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07-13-2016, 07:31 AM
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07-13-2016, 09:02 AM
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At home we have a bunn. Best coffee maker ever! Every pot is exactly like the previous in temp and taste. 3 minutes for a full pot.
For camping we use the instant stuff but in the flavor type. Right now it is caramel french blend or something. It honestly isn't to bad, better than nothing.
For camping we use the instant stuff but in the flavor type. Right now it is caramel french blend or something. It honestly isn't to bad, better than nothing.
07-13-2016, 09:25 AM
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Not just engineers, but throw the architects in there too. Although I can confirm at least one instance where an Architect was made to office in a building he designed (poorly) for a period of several years. I got involved in fixing said building after the sentence by the judge had expired. The owner of the building held onto it long enough to make sure the architect served his full term then dumped it.
It was one of those environmentally friendly green buildings that used natural products and energy super efficient stuff and resulted in condensation on the floors that caused enough slips and falls that a chiropractor actually moved into the building to treat the injured.
It was one of those environmentally friendly green buildings that used natural products and energy super efficient stuff and resulted in condensation on the floors that caused enough slips and falls that a chiropractor actually moved into the building to treat the injured.
07-13-2016, 10:20 AM
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I've used a grinder and like the results. It will make coffee that's slightly better than the beans, mostly due to freshness. But it won't make great coffee from only good beans.
But if you start with really good beans, the coffee is wonderful.
Years ago I had weaned myself down from the 30 cups/day Air Force base coffee to essentially zero. Then we hired a new admin in the office. She came in, took one sip of the commercial coffee in the pot and said, "No! this won't work!" The next day she brought in her own grinder and beans. As soon as the aroma filled the office I knew I had to have some coffee. Which got me back to drinking coffee. There was a ~4 month period where I was coffee free. Looking back, I do have to ask myself, "what the hell were you thinking?"
But if you start with really good beans, the coffee is wonderful.
Years ago I had weaned myself down from the 30 cups/day Air Force base coffee to essentially zero. Then we hired a new admin in the office. She came in, took one sip of the commercial coffee in the pot and said, "No! this won't work!" The next day she brought in her own grinder and beans. As soon as the aroma filled the office I knew I had to have some coffee. Which got me back to drinking coffee. There was a ~4 month period where I was coffee free. Looking back, I do have to ask myself, "what the hell were you thinking?"
They have been grinding beans for some time now. They used to brew Folgers I think
As far as the maker, it looks like ours is a Cuisinart coffee maker. Seems to do alright. We do have a camp percolator that we have had for many years. We use it anytime we are camping, but we don't know what filter it takes anymore and we always seems to overfill it so it spills everywhere. Otherwise, the coffee comes out ok.
I don't think I have the patience to get really fancy with coffee. The quicker the better. I am used to getting free coffee from the gas station I worked at. Pretty bad stuff so I'd dilute it a lot with creamer.
07-13-2016, 10:34 AM
I worked on a job building an industrial park a few years back. The engineer who designed all the underground was this young guy who'd never gotten his hands dirty in his life, and it turned out he'd never worked on a project this big before (something he neglected to inform the developer of!) and he made mistake after mistake, wrong elevations, things flowing uphill, etc. The developer got fed up and redesigned the entire system himself, wondering why he'd paid the engineer all that money to design a system that wouldn't work. At the time those of us who were dealing with both sides talked about how we preferred working with engineers who actually worked in the field and had an understanding of how things went together before becoming engineers verses fresh-faced college kids who had no practical experience, only book-learnin'.
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