Hello. My name is Dan and I am an addict.
I got a new coffee grinder on Tuesday, a proline burr model. A lot more machine than the 20 year old Krupps it was replacing. Was using it for the French press, setting it to #1 course grind with our "house blend", Gorilla Coffee's Brazilian dark roast. But I felt like something was missing from my life. I knew that I needed more. Flavored syrups were just not going to do it. Nor would steamed milk.
I got up at 5:00 AM on Thursday morning and decided to go for it: I switched to setting #8, espresso, then dusted off the old La Pavoni Europiccola, an ancient mechanical model that came with a video cassette and instruction book which clearly warned the user how potentially dangerous this machine was if operated incorrectly or even just casually. Frankly, at 5:05 AM, everything is casual, but fortunately there was no scalding, no exploding pressure vessels or no real harm of any mention done.
Normally comatose Son #1, a fan of "sleeping" on facebook, had 4 shots and proceeded to chat more in the 10 minutes before he caught his ride to school than he usually does in a whole week. Son #2 was actually scared to try any -just the day before, a cup of French press had induced the "Gorilla shakes". I lost count but I had 16 shots minimum yesterday. Maybe that's why after using the Wii, it calculated my fitness age to be 23.
Yes, my name is Dan and I am an addict. But I also like to think of myself as a coffee achiever, circa 1984.
Follow the link & enjoy: Join the Coffee Achievers: 1984 National Coffee Association advertisement
I got up at 5:00 AM on Thursday morning and decided to go for it: I switched to setting #8, espresso, then dusted off the old La Pavoni Europiccola, an ancient mechanical model that came with a video cassette and instruction book which clearly warned the user how potentially dangerous this machine was if operated incorrectly or even just casually. Frankly, at 5:05 AM, everything is casual, but fortunately there was no scalding, no exploding pressure vessels or no real harm of any mention done.
Normally comatose Son #1, a fan of "sleeping" on facebook, had 4 shots and proceeded to chat more in the 10 minutes before he caught his ride to school than he usually does in a whole week. Son #2 was actually scared to try any -just the day before, a cup of French press had induced the "Gorilla shakes". I lost count but I had 16 shots minimum yesterday. Maybe that's why after using the Wii, it calculated my fitness age to be 23.
Yes, my name is Dan and I am an addict. But I also like to think of myself as a coffee achiever, circa 1984.
Follow the link & enjoy: Join the Coffee Achievers: 1984 National Coffee Association advertisement
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