Imagine starting your day without any coffee. Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Tim Hortons and vany other chains thrive on our coffee addiction. Add to that the fact that many of us have already had a cup or two even before venturing out to get a cup from one of those chains. Well, an Anonymous Coward has written in to tell us of some hard-working folks who had to give up real coffee for months at a time!
For years, the hard-working astronauts aboard the ISS had to begin their day with freeze-dried, reconstituted coffee served in plastic pouches. Now, this gross injustice may finally be remedied. The resupply mission scheduled to be launched today (Tuesday) will carry a new model of space espresso maker. Manufactured by Lavazza and the Italian aerospace firm Argotec, the machine is specially designed for microgravity operation, and uses off-the-shelf Lavazza coffee packets.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by WizardFusion on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:34AM
I hate coffee, I can't even stand the smell. It's a horrible fowl drink. I much prefer tea.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:39AM
Into the harbor, ya tea-drunkin limey!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:47AM
I hate when people use a tie-wrap and don't cut off the extra unused part that sticks out.
I hate a lot of other stuff too.
I guess I am a hateful person deep inside.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @12:28PM
What, you couldn't figure a way to bring politics into this thread and had to go lowball trolling with tea vs. coffee?
(Score: 3, Touché) by Dunbal on Thursday April 16 2015, @12:37PM
No a fowl drink would be chicken or turtle soup...
(Score: 5, Funny) by aclarke on Thursday April 16 2015, @12:38PM
That's why coffee should be illegal.
Get it? Ill eagle? Horrible fowl?
Thank you for the opportunity to come here and make this pun.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:53PM
Thank you for the opportunity to come here and make this pun.
Pretty sure that pun was the horrible fowl.
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Friday April 17 2015, @01:04AM
At this point in the thread, I proclaim that this fowl has been fouled. Fouled beyond fowl by now.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday April 16 2015, @12:43PM
Team Tea representin'
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday April 16 2015, @02:13PM
However, I will go along with the aroma thing for coffee - I'd rather sniff it that drink it to be honest.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:18PM
Daytime: oolong or orange spice is nice
Night: chamomile+mint
Coffee? I don't even like the smell.
When I worked in Miami, the Cuban gals in the office prepared Cuban Coffee.
That stuff is so strong that it's served in teeny-tiny cups.
The smell traveled down the hall, pervading every adjoining nook and cranny.
When I was a kid, someone sprinkled instant coffee on vanilla ice cream before serving it--and completely ruined that treat.
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When I read this story elsewhere, it noted that this gadget was for a range of hot liquid foodstuffs.
In this thread, sudo rm -rf mentioned that tea and chicken soup are OK.
-- gewg_
(Score: 5, Funny) by Thexalon on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:14PM
I agree: coffee is a vile habit, especially when abused! Now, where did I put my breakfast stout?
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(Score: 2) by goodie on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:34PM
I don't like its taste much as a drink (or I do but need lots of sugar to actually enjoy it and don't like the jitters and taste left in my mouth afterwards), but I absolutely love its smell! When I walk into a real bistrot (not a Startbucks where it just smells like burnt coffee to me) or opening a pack of coffee for the wifey, I love it! In fact I wish I liked drinking it actually :). Instead I'm more of a tea person. But in desserts, ice creams etc. I absolutely love it :).
(Score: 3, Funny) by M. Baranczak on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:35PM
Moderate coffee drinking is harmless, even in very large quantities.
(Score: 4, Informative) by sudo rm -rf on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:49PM
The ISSpresso provides:
(Mission Description [nasa.gov])
(Score: 3, Insightful) by goodie on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:15PM
I sure hope it does a better job at providing clean, tasteless water for a cup of tea made right after a cup of coffee than most commercial machines...
(Score: 2) by sjames on Friday April 17 2015, @01:51AM
It's a horrible fowl drink.
Well, There's your problem...