[Magdalen] coffee

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Not sure what takes 25 seconds since it takes longer than that to boil
water in my hot shot, Jim, but it sounds like you've got you a winner! Hold
on to it.

I put the water in the hotshot (still working after about thirty years of
almost daily use), spoon out the coffee, the flavored S&S cream powder
(usually hazelnut, but sometimes vanilla) and a dollop of sugar, and by the
time that's done, the water is just about finished heating up. Done.

That Keirrigh thing our accompanist has takes a couple minutes and is just
a royal pain all around.  I am trying to think of a nice way to trash it.
Think I'll try to find a real hotshot for my friend. The trouble is, the
hotshot isn't made anymore. They had a simple freestanding pot you put
water in, pushed a button, and the water heated up in a short time, and you
pushed another lever to dispense it.
However, the jerks running the hotshot company said, "Hey, we've got us a
real winner. What'll we do?"  and the entire boardroom in unison shouted,
"Let's TOY with it!!"
So they have fiddled and faddled, and you can't get a hotshot except with a
bunch of bells and whistles you don't need.
Maybe I can get a hotshot on ebay.....

Hm. Just took a look on the web, and apparently Sunbeam has a new
boardroom.  They are now selling a hotshot again.  I'm happy!

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:01 AM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at icloud.com>
wrote:

> Takes about 25 seconds. There are lots of varieties of coffee. I like
> Newman's Own bold medium roast.
>
> Jim Handsfield
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jan 3, 2015, at 11:53 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, it's longer than ten minutes.  I think it takes about three
> > minutes for each single cup.
>