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posted by martyb on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the look-what's-brewing-on-the-ISS dept.

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.

 
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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by WizardFusion on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:34AM

    by WizardFusion (498) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:34AM (#171525) Journal

    I hate coffee, I can't even stand the smell. It's a horrible fowl drink. I much prefer tea.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:39AM (#171528)

    Into the harbor, ya tea-drunkin limey!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:47AM (#171533)

    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

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @12:28PM (#171547)

    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

    by Dunbal (3515) on Thursday April 16 2015, @12:37PM (#171552)

    No a fowl drink would be chicken or turtle soup...

  • (Score: 5, Funny) by aclarke on Thursday April 16 2015, @12:38PM

    by aclarke (2049) on Thursday April 16 2015, @12:38PM (#171553) Homepage

    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

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:53PM (#171673) Journal

      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

        by rts008 (3001) on Friday April 17 2015, @01:04AM (#171815)

        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

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Thursday April 16 2015, @12:43PM (#171555) Journal

    Team Tea representin'

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    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday April 16 2015, @02:13PM

      by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Thursday April 16 2015, @02:13PM (#171591) Homepage
      Is someone with 4 pu-erhs, 4 indian blacks, 4 oolongs, 6 greens or jasmines, some yellows and whites, and then a bunch of flavoured blacks, oolongs and rooiboses on his kitchen shelf at the moment allowed to join team tea?

      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

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:18PM (#171776)

        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.

        .
        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.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Thexalon on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:14PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:14PM (#171564)

    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

    by goodie (1877) on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:34PM (#171578) Journal

    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

    by M. Baranczak (1673) on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:35PM (#171579)

    Moderate coffee drinking is harmless, even in very large quantities.

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by sudo rm -rf on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:49PM

    by sudo rm -rf (2357) on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:49PM (#171584) Journal
    You know, the ISSpresso machine can also serve tea:

    The ISSpresso provides:

    • Espresso,
    • Teas,
    • Consommé
    • Other hot beverages,
    • "A taste of home".

    (Mission Description [nasa.gov])

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by goodie on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:15PM

      by goodie (1877) on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:15PM (#171656) Journal

      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

    by sjames (2882) on Friday April 17 2015, @01:51AM (#171838) Journal

    It's a horrible fowl drink.

    Well, There's your problem...