What is in your cup? - Page 2214

ProfCrash · 11-01-2016, 09:01 AM

Jasmine Oolong in my thermos today.

We had a very successful Halloween. Little Man was adorable as a pirate and took an hour to trick or treat around our street but was happy with his loot. We set up a fog machine in our garage, closed the door down to an inch and had some bones "escaping." Not to mention a skeleton cat and scorpion munching on an arm and a hand. It was a fun night....

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Originally Posted by cromag

Got the dreaded 3:00 AM call that a relative was on the way to the emergency room.* They thoughtfully provide a coffee machine in the trauma waiting room. Even given the road coffee I've had in the past, this was foul swill! Finished off a can of Diet Pepsi on the ride home to cleanse my palate.

* Not to worry. Everyone is as well as can be expected and on their way home, now.

Glad everything turned out well.

Difflugia · 11-01-2016, 10:56 AM

Wagh Bakri Darjeeling

mvisconte · 11-01-2016, 11:51 AM

French roast with cream and sugar. Aeropress FTW!

CRussel · 11-01-2016, 02:18 PM

Murchie's English Breakfast Blend tea, brewed extra strong.

Difflugia · 11-01-2016, 05:02 PM

"Aged" tap water.

The water here at the office has too much chlorine to be palatable (and I grew up drinking chlorinated water), so I've been buying bottled water for tea. I started looking at getting a filter pitcher to save money, but ran across this article that says that clean water pretty much has an indefinite shelf life. Since most chlorine-tasting compounds are volatile, I tried filling a gallon jug with water and covering the mouth with a paper towel to keep dust out. After about three days, the water tastes almost completely neutral.

I've been drinking the aged water and bottled spring water side by side today and have a hard time telling the difference. I expect I should carefully wash my jug between uses, but I think I've found my source.

CRussel · 11-01-2016, 05:55 PM

A reasonable solution, Difflugia. As anyone who maintains a pool can tell you, chlorine dissipates quite quickly. And keeping the paper towel over it acts as a crude filter preventing anything airborne getting into it. Yes, you could spend lots of money on a solution, but as long as you have a couple of bottles to rotate through, and periodically clean the bottles thoroughly, you should be fine.

Currently drinking my faux San Pellegrino, which starts life as Reverse Osmosis (RO) water, to which approximately 1/8 t. of a salts mixture is added, and then I use a Soda Stream to carbonate it. By starting with RO water, I don't have any residual salts to adjust for, and no chlorine or organics either. The result is quite a good simulation of San Pellegrino, with the exception that it's a bit higher in carbonation usually.

cromag · 11-01-2016, 11:50 PM

A Coke Zero from an earlier shopping trip.

Difflugia · 11-02-2016, 10:33 AM

Ali shan oolong

ProfCrash · 11-02-2016, 11:08 AM

Je Ju Green this morning. Pu-Erh this afternoon.

GO CUBS!!!!

CRussel · 11-02-2016, 04:55 PM

Filtered water, having finished off my cup of French Breakfast Blend tea.

Go Cubbies, indeed!

issybird · 11-02-2016, 07:30 PM

Indians! (A mild preference, I will admit.)

Chardonnay, because it was warm today.

CRussel · 11-02-2016, 07:50 PM

More filtered water. And more rooting for the Cubs. But now working overtime on this gig, and all I want is my dinner!

poohbear_nc · 11-02-2016, 07:57 PM

Port Charlotte in readiness to toast the cubbies!

CRussel · 11-03-2016, 12:11 AM

If the Cubbies win, I will have some Octomore. But it will have to wait until I get home on Friday.

cromag · 11-03-2016, 12:17 AM

A Coke Zero to settle down with. (... with which to settle down?)

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Difflugia Testate Amoeba Posts: 3,049 Karma: 27300000 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Many Android devices, Kindle 2, Toshiba e755 PocketPC	Wagh Bakri Darjeeling

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11-01-2016, 02:18 PM	#33199
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,323 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Murchie's English Breakfast Blend tea, brewed extra strong.

11-01-2016, 05:02 PM	#33200
Difflugia Testate Amoeba Posts: 3,049 Karma: 27300000 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Many Android devices, Kindle 2, Toshiba e755 PocketPC	"Aged" tap water. The water here at the office has too much chlorine to be palatable (and I grew up drinking chlorinated water), so I've been buying bottled water for tea. I started looking at getting a filter pitcher to save money, but ran across this article that says that clean water pretty much has an indefinite shelf life. Since most chlorine-tasting compounds are volatile, I tried filling a gallon jug with water and covering the mouth with a paper towel to keep dust out. After about three days, the water tastes almost completely neutral. I've been drinking the aged water and bottled spring water side by side today and have a hard time telling the difference. I expect I should carefully wash my jug between uses, but I think I've found my source.

11-01-2016, 05:55 PM	#33201
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,323 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	A reasonable solution, Difflugia. As anyone who maintains a pool can tell you, chlorine dissipates quite quickly. And keeping the paper towel over it acts as a crude filter preventing anything airborne getting into it. Yes, you could spend lots of money on a solution, but as long as you have a couple of bottles to rotate through, and periodically clean the bottles thoroughly, you should be fine. Currently drinking my faux San Pellegrino, which starts life as Reverse Osmosis (RO) water, to which approximately 1/8 t. of a salts mixture is added, and then I use a Soda Stream to carbonate it. By starting with RO water, I don't have any residual salts to adjust for, and no chlorine or organics either. The result is quite a good simulation of San Pellegrino, with the exception that it's a bit higher in carbonation usually.

11-01-2016, 11:50 PM	#33202
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,763 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	A Coke Zero from an earlier shopping trip.

11-02-2016, 10:33 AM	#33203
Difflugia Testate Amoeba Posts: 3,049 Karma: 27300000 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Many Android devices, Kindle 2, Toshiba e755 PocketPC	Ali shan oolong

11-02-2016, 11:08 AM	#33204
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Je Ju Green this morning. Pu-Erh this afternoon. GO CUBS!!!!

11-02-2016, 04:55 PM	#33205
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,323 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Filtered water, having finished off my cup of French Breakfast Blend tea. Go Cubbies, indeed!

11-02-2016, 07:30 PM	#33206
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,517 Karma: 236076651 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Indians! (A mild preference, I will admit.) Chardonnay, because it was warm today.

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11-02-2016, 07:50 PM	#33207
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,323 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	More filtered water. And more rooting for the Cubs. But now working overtime on this gig, and all I want is my dinner!

11-02-2016, 07:57 PM	#33208
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,228 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Port Charlotte in readiness to toast the cubbies!

11-03-2016, 12:11 AM	#33209
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,323 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	If the Cubbies win, I will have some Octomore. But it will have to wait until I get home on Friday.

11-03-2016, 12:17 AM	#33210
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,763 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	A Coke Zero to settle down with. (... with which to settle down?)