Brenlo’s World

Well, it is Friday. Soon you will be home and well taken care of in the coffee department again and this desperate scene will fade in the mists of time.

Until Monday when you will wonder why people keep bringing up pie with you in conversation.

Picked up a new Cuisinart grinder/brewer for the holidays and it’s about as easy as it gets. Place your whole beans in the hopper, make sure there’s enough water in the resevoir, press start (or set a time) and that’s that. No filters to mess with (has it’s own gold-mesh permafilter), no scoops, not even heating plate (the caraffe is thermal and I’ll just bring it right to my desk, where it keeps the coffee piping hot for hours).

I’m drinking a wonderfully warmed cup of joe right now, while I scour the nets for news and watch the snow pile up outside my window.

Coffee will be ready and waiting on Monday

A decaffeinated Friday? I feel for you, truly I do.

I don’t think it’s possible for anyone to make coffee for themselves that’s a patch on the coffee made for us. OTOH, it’s also possible for other folk to make coffee that tastes worse than road sweepings doused with diesel.

Maybe it’s just relief that we’ve been given a mug of something hot, wet and drinkable that makes it so good?

I am actually glad that coffee is one addiction I don’t have. You guys are so picky about your coffee! =P

Men always seem to find a way to break everything Although it was really sweet of you to try to make coffee for your wife

Double chocolate expresso with carmel syrup. Sure, it’s not a MAN’S drink, but I can take two and vibrate my molecules to the point where I can phase through walls.

Lets see your normal coffee do that.

I’m going to have to bring you some coffee or something… you sure aren’t updating much

OK, somebody pour two litres of scalding hot Java Jumpin’ Juice down Brenlo’s neck… Ima gonna get a rubber hose and come at him from behind..

“I find myself rambling aimlessly in meetings and making bold statements with no point.”

And this is different how?

Come on upstairs and visit me and we’ll drink some of the Platform Department’s coffee.

Brenlo you ever here of this gum they sell at target ? 2 piecesofit is like a miniture energy cept with out the can and the 5dollar price tag . thats what i eat when i need apickme up

Brenlo — you so need a Senseo, dear!!

It brews one cup at a time. It’s very fast, and all you do is fill it with water and toss whatever flavored pod you want in there. They have a bazillion (I counted) different varieties.

~hug~ Good to see you find your blog though

The consumption of coffee, for me, is a diametric battle between truth and pleasure. In that, there is a confrontation between enjoying the rich and satisfying taste of unfettered whole bean brew and the plethora of wild and tasty flavors that can be intermingled with a hot cup of java. I often find myself torn between drinking it black and inundating the experience with thick cream or various flavorings. At work, because their idea of flavoring, is a powerded chalk substance, I drink it black — but then again, their idea of coffee is ground tree bark; and at home I buy the freshest Ethiopian or Hawaiian blend, then ooze in a large amount of caramel or sugary sweetness.

There are a number of ways one can get a hold of coffee as well, from buying it, to making it, to the god awful procurement of office dreck that they say is coffee but I think is more like hot inkwater.

And, of course, the absence of having coffee, only increases the temptation and exhilaration of the next cup of coffee — for the next cup will be so much better than any that came before.

You have a window! (I purposefully got a desk w/o one so I wouldnt be tempted to leave when the sun set)