhere in the yard. It is the peak of hurricane season too. There's several storm fronts around us but haven't developed into hurricanes yet.

I had a co-worker that claimed this was his favorite time of the year. I don't get it.

[Phloating Phlasher]

Something in the well water here eats "dripolator" innards.
Its not just cleaning, I've tried white vinegar at a 50/50 mix, tried only using water already boiled in a kettle & commercial coffee maker cleaners.
I'm on my third dripolator & my second espresso machine in 2 years.


I just bought one of those hourglass pots & pour hot water in the top.

[Allen]

Something in the well water hear eats "dripolator" innards.
Its not just cleaning, I've tried white vinegar at a 50/50 mix, tried only using water already boiled in a kettle & commercial coffee maker cleaners.
I'm on my third dripolator & my second espresso machine in 2 years.


I just bought one of those hourglass pots & pour hot water in the top.

Our water here is a little alkaline (sweet).

I use full strength bleach (name brand) to clean our coffee pot. It only takes a few minutes. I then pour the "used" bleach down the a/c drain to keep the condensate line clear of mold/algae.

[Phloating Phlasher]

Is that a stove top pot or an electric dripolator?

[Allen]

Is that a stove top pot or an electric dripolator?

Electric. Black & Decker brand from Walmart for only $50 ($60 now). I only use the thermal pot types now with no heater under the pot. A heating element just cooks the coffee. The thermal pot is SS and the coffee stays hot and drinkable for 2 hours or longer. I've used more expensive coffee makers but like this one best. Previous models (other makes) have leaked. The only downside is it is slow---takes about 10 minutes to perk a half pot.

[PWC]

San Angelo, TX...1968, no name brand 5 cup stove top percolator. Set Gas by eye...just when it full perks turn off gas, let it sit and drain down.

Best Folgers I've ever had.

[lyman]

electric kettle,

and a clean cup,

tea bag in, (currenty yorkie gold) fill with water, (once the kettle shuts off, just pour it right in) let set a bit and drink

I don't like scalding tea,


hot day, do the same, but have a pint glass of ice , once the tea has steeped a bit, pour it over the ice, may add a cube or 3 later, and some dayum good iced tea,

use honey as a sweetner if needed, I usually don't

[Mark in Ottawa]

There's what the forum looks like on the main page for most of us on Win 10 after the latest round of up-dates from M/S.
The rest of it is much similar.

Forum is normal on my Android based phone, which is a real pain to post with due to the smaller screen and key-pad.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

I get that image if I open the site with Google Chrome but I found that the site works properly if I open it using Firefox. I was reluctant to download another browser but in fact there have been no problems

[lyman]

on my ancient Dell, running chrome (Windows 7) no issues

my other laptops, I get that funky white skeleton like site,

Pat said she should have put out for some update or upgrade but did not,
I need to reach out to her again and get the password and info for the host and see if it can be corrected with out spending an arm and a leg

[Allen]

on my ancient Dell, running chrome (Windows 7) no issues

my other laptops, I get that funky white skeleton like site,

And for me, just the opposite.

Win 7 stopped with just about everything and I started getting the funky site shown above on Jouster. Win 11 using "Edge" did OK for about a year, then the same started happening.

Switched over to Firefox and all is OK.

On my Chromebook (laptop) it works flawlessly plus on sites like the Daily Mail I don't get all those thousands of popups and that annoying little video running in the bottom right corner.

[Allen]

It's like Russian roulette several times each year. You never know where it's going to hit.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/213745.shtml?cone#contents