Coffee Hack

[LuFins Dad]

Anybody warm their mugs before pouring? Man, that brightens the whole cup!

[Mik]

Yep. Why lose all that heat energy?

[Loki]

For me I’m either drinking the cup on a timely basis or over a long period of time in which case I use a thermal cup. I don’t have a use case for in between and mostly I use the thermal cup (think Yetti).

[LuFins Dad]

It’s not just about heat retention. The coffee just plain tastes better.

[Doctor Phibes]

This reminds me a bit of all the little things we used to get told to do when making tea - you have to heat the pot with hot water, then empty it, then add the tea, then the boiling warer and it's critical to add milk to the cup before the black tea and not the other way round. Then you have to stick your left finger in your right ear while you drink it (I cleaned that last bit up a bit) and sing the words of Land of Hope and Glory to the tune of God Save the Queen.

Oddly enough, it does seem to work.

[Klaus]

I do that with espresso cups. It makes a big difference due to the small amount of liquid.

Coffee right out of the machine is too hot anyway, hence I don't mind if it's cooled a little in the mug.

[Aqua Letifer]

Green tea:
Pour boiling water in an unwarned glass pitcher. Let sit for 1:30 to achieve desired temperature. Pour indirectly into clay pot, brew 20+5N seconds, where N is the number of previous infusions.

Black tea:
You know what I should be embarrassed enough, what the hell have I become.

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Coffee Hack:

Green tea:
Pour boiling water in an unwarned glass pitcher. Let sit for 1:30 to achieve desired temperature. Pour indirectly into clay pot, brew 20+5N seconds, where N is the number of previous infusions.

Black tea:
You know what I should be embarrassed enough, what the hell have I become.

Why don’t you warn the pitcher? Is it better if it’s surprised?

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in Coffee Hack:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Coffee Hack:

Green tea:
Pour boiling water in an unwarned glass pitcher. Let sit for 1:30 to achieve desired temperature. Pour indirectly into clay pot, brew 20+5N seconds, where N is the number of previous infusions.

Black tea:
You know what I should be embarrassed enough, what the hell have I become.

Why don’t you warn the pitcher? Is it better if it’s surprised?

No, it's just that water under rage can do some serious damage.

[Doctor Phibes]

I imagine the pitchers in Aqua's house are surprised on a fairly regular basis.