How to brew coffee... NOT!

[Kittish]

Found another way:

Pour the carafe of water into... the can of coffee.

Hey, you can still salvage that! Fill the coffee can the rest of the way up, so the water comes to the top of the grounds and stick the whole thing in the fridge for a day or two, then filter into a large pot or pitcher (still sitting in the fridge, it'll take a few hours for all the liquid to drip thru). Cold brewed coffee concentrate! Just add one or two (or however many you decide you like) tablespoons to a cup of hot water for coffee!

[Food Lady]

Besides, cold-brewed is the new trend. I saw on PBS there's a coffee house somewhere that specializes in that. I forget what the advantages are, maybe something to do with acidity.

[Kittish]

Supposedly, cold brewing is less bitter and less acidic. Since there's no heat applied, most of the oils that make the coffee taste old and stale get left in the grounds. I don't have any personal experience with it (yet, just haven't been willing to use a pound or so of coffee for the experiment).

[Food Lady]

I prefer a latte. It's kind of hard for me to pour the water in the wrong place; it's already in the tank.

[dalesys]

Another culinary delight:

Boil 2 cups of milk to make some enriched instant mashed potatoes: Baby Reds w/ roasted garlic & Parmesan cheese.

Set milk bowl/mug on desk.

Dump potato flakes into 34 oz mug of heavily sweetened coffee.

[firecat88]

Another culinary delight:

Boil 2 cups of milk to make some enriched instant mashed potatoes: Baby Reds w/ roasted garlic & Parmesan cheese.

Set milk bowl/mug on desk.

Dump potato flakes into 34 oz mug of heavily sweetened coffee.

That reminds me of something that happened at my house several years ago. We used to make mashed potatoes using a little bit of unflavored Coffee Mate to make it creamier. However, we also keep a few flavored creamers in the fridge as well as the unflavored one. Guess which one my sister grabbed to put in the potatoes. Yep, we had French vanilla flavored mashed potatoes that night. Weirdly enough, though, I thought they were actually pretty good.

[PepperElf]

I actually did that once. I have no idea why.

i did that once too, only to find out it takes forEVER to heat - wanted hot water only. Now I just run water through without grounds if I just want hot water.

[sms001]

. Yep, we had French vanilla flavored mashed potatoes that night. Weirdly enough, though, I thought they were actually pretty good.

Had a GF who used to order the vanilla shake at Wendy's to dip her french fries into - often. 'fraid my 'Sweet and Savory' side runs to the more traditional.

@ Dalesys - So? Didja eat it?

[Treasure]

Had a GF who used to order the vanilla shake at Wendy's to dip her french fries into - often. 'fraid my 'Sweet and Savory' side runs to the more traditional.

before wendy's changed their french fries i used to order the child's size choc. frosty for my fries.....

what? 1 my aunt introduced me to it - and 2 i started it when a friend of mine was pregnant and I got her cravings.... (she didn't have any)

[Food Lady]

That reminds me of something that happened at my house several years ago. We used to make mashed potatoes using a little bit of unflavored Coffee Mate to make it creamier. However, we also keep a few flavored creamers in the fridge as well as the unflavored one. Guess which one my sister grabbed to put in the potatoes. Yep, we had French vanilla flavored mashed potatoes that night. Weirdly enough, though, I thought they were actually pretty good.

Want creamy potatoes? Put in a tablespoon of mayo. No, you don't taste mayo. You just perceive creaminess. This works especially well tastewise if you boil the potatoes with some onion.

[dalesys]

@ Dalesys - So? Didja eat it?

... I was hongry ...

[Josh]

Use at least three times the recommended amount of coffee. End up with your own personal drip version of bitter espresso; as a bonus make the whole office smell like a cheap coffee grenade exploded. Bonus! be the only one to stomach the concoction and make regular trips to refill your cup. (yes, that was me , and from there on I wasn't allowed to make coffee anymore )

[ADoyle90815]

I've done pretty much all of those things, and once when I was at my brother's place, he was making some espresso and forgot to put a mug under it as the carafe broke a long time ago.

Now, I love the cold brew method, as it's great for making iced coffee.

[Cia]

Someone pours water into reservoir, grabs coffee can out from under the coffeemaker, opens coffee can and discovers it is empty, tosses coffee can away and closes top of the coffeemaker. Doesn't tell anyone we're out and doesn't dump out the old grounds. Have to listen to a different co-worker who finds machine in this condition bitching about old grounds left in the basket. Later find out it was my hubby who did this. Why he didn't put a note on the machine or go out and buy more coffee I don't know.

[telecom_goddess]

Want creamy potatoes? Put in a tablespoon of mayo. No, you don't taste mayo. You just perceive creaminess. This works especially well tastewise if you boil the potatoes with some onion.

I find sour cream works pretty well. But generally I put in butter and milk and use an electric mixer to whip the hell out of them