Comments on: How to make coffee 102 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Health http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html/comment-page-1#comment-7853 Health Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:39:26 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html#comment-7853 Done that!Thought im the only one that has ever made coffee like that :) Done that!Thought im the only one that has ever made coffee like that :)

]]> By: SeaSpray http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html/comment-page-1#comment-7803 SeaSpray Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:48:32 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html#comment-7803 Thanks Eric. I will try it tomorrow morning as well as Grunt Doc's filter idea with wrapping the coffee. We had an ER nurse who was in some kind of world coffee club and I think she said you should use two filters for added filtering of the oils and better flavor but she didn't wrap it. Looking forward to it. :) Thanks Eric. I will try it tomorrow morning as well as Grunt Doc’s filter idea with wrapping the coffee.

We had an ER nurse who was in some kind of world coffee club and I think she said you should use two filters for added filtering of the oils and better flavor but she didn’t wrap it. Looking forward to it. :)

]]> By: beajerry http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html/comment-page-1#comment-7800 beajerry Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:13:03 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html#comment-7800 Awesome trick. Here I was using about 10 filters to try and milk all the flavor out of the zombie coffee the hospital buys. Awesome trick. Here I was using about 10 filters to try and milk all the flavor out of the zombie coffee the hospital buys.

]]> By: Eric http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html/comment-page-1#comment-7797 Eric Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:59:59 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html#comment-7797 Seaspray: The secret of a thermal carafe is to preheat it before brewing by filling it about a quarter full with hot water from the brewer's bypass spigot or the hot tap. Nothing fancy, just taking the room chill off it. If your brewer is plumbed in, it doesn't take any extra brainpower, which is a plus for me. If it's a pourover, where you have to fill it with a carafe of water to start the brew process, you have to use a second carafe (cold water) to fill with the warmed one in place. E, Always thinking. Seaspray:

The secret of a thermal carafe is to preheat it before brewing by filling it about a quarter full with hot water from the brewer’s bypass spigot or the hot tap. Nothing fancy, just taking the room chill off it. If your brewer is plumbed in, it doesn’t take any extra brainpower, which is a plus for me. If it’s a pourover, where you have to fill it with a carafe of water to start the brew process, you have to use a second carafe (cold water) to fill with the warmed one in place.

E, Always thinking.

]]> By: SeaSpray http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html/comment-page-1#comment-7791 SeaSpray Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:58:13 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html#comment-7791 I don't know why...but I have always felt like coffee tasted better in the ER. Just the aroma alone...wafting down the hallways. :) The docs went in on an industrial instant brewer coffee maker. I like it so much that I got a regular stainless steel Bunn coffee maker. I am so spoiled and love that the hot water instantly comes out. I don't feel that the thermal carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours though, but if used fairly soon it's still hot. Once I totally smashed a full pot of coffee in the ER. Fortunately no one was scalded! I turned quickly and knocked it into a metal cabinet. Little embarrassing and fortunately for me they had back up pots. God forbid we couldn't get coffee in the ER. i actually think that is against the law! ;) I don’t know why…but I have always felt like coffee tasted better in the ER. Just the aroma alone…wafting down the hallways. :)

The docs went in on an industrial instant brewer coffee maker. I like it so much that I got a regular stainless steel Bunn coffee maker. I am so spoiled and love that the hot water instantly comes out. I don’t feel that the thermal carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours though, but if used fairly soon it’s still hot.

Once I totally smashed a full pot of coffee in the ER. Fortunately no one was scalded! I turned quickly and knocked it into a metal cabinet. Little embarrassing and fortunately for me they had back up pots. God forbid we couldn’t get coffee in the ER. i actually think that is against the law! ;)

]]> By: jlMedic http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html/comment-page-1#comment-7776 jlMedic Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:58:18 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html#comment-7776 It really is good! Thanks. I was sure my coffeepot would overflow when I tried this, but alas - you were right. It really is good! Thanks. I was sure my coffeepot would overflow when I tried this, but alas – you were right.

]]> By: map http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html/comment-page-1#comment-7774 map Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:30:04 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html#comment-7774 I can never go back to insipid regular coffee after a trip to New Orleans. This is the only coffee I will drink any more. I order a case every few months. It has a life of its own, so strong you have to use cream. shop.cafedumonde.com/coffee.html <em> [I've had the coffee there. Chicory coffee isn't my thing, but I'm glad you've found your favorite. GD]</em> I can never go back to insipid regular coffee after a trip to New Orleans. This is the only coffee I will drink any more. I order a case every few months. It has a life of its own, so strong you have to use cream.

shop.cafedumonde.com/coffee.html

[I've had the coffee there. Chicory coffee isn't my thing, but I'm glad you've found your favorite. GD]

]]> By: THE PICC GUY http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html/comment-page-1#comment-7773 THE PICC GUY Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:36:04 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html#comment-7773 That set up has been affectionally called the "Coffee Bomb" by me and some co-workers.it's Funny how ER Docs and Nurses can take "crap" and somehow make it better and slightly more enjoyable. That set up has been affectionally called the “Coffee Bomb” by me and some co-workers.it’s Funny how ER Docs and Nurses can take “crap” and somehow make it better and slightly more enjoyable.

]]> By: Eric http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html/comment-page-1#comment-7766 Eric Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:40:33 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html#comment-7766 That has to be the funniest way of describing inept coworkers. I will be adding "could destroy rebar" to my pithy comment library at once. I'll stick with More Even Wetting as my hypothesis, then. Maybe Santa will bring you a commercial brewer with a thermal carafe, which is quite indestructible - no risk of an uncontained shattered glass carafe. Be thankful you're not like one local ED, where the supplied coffee is a concentrated syrup that is shot into hot water on-demand. For the Seattle area, it's a shame. Somebody from the Topless Mermaid should do some outreach. E That has to be the funniest way of describing inept coworkers. I will be adding “could destroy rebar” to my pithy comment library at once.

I’ll stick with More Even Wetting as my hypothesis, then. Maybe Santa will bring you a commercial brewer with a thermal carafe, which is quite indestructible – no risk of an uncontained shattered glass carafe.

Be thankful you’re not like one local ED, where the supplied coffee is a concentrated syrup that is shot into hot water on-demand. For the Seattle area, it’s a shame. Somebody from the Topless Mermaid should do some outreach.

E

]]> By: enrico http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html/comment-page-1#comment-7765 enrico Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:13:23 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/10/how-to-make-coffee-102.html#comment-7765 Adding to Gruntdoc's comment about being at work and not going "all out," one other tip for better coffee is keeping the grounds in something more airtight than the basin shown in one of the pictures. :) Some gallon Ziplocs will go a long way in keeping the grounds fresher, even if you don't upgrade from the industrial coffee grounds purchased for the ED. Keeping coffee in the freezer is controversial, since condensation upon taking it out will do more damage than air would have. Refrigerating grounds is a good compromise, as it will also retard oxidation. Adding to Gruntdoc’s comment about being at work and not going “all out,” one other tip for better coffee is keeping the grounds in something more airtight than the basin shown in one of the pictures. :) Some gallon Ziplocs will go a long way in keeping the grounds fresher, even if you don’t upgrade from the industrial coffee grounds purchased for the ED.

Keeping coffee in the freezer is controversial, since condensation upon taking it out will do more damage than air would have. Refrigerating grounds is a good compromise, as it will also retard oxidation.

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