[ARC5] Coffee - bad?

Scott Robinson spr at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 26 22:05:31 EDT 2018


Hey, a little protein to go with your java...

/scott

On 4/26/18 6:39 PM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
> 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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