What is in your cup?

[pdurrant]

Sparkling Lemon and Lime with zero added sugar.

Although I did have a regular Coke yesterday evening - and woke several times in the night! I'm not used to the caffeine anymore.

[maianhvk]

Coca-Cola. And then yoghurt with jelly. And then flan.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by Kevin8or

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll look into those appliances. They look convenient.

Imagine... Waking up after a long night... stagger into the kitchen with half-opened eyes... put tea into your mug (I pre-make tea bags to simplify this part)... press a button and have hot water at exactly the correct temperature... drink tea.

I don't understand how heating water in a microwave can make a difference, though.

It has to due with the way microwaves heat things. They cause rapid movement, (friction) which causes heat. Unfortunately, that same rapid movement also forces out all the oxygen in the water, leaving it flat...

I'm not saying I don't belive you, just that I don't understand what could cause a difference.

Trust... but verify.
Try an experiment using freshly heated water from the stove for one cup, and a cup heated in the microwave for the other, and drink side-by-side. Tell us of your results.

By the way, this doesn't seem to effect coffee the way it effects teas.

I'm sitting with an evening cup of UVA, getting ready to make dinner!

Stitchawl

[astra]

Cuppa #4? That early in the morning and #4?
I guess that with the change of my skin I like a proper puppy woke up very early. Did my doggy business. Then reverted to my human self. Took a cold shower. Ha! Water temp dropped a bit, 10°C After that...prepared the first cuppa, Assam Superb and back to bed with a book and thoughtful mien


Loyd's Yunnan in the cup right now.

[astra]

Originally Posted by Kevin8or

I humbly offer these Terminator models as possible upgrades:

Omg. It might be a lot more complicated because it would involve sex change.

[astra]

Originally Posted by dreams

astra! I love the new avatar!
The other one was different, but always gave me a headache watching that person bang their head all the time.

Originally Posted by orlok

Astra - just realised you changed your avatar! Can we rely on nothing being constant in this life?

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

Regarding Astra's avatar - I agree. This will take some getting used to.

Originally Posted by Kevin8or

I like the book hound, but I suspect there are a few people banging their heads against their keyboards in confusion.

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

There can be no life without change. The stages of life are; birth, growth (change,) stagnation (no change,) death. Note what follows the 'no change' part... As a Taoist, we say 'you can not step into the same river twice.' The river flows and changes. All life is change. If we stop changing, we stagnate.

I like the new avatar

*lick All*

[VydorScope]

[QUOTE=Stitchawl;1879175
Trust... but verify.
Try an experiment using freshly heated water from the stove for one cup, and a cup heated in the microwave for the other, and drink side-by-side. Tell us of your results.

By the way, this doesn't seem to effect coffee the way it effects teas.

I'm sitting with an evening cup of UVA, getting ready to make dinner!

Stitchawl[/QUOTE]

IMO it does effect coffee, but maybe not so several. I can in a blind taste taste pick out pure water that has been microwaved and pure water that was heated over a a fire. It DOES change the flavor.

That's why I have a Keurig at work, and a Grindmaster OPOD at home for my coffee!

Dunkin Dark in me cup!

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by VydorScope

IMO it does effect coffee, but maybe not so several. I can in a blind taste taste pick out pure water that has been microwaved and pure water that was heated over a a fire. It DOES change the flavor.

Hmmm... so in coffee too, eh? Good to know. I never voluntarily drink the stuff so I had no way to test it. What it does to tea water is a sin!

But... in favor of sin, I have now switched to Bombay Sapphire.


Stitchawl

[VydorScope]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Hmmm... so in coffee too, eh? Good to know. I never voluntarily drink the stuff so I had no way to test it. What it does to tea water is a sin!

But... in favor of sin, I have now switched to Bombay Sapphire.


Stitchawl

My wife says "it doesn't so long as you add enough milk and sugar" *shakes head*

[ProfCrash]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Wow! Very 'regulated!' Sounds more like Japanese style than American.

I stopped at on of the day-care centers in Vermont to ask about the place. While I was there, there was always someone out in the 'yard,' running and playing with a whole bunch of dogs. It really looked as if the dogs were having fun. The human too! Certainly looked like more fun than my room at the Holiday Inn!


Stitchawl

There are places like the one you mention but they are close to an hour away. Living in a more Urban area, it is hard to find places that have the space to let the dogs run and many are concerned with liability issues. I would prefer the places farther away but am a bit too lazy to drive the dogs that far. It would be a two hour trip each way and that just sounds awful to me.

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Imagine... Waking up after a long night... stagger into the kitchen with half-opened eyes... put tea into your mug (I pre-make tea bags to simplify this part)... press a button and have hot water at exactly the correct temperature... drink tea.

It has to due with the way microwaves heat things. They cause rapid movement, (friction) which causes heat. Unfortunately, that same rapid movement also forces out all the oxygen in the water, leaving it flat...

Trust... but verify.
Try an experiment using freshly heated water from the stove for one cup, and a cup heated in the microwave for the other, and drink side-by-side. Tell us of your results.

By the way, this doesn't seem to effect coffee the way it effects teas.

I'm sitting with an evening cup of UVA, getting ready to make dinner!

Stitchawl

So true. The tea machines are awesome. I have not needed to use mine because all that I am making is at boiling temperature and I have access to that at home and work without having to do more then press a button.

Originally Posted by astra

Omg. It might be a lot more complicated because it would involve sex change.

LOL That is awesome.

OJ with my cereal.

[astra]

Cuppa #7

Cooked Pu-Erh

[ProfCrash]

Pot two of Rooibos Plum Cinnamon.

I have lost two pounds so far. It is amazing what going to the gym does for a girl. And only having a small fry so far this week. But there has been an increase in chips and salsa which probably is just as bad as the french fries so I am going with it is amazing what going to the gym can do for a girl.

[Quake1028]

Water.

[VydorScope]

Water, Water everywhere yet not a drop to drink!

[ProfCrash]

Rooibos Cream Caramel with peach yogurt