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Post by oralabora on Mar 15, 2017 14:55:36 GMT
I drink a cup in the morning. If I go out for lunch, I may have a second cup. In the evening, if we drink coffee, it's decaf, otherwise I'll toss and turn all night.
But the morning cup, is absolutely essential to my well-being, and especially to the well being of anyone unfortunate enough to be around me.
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Post by pianistclare on Mar 15, 2017 15:03:24 GMT
HA! I gave up coffee once for Lent when I taught at the Catholic School. Unbeknownst to me, the students begged their parents to bring me coffee in the carline by the Friday after Ash weds. Apparently I was quite the (cough cough) challenge to be around since Ash Weds.
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Post by sirach on Mar 15, 2017 15:15:02 GMT
I do the vinegar thing and I still have my doubts, as it doesn't seem to reach everywhere in the machine. I usually use a toothpick to scrape away any gunk in the corners. (We used to clean it never, because I didn't drink coffee and my husband only made it on the weekends. Then I finally started, thought it was gross at home, cleaned it, then magically it tasted good. Whaddya know.) I used to think I had cleaned it, until I turned it upside-down and examined the drip area. Cleaning with vinegar just gets to the drip vents, but not the area surrounding them, especially when the mold has been accumulating over time. I had to scrub it with a brush! I wonder, too, how well the black tube in the reservoir that brings the water up to the drip spout is really cleaned? The proof is no more cramps or diarrhea since I quit drinking from it. In talking about this to my daughter this morning, I noticed something else that is just not feasible to clean. When the tube pumps up water from the reservoir, it goes into a half-inch chamber prior to filtering down the drip openings. I put a Q-tip in there, and it came out with black residue. This was AFTER I cleaned the drip openings with the Q-tip. There is something in that water chamber that is impossible to clean. Since I hadn't been faithful to the water/vinegar trick for several years, I can just imagine what's in there! This pot is ready for the trash, for sure! |
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Post by sirach on Mar 15, 2017 15:16:47 GMT
Bottom line - THANK God for Lent!
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Post by upupandaway on Mar 15, 2017 17:23:25 GMT
I might have a cup of coffee four times a YEAR. And even then it has to be decaf. If not, I end up like Prof Q's son  When I do make decaf, I use water from the kettle and a pour-over filter cone. Low-tech but effective. Easy to clean. No nooks or crannies for mystery gook to proliferate. Tea, however...I can drink that all day. I actually have a tea-brewing machine in my home right now. It belongs to my pastor, who loaned it to me when I had my knee operation last year. Crutches = can't carry anything, especially scalding hot liquid, so it was much easier to drop a capsule in a machine, put a cup under the spout and press a button. Under the circumstances, it was hard to beat the convenience. Still, in the end having this machine at my disposal only confirmed that I prefer to make tea the old-fashioned way. Now that we've finally exhausted the supply of proprietary and expensive tea capsules we bought to get me through months of convalescence, I'm faced with the daunting task of thoroughly cleaning the beast so I can return it to Father. That article has fueled my imagination. Father never used the contraption (long story) so it was pristine when he handed it over to me. Who knows what nastiness lurks in it after nearly a year in my home? Ugh.  |
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Post by pianistclare on Mar 15, 2017 17:25:54 GMT
Joe just uses an electric kettle.
Seems easy enough. He prefers Barry's Irish Tea to Lyons, the other major Irish brand.
It's pretty mellow, I like it too.
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Post by upupandaway on Mar 15, 2017 19:58:10 GMT
That's what I mean by "old-fashioned way." Really, all I need to make coffee or tea is a kettle. My beleaguered brain and I like simplicity.  |
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Post by adamcsc on Dec 28, 2020 6:24:43 GMT
As some of you may remember, I gave up coffee for Lent. The wonderful benefit is that I have not had a single bout of gas and/or diarrhea that normally occurred a short while after drinking coffee. I used to think it was some kind of allergy to coffee itself. NOT! I read this article and did a thorough inspection of my coffee maker - upside down where it drips into the pot. YIKES!!! Just cleaning the pot in soapy water is not enough, since the mold grows under that lid and in the reservoir. I was sick! But also relieved to have found this problem
I can't believe how well I have felt after drinking my green tea replacement for coffee for about two weeks now. No more cramps! I have had the same problem with public urns where they brew coffee for a large crowd.
When it's time to go back to coffee, I believe I will be using a glass old-fashioned percolator, so I can visually inspect the entire unit and use a brush to clean the perk tube.
Thought it might be helpful to some of you who might be as shocked as I was when I looked into my Mr. Coffee Maker. To be honest, coffee makes me poop, but, not like that. |
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