My cup of coffee is brewed from locally-roasted, fair-trade beans that were sold as a fundraiser for community theater. Unless you actually live in coffee country, this is as local as it gets! Then I ruined my coffee credibility by using a basic drip machine. My beverage sociopathy knows no bounds.
Two days ago, I made pretzels using the ol' Art of Manliness recipe. I topped them with chia seeds, black sesame seeds, and coarse salt. Of course, pretzels are best when fresh. Fortunately, a toaster oven on the bagel setting revitalizes them to almost-as-good-as-fresh. I also have a few I froze following the boiling step, ready for proper fresh-baked bready goodness later.
Why were there still pretzels today? I was sick yesterday. I ate nothing until evening. Apparently the Mother Thing was sick a few days ago. I must have gotten it after making dinner for her and my dad, and this is how I am repaid? Shocking! And now she also has to take care of my dad, because he apparently also came down with it last night. Poor mom. But she also has a leftover pretzel, so there's that at least!
That is why I spent yesterday bedridden (with frequent urgent interruptions) watching The Simpsons and not eating much. Let the compensatory gluttony commence! I even indulged in chocolate almond milk as a coffee creamer substitute today. Decadent excess in celebration of recovery seems in order, although I am still exhausted from the ordeal. Back to work tomorrow regardless.
Damn, that pretzel looks good! :D
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For years, all I had for making coffee was an ancient percolator acquired at a yard sale. I only got it out on those rare occasions when coffee-drinking relatives came to visit. Eventually it died, and I replaced it with a Gevalia coffee maker. That, too, was long ago, and I suppose it isn't state-of-the-art any more. But it works.
If it's a drip machine, the technology hasn't really changed since the first Mr. Coffee back in the 1980s or so. The mechanics of the design are ingenious. A single heating element warms the pot and boils water. The boiling water creates a passive pumping effect to drip hot water gradually through the grounds.
Hello @jacobtothe, I see that you've subscribed to the coffee community, since this post... and I also noticed that you've seen the latest update, thanks for your vote!
An official welcome to the Cinnamon Cup Coffee community:)
Please feel free to share all your coffee, experiences such as this one with your pretzel in the future.
I hope you've all recovered and doing better now.
I also saw the link to your recipe with your Jamaican ingredients. I'll definitely take a closer look at that one for sure;)
Have a lovely day!
I would appreciate any suggestions for that recipe. My next library program on the topic is at the end of the month. I suspect it has been tamed down for bland WASPy palates.
You should get a Moka pot. I tell you, I have never looked back and code has never been so good!
This makes me sad
I use what I have. At least it isn't percolated to death!
You can still fall deeper
Well, pepper grinder and percolation it is!
Decadent excess in celebration of recovery will hopefully help build up strength for continuing and faster recovery, just don't tax the digestive system too much ;D
Glad you're feeling better :)
the chia pretzel thing sounds amazing