How Discordianism Got Me a Free Cup of Coffee

[Hanni]

No drugs in this newer recipe? 

Of course not.  We are men of SCIENCE, not drug-addled Scotsmen.

True enough. A Scotsman would never venture out into Arizona.

Fact.  Scotsmen burst into flame when exposed to direct sunlight, much like flash paper.

I thought it was just us Irish...

And us English- I can't remember the last time I saw the sun properly

[Suu]

Nothing actually happened in Boston. They stole all the ideas from the crazy non-Puritan and drunk Providence Plantationers.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Nothing actually happened in Boston. They stole all the ideas from the crazy non-Puritan and drunk Providence Plantationers.

Fuck you you Southern piece of shit! 

[Nephew Twiddleton]

True fact though, Boston became a backwater city after the Revolution...

[Triple Zero]

Coffee is 98% water, and bad water can make a difference to the taste. There's little point in learning how to make coffee, and investing in good beans and a coffee maker, if the final taste is spoiled by poor water.

Good water? I know water tastes different but does it genuinely make a difference (in your opinions as you clearly know more about the topic than I)

How's your tap water taste compared to bottled water? If you don't taste much of a difference, then you got pretty good tasting tap water (thankfully, so do I). But there's places where the tap water doesn't taste very good. Sometimes it's got chloride in it (well it nearly always does, but sometimes it's enough so you can taste it), and other times it's just got a dull earthy flavour to it, or other flavours. Try the tap water when you travel around

However, IMO, I don't taste any difference between the cheapest bottled water and the more expensive bottled waters. And thankfully my tap water tastes great, so I never buy the stuff unless I'm on the street and don't want sugary soda but am thirsty.



I'm kinda wondering about the "leave the boiling water sit for a few minutes" advice. I mean, yeah, the optimum temperature for extracting flavours from ground coffee is just below the boiling point, but it's not much lower than 95 degrees Celsius or so. And boiling water cools off below that really quickly, so it's more a matter of your water not being hot enough than whether you should let it cool down (like you should do with green tea, which really gets bitter otherwise).

[Hanni]

How's your tap water taste compared to bottled water? If you don't taste much of a difference, then you got pretty good tasting tap water (thankfully, so do I). But there's places where the tap water doesn't taste very good. Sometimes it's got chloride in it (well it nearly always does, but sometimes it's enough so you can taste it), and other times it's just got a dull earthy flavour to it, or other flavours. Try the tap water when you travel around

However, IMO, I don't taste any difference between the cheapest bottled water and the more expensive bottled waters. And thankfully my tap water tastes great, so I never buy the stuff unless I'm on the street and don't want sugary soda but am thirsty.

The strangest water I've encountered was in Scotland... and it was lime green and apparently safe to drink. I don't taste any difference between bottled water either, and I only really drink water and tea (no fizzy drinks for me ever).

[Nephew Twiddleton]

To compare to Dok's measurements, 95 Celsius is WAY above 98 Fahrenheit (Human body temperature). 100 is boiling for water, which in Fahrenheit is 212 degrees.

ETA: Whoops, Dok said 88, which is obviously below human body temperature...

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I prefer tea to coffee (and I do know good tea, dammit!) but my boyfriend likes coffee and, as a result, every morning wakes me up to the horrific noise of the coffee grinder whirring.

[Hanni]

I prefer tea to coffee (and I do know good tea, dammit!) but my boyfriend likes coffee and, as a result, every morning wakes me up to the horrific noise of the coffee grinder whirring.

The best tea is always made by someone else... and I can't imagine that being a pleasant noise to wake up to.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Just to note, Dok has a special blend. I am unwilling to drink it.

Twid,
-has raised his blood pressure enough as it is

OHHHH WANT!

I started drinking coffee when I was 10ish and I started drinking huge quantities when I was working as a house tech for a local theater... 24 hour shift (Load In, Set Up, Run the Show, Tear Down, Load Out)... My 20 oz mug was never far away... and that stuff could stand on its own. without the cup.

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One time I saw a blimp.

[Doktor Howl]

One time I saw a blimp.

YOU SHUT YOUR JIZZ-STAINED WHORE MOUTH, TRENCH BOY!  WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COFFEE HERE.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZInM3r_OtDo

[Suu]

Nothing actually happened in Boston. They stole all the ideas from the crazy non-Puritan and drunk Providence Plantationers.

Fuck you you Southern piece of shit! 

PROVE ME WRONG.


...Bunker Hill my ass...You can't even get your fucking hills right.

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I like turnips.