Poor, pitiful ME!!! This is just UNFAIR!

[CTyankee]

Woke up this am and went to start the coffee in my Cuisinart coffeemaker....and it had died overnight! So NO COFFEE this am!

New one ordered and will be delivered here on Wednesday. Meanwhile I have to get dressed and go out for coffee!

If my mother were here she would tell me to think of the poor starving children in China. I always wondered how MY deprivation would in any way help them, so I sulked any way!

[underpants]

1. Folgers? You don't even have instant coffee?

[CTyankee]

11. No, I don't! Why should I????

I want my coffee and I am deprived!

[debm55]

2. I got that story about kids starving in China, It didn't work with liver or lima beans.

[Ocelot II]

5. My response was that we should send the starving children my lima beans.

It didn't work.

[debm55]

9. Agree and the liver. Thank you Ocelot II

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Global Food Crisis! No fertilizer! Plenty starving everywhere /nt

[MiHale]

4. No problem....

Coffee grounds, coffee filter, stapler. Make a big ‘tea bag’ with the coffee filter..your preferred amount of coffee grounds on the filter…fold it over…roll the edges so the grounds cannot escape…staple shut for better security…place your now named Coffee Bag in the amount of water you usually make bring to a boil. Remove from heat let steep for a couple of minutes …enjoy.

I’ve been caught before this is an emergency fix for an addict.

[CTyankee]

6. I thought of something like that but it wouldn't work.

Lucky for me, there is coffee in my retirement village building, just shower and dress and go get a nice cup of coffee and maybe a Danish or two...

[Ocelot II]

7. Or if you're really desperate, just eat the coffee beans.

[CrispyQ]

8. Dark chocolate covered coffee beans. Yum!

I used to eat those by the handful at work in the afternoons.

[Ocelot II]

12. Yes, they're excellent. And the combination of caffeine and sugar is a real kick in the pants.

[Traildogbob]

13. They are good

But do not eat em in public and smile.
Folgers use to make coffee bags like tea bags by the cup. Took them backpacking. But now I am a fresh grind my own French press snob.
Not always. The coffee on my destroyer was thick as honey and I could walk up the steep ladder well to CIC with 4 cups, the ship ricking with the seas, on Starboard watch, and not spill a drop. It was nasty, but crucial to not fall sleep in a dark combat control center.

[OldSWODog]

20. nothing beats midwatch coffee

particularly when it was brewed at 2300 last night and all that's left at 0330 is the 2+ inches of sludge and your watch relief had to go to sickbay (pissing off both you and the HM)...fond memories...cheers, OSD

[Traildogbob]

21. You lived it!!

And the Chief and 1st class watch officer were chain smokers up in there.
We had an E3 OS that always left his cigs out or lost them. We would find the Pack, roll out the tobacco in one, and fill it with pencil shavings. He has a long nose. Mean, yea, but we were sailers at sea for a month at a time, no females, lots of farts and sometimes bored. We hated second hand smoke.
We could not pack the cigs of the Chief or the 1st class PO. So Eddie from the Bronx took the hit.
Smooth seas to ya brother.

[MiHale]

10. I've done that..

Also made ‘hot water’ coffee with instant or in case of a rushed morning a spoonful of instant coffee directly ingested orally followed by a quick wash of water.
I used to travel a lot and had to get by on some questionable tactics.

[gab13by13]

14. I got that same story from my grandma,

if I didn't clean everything off my plate.

[Phentex]

19. Ours was starving children in Africa

I occasionally find myself still apologizing to them when I add something to the compost bin

[hlthe2b]

15. Sorry. I gave up on electric coffee makers long ago in favor of the Pour-over system...

Since I have had a hot water boiler (from Zojirushi) for nearly 15 years with zero issues that lets me set the water temp of the water (different sizes but mine is 3 liters) and to use filtered water, I'm all set. Tea, coffee, hot chocolate, cooking needs--all there at a push of a button. My little ceramic pour-over device (Bee House makes mine--from Japan) with a paper unbleached filter gets the coffee ready in 2-3 minutes at most. I use Arabica coffee but not the most expensive by any means as I tend to buy pre-ground coffee.

I highly recommend this.

[HappyH]

16. Get a Moka pot

I’ve used one for decades. They are less than $20, they never break, can be used on about any heat source and you can brew coffee as strong as you want.

[CTyankee]

22. I will look into that option! Sounds good!

[nuxvomica]

17. Our electric kettle broke just yesterday

I only drink Folger's instant ("freeze-dried, keeps forever" ) so we're in the same boat, sort of. The replacement, a Secura electric kettle, arrives tomorrow.

[Phentex]

18. It's a necessity of life!

We were expecting a big storm overnight so we ground the beans before going to bed. If I'm gonna be without power, I'll at least have coffee!