The Tiny Homestead
Songster
Just for a little realistic humor. I have literally made every coffee making mistake, of course, because I hadn't had my coffee yet while trying to make my coffee.
There are the simple ones like not realizing the coffee maker is unplugged, or forgetting to turn it on. Then you move slightly up the scale to things like not putting coffee in, or not putting any water in.
I sometimes take things to higher levels. I mean, why not be the best at what you do. I have a nice electric grinder with a hopper and settings for finer or coarser grind. It was given to me by someone who bought a fancier one. One time I poured the water into the grinder instead of the back of the coffee maker. Some mornings don't go as well as others.
I've also dumped the whole beans into the back of the coffee maker instead of the grinder.
Even worse, I've poured the ground coffee into the back of the coffee maker, with the water already in it. Quite a mess. Then there is forgetting to put a filter in, or forgetting to put the pot on the one coffee maker I had that didn't have the little thing that stops the flow, so you can remove the pot while it's brewing because you are so desperate for that first cup. Even if it did have the little valve, the filter holder would have just filled up before spilling all over the counter and floor.
I have spilled an almost entire bag of beans on the floor. And yes, I carefully scooped them up and blew them off, before returning them to the bag.
The most bizarre incident was while making breakfast. I managed to get the coffee on without screwing anything up. I had my toast in the toaster oven and was frying a couple of eggs. I opened the cabinet to get the pepper, and knocked the salt shaker off the shelf. As it fell, I heard a little chink sound and thought it had broken, but I looked and it was intact on the floor. The sound I had heard was the salt shaker hitting the edge of the coffee pot, which Was broken. Luckily I had a spare coffee maker in the closet upstairs.
There are the simple ones like not realizing the coffee maker is unplugged, or forgetting to turn it on. Then you move slightly up the scale to things like not putting coffee in, or not putting any water in.
I sometimes take things to higher levels. I mean, why not be the best at what you do. I have a nice electric grinder with a hopper and settings for finer or coarser grind. It was given to me by someone who bought a fancier one. One time I poured the water into the grinder instead of the back of the coffee maker. Some mornings don't go as well as others.
I've also dumped the whole beans into the back of the coffee maker instead of the grinder.
Even worse, I've poured the ground coffee into the back of the coffee maker, with the water already in it. Quite a mess. Then there is forgetting to put a filter in, or forgetting to put the pot on the one coffee maker I had that didn't have the little thing that stops the flow, so you can remove the pot while it's brewing because you are so desperate for that first cup. Even if it did have the little valve, the filter holder would have just filled up before spilling all over the counter and floor.
I have spilled an almost entire bag of beans on the floor. And yes, I carefully scooped them up and blew them off, before returning them to the bag.
The most bizarre incident was while making breakfast. I managed to get the coffee on without screwing anything up. I had my toast in the toaster oven and was frying a couple of eggs. I opened the cabinet to get the pepper, and knocked the salt shaker off the shelf. As it fell, I heard a little chink sound and thought it had broken, but I looked and it was intact on the floor. The sound I had heard was the salt shaker hitting the edge of the coffee pot, which Was broken. Luckily I had a spare coffee maker in the closet upstairs.