Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for January 02, 2022

TJ rules!

Today’s strip is reminiscent of Classic Luann. Nice.

I never understood the appeal of coffee it upsets my stomach no matter how much milk I add.

I’m normally the first one up in the morning, get the kettle started, then deal with the two cats attached to my ankles. The rest of the coffee process takes place after that.

TJ = Coffee Achiever! I try to have a cup every day…with cream. Hot coffee during winter and iced coffee during summer.

Very nice, TJ. (I wish I knew how long it takes for my electric kettle to boil water and turns itself off; it takes so doggone long when I want it hot enough and still so doggone long for my herbal tea to steep.)

Grinded coffee beans Scent- good

Can’t even make coffee before I’ve had my morning coffee.

My caffeine source is Cherry Coke Zero

I would like my coffee hot, with a a little bit of Toni and no TJ, thank you.

It’s not the best way

TJ is the king master.

Just make it after dinner

Bit French press with a touch of hilarity ensues.

Ha ha ha ha. I hope that’s a pajama top.

Everyone eat their black eyed peas today?

Nice to check in with you TJ!

The late cartoonist Don Martin had all the funky noises down. Greg was pretty good today with “Gunnnzge”…

Brad is not a morning person, like Luann♡. Nice to see that is alike for both. TJ dedicated to the coffee is admirable.

Me too…with a 40ounce cup. I see a potty break in my near future.

Instant is not coffee. All coffee makers take time and have a few steps. Big deal. The only thing you don’t need to do is grind it every day. I find so little difference between fresh ground and store ground as to be pointless.

That is not coffee.

Signed: an Italian.

After three cups of instant, I find myself wondering how he can taste the fresh-ground. (And in any event, the proper way to make coffee requires an espresso machine, or a moka pot in a pinch.)

TJ (and probably Greg) is ill-informed. Instant coffee is almost totally devoid of caffeine and will more likely put you to sleep. The more you roast and process coffee, the more it loses caffeine. Instant is so over baked, it’s mostly just colour and flavour.

Just like the principal of homeopathic theory, a minute amount of a drug has an opposite effect, ergo, lots will keep you awake, little will put you to sleep.

I have it every night for that very reason. Having one right now….

How to be awake in the morning, don’t drink coffee. Coffee messes with your body’s systems and causes you to ultimately be more tired.

but wait, isn’t that cheating.

Coffee tastes awful. Who needs it?

No one serious about coffee makes instant before making the good stuff. (I do a fine grind and make a triple-shot cappuccino to enjoy with a bit of dark chocolate to start my day while I read the comics. Instant? No way. (Except whipped into foam with equal parts sugar and hot water and then put in iced milk)

I just shoot it intravenously. I keep a syringe on my nightstand

I prepare the coffee the night before and in the morning all I have to do is push the button.

For a moment this morning, I originally thought this was a Luann Againn strip that slipped through. Then I realized I hadn’t had my morning cup yet. 8^ )

Almost. The next step is roasting your own green beans. (Then the next step after that is growing and fermenting yout own.)

He’s got it down. French press gives the very best of the full body coffee!

I love the smell of coffee but prefer espresso. Helps that I used to manage a Starbucks back in the day, and sampling the espresso machine daily was part of the job..prob where I acquired the taste for it.

Prima Barista in the Kuerig with stevia and Land O’ Lakes Mini Moos for me.

Fresh ground coffee is so much better.

makes me hurl

Don’t like COFFEE?

Fine. It just MORE for Me. ;-)

Just remember that when you’re desperate, and pull up to a McDonalds and buy a cup, that COFFEE is HOT.

[Still amazed that a lady once won a lawsuit over not knowing McD’s COFFEE was “Hot.”]

I always set up my coffee maker the night before so all I have to do in the morning is push a button.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who used a French Press would EVER have instant coffee.

“Thanks to its high levels of antioxidants and beneficial nutrients, it also seems to be quite healthy. Studies show that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of several serious diseases.”

including diabetes, alzheimers , Parkinson, depession, etc See the healthline website:

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/top-13-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-coffee

Since last January I’ve been reading Luann (and Luann Againn for more background). Some of my favorite posters often mention the strip, posters who also follow many of the same comics I do, so I thought I’d give it a try. Luann does not appeal to me, and I am looking for a couple of replacement strips for my regular Go Comics rotation. I’ll probably be chastised by some for wasting this space and their time with this, my first and likely last post on Luann. Guess I just wanted to say goodbye—and wish a happy and healthy New Year to all Luann followers.

NNOOOO! That is NOT how to make coffee! 1. Never use that blade grinder you prss down. The grind is too inconsistent. 2. Use a Burr grinder. 3. Measure the water for a French Press. 4. Remember a coffee cup is 6 oz not 8 so 3 measuring cups of water = 4 coffee cups Not 3. Adjust number of scoops of ground coffee for 4 cups or it will be too weak.

Except that you should not use a spice grinder to grind your beans.

It would be nice to see TJ in a story, maybe he meets a lady chef, or starts a charity meals service. The perfect match would be him and Tiffany but that’s not going to happen. Anything that doesn’t involve fire or explosions would be great.

the appeal is that if you had to work 40 hours with out a break it can help , some what .

TJ; making coffee that way is lost on Brad and Toni. As firefighters there are times they’re lucky to have time for INSTANT, while on the job.

K-cups, for those that always enjoy a cup of coffee that is at least both average and easy.

Instant coffee…yuck!

Sometimes, these Sunday strips are a breath of fresh air!!

RIP, Betty White.

All that noise from the coffee grinder would wake me up.

K-cup. Boom. Done. Repeat if necessary.

Teabags in a cup, now a french press, first for this strip?

I liked black coffee the first time I tasted it. My preference is a triple shot of espresso. Sometimes there is no time for covfefe, that does not bother me.But yes, a campfire & frying bacon would really add to the experience.

How could TJ stand 3 cups of instant? Yech.

Seriously? I couldn’t tell.

I don’t understand people who can’t function in the morning. I learned long ago, to just get up and face the day when the alarm goes off. Snooze alarms are a crutch.

I got hooked on the French press coffee making several years ago and it’s the only way to go. You can make adjustments in several areas to make it to your liking, not just the amount of beans but how long to grind them, water temp, amount of water, steeping time, etc. And of course the amazing varieties of coffee beans out there.

First cup of coffee I saw me older son make was half a cup of coffee, half a cup of milk and then 4 teaspoons of sugar….

I am surprised in the last few days the stories have nothing to do with New Year.

In one of his comic routines, the late John Pinette was talking about how he had to go to Dunkin’ Donuts to get coffee, so he could stand in the long line at Starbucks to get coffee.

I love coffee. Drink mine just plain, thank you. No cream or sugar. I’ve had it from a French Press and that was ok but I did not notice any real difference.

Coffee is for weekdays, not weekends. Unless you have to work on weekends, in which case, caf up.

So he can stomach instant coffee. No wonder he thinks coffee made with a press tastes okay. Aaaargh!

my cup of coffee is called m & m ’ s

At least get a better grinder with ceramic burrs.

In Hemingways early novels, in WWI, his characters chewed coffee beans; in his later WW2 novels they just took ampthetamines. Thanks BIG PHARMA

Sambuca

TJ, no no no, water’s too hot!

I love the onomatopoeia for the grinder!(The punch line is a good one too!)

Nifty trick, but no where near as exciting as escaping from a food truck that “accidently” blew up

Baby steps.

People here commenting that you don’t use HOT water to make coffee baffle me.

And screw it all. Milk and sweetener are a must. Not too sweet, not too much milk, but I drink it extremely rarely black. Unless we are out of milk. I actually prefer cream.

I have been drinking coffee since I was 5.

He isn’t wrong. Of course you only do that if you have time.

Coffee is proof of life after Death. I swear there had to be a Mr. Coffee in the tomb.

Love coffee in the French press; but i’m lazy and the auto-drip is faster

I love a good French Press. I wouldn’t drink coffee any other way!

Awwww. None for Brad? Whatta pal!

Been in Brazil for the last month: the coffee (and the weather) are great!

I get by [as a single guy living alone] on instant coffee (well, Nescafe) just fine. TJ is a pretentious snot, along with all his other “charms.” May he disappear forever!

And, just to humblebrag, I happen to be in Colombia this very day. Even though the beans are already roasted, they smell amazing. Can’t wait to get ’em home and enjoy.

WOW…… a Luann Sunday comic that’s more than three panels?? What gives??

This is totally my husband and I

I soo relate to this. Tried to make coffee on the weekend. Poured the water, noticed an error light on the machine. Unplugged, restarted and cleaned machine before I realized water was still in the cup and was never poured in machine/I need coffee to wake up/I need to wake up to make coffee.

I am allergic to coffee. It knocks me right out.

I set up coffee the night before. With the timer it’s ready to pour when we get up.

French Press.For those who like their coffee crushed to death,