I don't understand coffee. Well, I understand that it comes from this bean that's ground up and the used to flavor hot water and bring the near-dead to near-life. But it's the mixing of the water and the grind that always gets me. I never know how much water to mix with how much ground up bean. So I wing it. And since no two cups of coffee ever taste the same anyway, it usually works out OK.
I noticed this morning that the directions on a new bag of coffee explained the complicated formula, and this made me happy. But I also noticed that it told me how much coffee to use for "6 ounces" of water. Now, I don't know about you, but I usually drink my coffee by the cup(s). So now I had to do math, which is hard enough when I'm near-life and darn-near impossible when I'm near-dead. On the positive side, I had a measuring device for the coffee that actually told me it held "1 tbsp" (as opposed to the ones we have that just say "coffee scoop"). Still, I stood semi-frozen by the math. So, of course, I winged it. I dumped about 10 scoops of coffee into the filter, poured in enough water to make me two or three cups of coffee and turned on the machine. Magically, it worked out OK. Since no one else was drinking my brew on this particular morning, I didn't have to worry about pleasing anyone but myself. And within 30 minutes I was near-life and ready to start the day.
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