Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 04, 2021

What about the ones who brew coffee from beans which have passed through a monkey’s digestive tract?

The main side effect of coffee is wanting more coffee.

But isn’t that how you make ground coffee?

In the Outback we didn’t use any sort of filter. We had a metal pot with a wire handle, filled with water and brought to boil over the fire. We used a rope with a steel hook on one end to lift the pot out of the fire by its handle. The “barista” dumped in a measured amount (“handfuls”) of coffee grounds, then swung the coffee pot on the rope like a lasso for a minute, or until the arm gave out. The coffee grounds were tightly packed into a mat at the bottom of a pot of very tasty coffee.

Some people do anything for warm feet. And coffee grind is a good peeling material.

Ever wonder why the coffee tastes like gym socks?

Priority 1, gotta pee. Priority 2, coffee. … P3, see P1.

Nothing is more important than comfortable feet.

There have been times when my feet were so cold, I had a hard time deciding between drinking hot coffee or pouring it in my boots. Naturally, drinking won. Sugar makes socks sticky. ICK!!

I wonder if this has any bearing on the ‘missing sock’ issue?

When I was a kid my tía abuela used a sock to brew her daily coffee.

Well, who wants coffee filtered through a used sock?

Coffee caused the industrial revolution. I’m convinced of it.

If a sock has never been used on a foot, is it still a sock? If youy put tea in a coffee mug, does it become coffee ?

In Hong Kong they drink pantyhose tea.

Pity none of these kids ever grow up – one of the pleasures of growing older is getting to say “I told you so” to the younger generation.

I just learned that the ‘sinus’ headaches I’ve been having are actually migraines and after some research I also learned that I need to quit drinking coffee :‘( I only have on in the morning. That’s it! But that’s enough/too much. :/

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Frazz19 hrs · Don’t feel like it’s just you; I’m a coffee geek and I had the same reaction when I first heard about Sock Coffee, even though it was described as “Sock Coffee” and not “Used Sock Coffee.” And you can predict, successfully, that it’s really just another way of making pour-over coffee, the hippest of the hip methods these days. Which is not a lot different from how the unhippest of the unhip Mr. Coffee machine makes coffee.

I’m good with all sorts of kinds of coffee, although if you ask me, if you want the best coffee you’ll employ pressure (a la Aeropress), steam (a la Moka pot), or, best of all, steam and pressure (a la espresso). I hope that says something about my personality beyond liking coffee that’s intensely flavorful without being bitter. But that might be too easy an answer.

When my father was a Boy Scout (Later, Eagle Scout!) he was told to brew some coffee. Never having done so before, he tossed in the entire one-pound can. They ended up putting a couple spoonfuls in each cup and topping it off with hot water.

Side note: I found a sign and brought it to work: “Instant people. Just add coffee.”