to you all

I wish you all a Happy (and reasonably healthy) New Year!

i'll 2nd that Lex...Happy New Year to Everyone and a fresh start to the New Year in the Break Room! Double dark brew coffee, strong tea, and hot chocolate with whipped cream, to start the first morning of 2023!

Happy New Year!


Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. , may it be a Happy and Healthy one.

Well, here we go into 2023! Wishing everyone a fabulous New Year!

I'll skip the goodies this morning, connie... we're heading in to our American Legion for a steak and Bloody Mary breakfast.

Good idea, Connie. I'm putting some whipping cream in my dark coffee right now! A nice, dark, double-espresso with whipping cream. Yum.

Happy New Years everyone; I was in bed by 10pm reading a book on my kindle last night, those that went out I hope you had a wonderful time.

Good Morning Connie, Draclvr, hagatha, judith, soot and everyone! Time for fresh dark, dark brew, strong tea, and hot chocolate with whipped cream and maybe some whip cream in your dark brew hagatha!

Have a relaxing start to your day everyone!

Gerry

Good morning all: that whipped cream idea makes me think I might put the last of our brandy cream in my coffee for a bit of a boost...
... also wondering whether hagatha has yet achieved the perfect cup of coffee from her machine!

Cold sunshine here today after several days of heavy rain, so probably a day for garden tasks.

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Going Birthday shopping for a friend today. Meeting at the Eagles tonight.

A day off! I get a day off!

I do have to tell you about this little ceramic mug I'm have my morning coffee in. My son gave it to me because he doesn't drink coffee or tea and would never use it. You charge it on a ceramic base and then when you pour your coffee in it, it keeps the coffee at the exact temperature you have set it for in an app on your phone! You pair the mug to your phone with Bluetooth. The mug itself doesn't get hot. I checked at Amazon and these things sell for $128!!! HOLY SMOKES! I asked my son where the heck he got it and he said it was a vendor he had signed a multi-year contract with for several million bucks!

It's called The Ember Temperature Controlled Mug

Lex, I have made some great coffee from my machine. It depends upon the beans as much as anything, though. The beans I loved on my stovetop espresso pot didn't work well in the Phillips, which needs a slightly darker bean. I've settled on several different Milano beans, all of which work very well.

Draclvr, Enjoy the day off.

Good afternoon everyone.

Drac, no offense to you or your son or to anybody else but to your mug. You know my feelings about that type of stuff.

oldbroad, my son and I said the same thing to each other - Insane! You have to want your beverage the "correct" temperature pretty badly to be willing to spend $128 for it. I'm sure the tech vendor who gave it to my son thought it was the greatest thing ever. Jason took one look at it and said, "that's nuts."

I'm afraid my coffee doesn't stay in the mug very long in the morning...I need my caffeine too much to let it sit!

Sometimes I do have to get up and reheat my coffee or tea in the microwave but that's techie enough for me .

I must absolutely be the most boring coffee drinker on the planet 😱

Ground coffe along with boiling water - plus sometimes a drop of milk or a splodge of cream - and that’s me happy !! 👍

I'm with you, oldbroad! I do like that both cups of my morning coffee are hot, but I can also get up off my butt and put it in the microwave for 20 seconds if needed! I tend to drink the first cup fairly quickly and linger over the second one.

Good Morning everyone and welcome to 2023 and back to a normal schedule. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate are on and waiting. We are having rain and fog today, tomorrow, and Thursday! Unusually warm for this time of year too. What's your weather like?

Have a stress free day!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Netflix and lunch with a friend today.

Drac, that mug does sound like a very neat bit of kit, but absurdly priced and perhaps in need of a a better looking design: anyway, I quite enjoy drinking cold coffee if I have left the mug standing too long and there is always the microwave for a quick zap.

I also see that there are relatively cheap heated mats to put under a hot drink
https://www.google.com/search?clien...ated+drink+mat&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

My coffee doesn't last long enough in the mug to get cold. Honestly, I made my first coffee five minutes ago and I'm already staring at the leftover foam in the bottom of the cup. Espresso drinks are good, but they aren't very big volume-wise.

Very strange to have such warm weather... somehow it always seems to bring bad weather with it. 61° this morning.

On my second lingering cup in that goofy mug! I still laugh when I look at it and how ridiculous it really is! Guess it makes good corporate giveaways.

So, what IS the right temperature Drac? I wouldn't even know what to set it at.

Lex, I cannot drink cold coffee that didn't start out cold. The cheap warming coaster thing could be okay.