Coffee...
Coffee. How many of you absolutely, without question, need to have a cup of coffee in the morning?
I do. Even if it's just one, I have to have my coffee. The only time I gave up coffee was when I was pregnant.
Enter, the wife. I love my wife. She is an amazing wonderful woman. She does, however, love her technology to a point of concern. When she buys things for the house, they almost always have a remote and need programing.
Like the coffee machine she bought for Maine.
But when the coffee machine is too hard to figure out, I draw the line. I have to have my coffee. I don't want a machine that can dance while grinding beans, while filtering water, while displaying three different time zones. I want something that gurgles, perks and gives you coffee when you press "start."
The machine she bought started to beep at me this morning as if I sent missiles screaming across the ocean. Pressing buttons to no avail, I finally unplugged it.
No coffee machine should beep at you. It's cruel and unusual punishment.
I love my wife. I do. But I think I'm going to hunt down a very simple, old fashioned Mr. Coffee today to use when she's not here to make the thing behave.
I need my coffee.
posted by Sara at 9:47 AM
11 Comments:
amen sista!!!
:::;sipping her 'ffee::::
I turn into an ogre literally without it in the morning. I pity the fool that gets between me and my caffine.
Goodwill always has a fine selection of coffee makers. People turn in their old, simple ones when they get the hi-tech ones.
My afternoon caffeine is delivered via a good shot of espresso made from my Krups machine I bought at Goodwill years ago. It serves me well.
coffee is a must have with a 1 month old!
a timer is a great feature for a coffee pot. aside from that and and off/on switch, i'm all set.
if you need a cup of coffee before attempting to fire up the coffee pot, you've got yourself a serious problem!
Mmmmm.....coffee. I literally cannot even process thoughts before the luscious warmth crosses my lips.
I recommend a french press -- least amount of technology possible, and great strong coffee ....
Sue, you've got the right idea. French Press Pots are super simple, and produce a delicious and flavorful cuppa joe.
I'm lazy though. We bough a new coffee maker after Christmas, and I am slightly in love with it. Yes, it grinds the beans for me. Yes, it beeps at me when I have done something wrong. Yes, it has many fancy-schmancy buttons. But dang it there is a thermal pot with it. It stays hot (not scorched) for hours. Yumm.
you think that coffee maker gives you trouble, just wait till you try and get that stove working. the controls on it look like the cockpit of a jet!!
I'm good with the stove. lots of buttons but you can ignore most of them.
of course, I can't get the clock set right but... who cares about that.
and I'm going to goodwill to dig up an old mr. coffee. an original.
yes, I'm serious.
Pretty hilarious! Sorry to laugh at your frustration, but you paint a pretty vivid picture.
Good luck finding your very own machine.
PF
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