Because Coffee is MUCH more interesting than politics...

A2JGirl · Postby **A2JGirl** » September 4th, 2008, 11:22 am

I have a new obsession.

Since TW enlightened me on the finer points of brewing tea, insisting that tea has an affinity for cold water, I've been doing some reading. It seems that the same could be said of coffee!

I found a recipe online for cold-brewed coffee and tried it. I put 2/3 of a cup of coffee grounds and 3 cups of water in a glass jar, shook it up, and left it in the fridge over night. The next morning, I filtered it out with a coffee filter rubber banded to a cup. It makes like a concentrate and you 1/2 it with water and heat. My husband and I loved it!!! It doesn't leave an aftertaste like usual but it's not pansy coffee either.

"They" say that the cold water doesn't extract the acids and bitter oils from the grounds like hot water does, so the flavor of the coffee can shine through.

There's gotta be a less messy way to do it though. The coffee filter took way too long. There's a cold coffee maker from the Toddy Company, (you can read more about the process there too) but I'm thinking one of those old glass plunger style carafes would work just as well. Gotta try to find one at Goodwill.

Since it was so yummy with cheapo grounds I'm thinking it ought to be FANTASTIC with quality coffee!

I'm tossing my space-hogging coffee maker.

AllenNope · Postby **AllenNope** » September 4th, 2008, 12:00 pm

Sounds good going to give it a try.

A2JGirl · Postby **A2JGirl** » September 4th, 2008, 12:14 pm

Let me know how yours turns out!

I guess you could tinker with the strength of the concentrate too. Less water before or after it's brewed, etc to suit your taste.

Jennifer Smith · Postby **Jennifer Smith** » September 4th, 2008, 2:28 pm

Coffee is definitely more interesting than politics!

A gold star and two extra points for you for giving us a relief from it!

I had no idea there were so many "political" people around here!

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » September 4th, 2008, 4:14 pm

Jennifer Smith wrote:I had no idea there were so many "political" people around here!

Really Jennifer?

Really?

One guy is for aborting children EVEN AS THEY ARE BEING BIRTHED and yet you have "no idea" why "so many" are "political"????

REALLY!?????

paul · Postby **paul** » September 4th, 2008, 8:35 pm

Gerald Creasy wrote:
Jennifer Smith wrote:I had no idea there were so many "political" people around here!

Really Jennifer?

Really?

One guy is for aborting children EVEN AS THEY ARE BEING BIRTHED and yet you have "no idea" why "so many" are "political"????

REALLY!?????

Gerald...open your eyes, take off your blinders, settle your nerves and get a cup of coffee. :lol:

In your quote from Jennifer she did not ask why so many were political. she said " she had no Idea that so many werepolitical.

dawgs10 · Postby **dawgs10** » September 5th, 2008, 12:43 am

Gerald Creasy wrote:
Jennifer Smith wrote:I had no idea there were so many "political" people around here!

Really Jennifer?

Really?

One guy is for aborting children EVEN AS THEY ARE BEING BIRTHED and yet you have "no idea" why "so many" are "political"????

REALLY!?????

hey gerald keep spitting in the wind. you will never hit anything!!! political people seem angry and upset all the time. i am sick of hearing why i should vote for these guys. its sad that the most exciting thing in this race is a governer from alaska.

A2JGirl · Postby **A2JGirl** » September 5th, 2008, 3:08 am

I was totally being facetious. I am thoroughly enjoying all the political talk. I don't feel I can contribute much, so I am sitting back and learning a few things. I was just amused that in the midst of all the politics, I'm posting about coffee. :lol:

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » September 5th, 2008, 3:15 am

Paul wrote:Gerald...open your eyes, take off your blinders, settle your nerves and get a cup of coffee. In your quote from Jennifer she did not ask why so many were political. she said " she had no Idea that so many werepolitical.

A reason WHY shows why people ARE. The point still stands: How can you not know "so many were" in the face of such abomination?

dawgs10 wrote:hey gerald keep spitting in the wind. you will never hit anything!!! political people seem angry and upset all the time. i am sick of hearing why i should vote for these guys. its sad that the most exciting thing in this race is a governer from alaska.

Spitting in the wind? How does that make any sense.

If you don't know WHY you should or should not vote for a person AT THIS STAGE you're either hopelessly clueless or mentally infirm.

dawgs10 · Postby **dawgs10** » September 5th, 2008, 10:59 am

Gerald Creasy wrote:
Paul wrote:Gerald...open your eyes, take off your blinders, settle your nerves and get a cup of coffee. In your quote from Jennifer she did not ask why so many were political. she said " she had no Idea that so many werepolitical.

A reason WHY shows why people ARE. The point still stands: How can you not know "so many were" in the face of such abomination?

dawgs10 wrote:hey gerald keep spitting in the wind. you will never hit anything!!! political people seem angry and upset all the time. i am sick of hearing why i should vote for these guys. its sad that the most exciting thing in this race is a governer from alaska.

Spitting in the wind? How does that make any sense.

If you don't know WHY you should or should not vote for a person AT THIS STAGE you're either hopelessly clueless or mentally infirm.[/quo

spitting in the wind means screaming your opinion when no one cares... and i am still sick of politics!!!! and reading about it on jude 2

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » September 5th, 2008, 12:16 pm

dawgs10 wrote:spitting in the wind means screaming your opinion when no one cares... and i am still sick of politics!!!! and reading about it on jude 2

"No one" cares?

It's plain you haven't a clue what you are talking about.

Simply because you are incapable of finding any issue that drives you amongst the group of higher taxes, gay marriage, unfettered abortion and the War against people of faith -- HARDLY means "no one cares".

It says more about the level of your mental capacity.

A2JGirl · Postby **A2JGirl** » September 5th, 2008, 12:16 pm

dawgs10 · Postby **dawgs10** » September 5th, 2008, 2:13 pm

A2JGirl wrote:

umm gooooood!!!

dawgs10 · Postby **dawgs10** » September 5th, 2008, 2:15 pm

Gerald Creasy wrote:
dawgs10 wrote:spitting in the wind means screaming your opinion when no one cares... and i am still sick of politics!!!! and reading about it on jude 2

"No one" cares?

It's plain you haven't a clue what you are talking about.

Simply because you are incapable of finding any issue that drives you amongst the group of higher taxes, gay marriage, unfettered abortion and the War against people of faith -- HARDLY means "no one cares".

It says more about the level of your mental capacity.

you and i have heard everything they are going to say. its just a huge waste of money that could be spent on fixing issues rathering than talking about them untill the election. at which time the demos will vote for obama, and the ceo's will vote for macain. end of the discussion. no more to talk about.

Mike Vande · Postby **Mike Vande** » September 6th, 2008, 2:38 am

There's gotta be a less messy way to do it though. The coffee filter took way too long.

The plunger gadget ought to do the job if you can find one. If not, take the basket from a Mr Coffee type coffee maker, put a filter in the basket and set it on top of the glass pot, then slowly pour the mixture into it. it will filter the grounds out the same as it would if the hot water were coming out of the maker.

Jude 2