[ARC5] Coffee - bad?

[Peter Gottlieb]

Yikes.  Some diner coffee I've had probably tasted like that.  I guess if you're 
an addict you just gotta get your fix.  The original "don't ask don't tell," 
just get me that coffee NOW.



On 4/26/2018 9:16 PM, WhiteBear1122 wrote:
>
> At the risk of getting yelled at, I have a Navy coffee story too.  I was a 
> Radioman in the Navy during Viet Nam from 71-73, serving on ships my whole time.
>
> One night on Radio watch it was my turn to make coffee.  The pot was one of 
> those monstrously large Navy coffee pots.  The coffee grounds came in these 
> large rectangular metal containers. Might have been 20 pound of coffee.  I 
> dump the old grounds, pour in the new grounds.  Now this is 3 AM in the 
> morning so I’m very bleary-eyed but I swear the coffee grounds were moving.  
> Upon closer inspection, they were.  The coffee was contaminated with Roaches.  
> The entire coffee ground basket was moving.
>
> No spare coffee can so I notified the grizzly Chief on Duty.  He told me to 
> plug it in… I did, and I percolated the coffee + roaches.  The Chief was the 
> first guy in line for coffee when it was done.  Yuck….
>
> By the way, I can only drink Decaffeinated for health reasons, and I found 
> that I can make a fabulous tasting decaf Americano with my Rancilio Silvia 
> espresso machine, grinding freshly roasted “Espresso Gold Decaf” beans from 
> Alakef Roasters in Duluth MN.
>
> 73, Scott WA9WFA
>
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> *From: *Bill Cromwell <mailto:wrcromwell at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Thursday, April 26, 2018 7:46 PM
> *To: *arc5 at mailman.qth.net <mailto:arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject: *Re: [ARC5] Coffee - bad?
>
> Hi,
>
> When I was in the Navy serving aboard ships I was always below decks
>
>
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