The Mighty Coffee

Got the runs

Lets start off with how much I dislike buying a coffee in a cafe for $3.50 and having runs down the side of the cup. Seriously, not a good look, it shows a distinct lack of attention and general inattentiveness by the staff. While it may be a simple mistake, and by itself is not an indication of a poor brew, it does point to a general apathy about the joint. Not a good look at all.

The lighter side of life

Now that I’ve got that out of the way I’d like to say this. The alphabetic synthesis passes the constituent behind the assuming ace. I really like the sequence of words in this sentence. It really says nothing, and yet en-capsules the entire word within its phonic confines. Its like having someone lightly brush your knees with feathers as you sleep, the sensation works its way into your dream. Perhaps you were dreaming about a cat, and it began swooning up against your legs, and as it did so you felt a similar sensation to that of the feather on your knee. It makes you wonder doesn’t it….

You suck at cleaning

Another thing that I’d like to say is this. Don’t soak your steam wand in a jar or cup or any vessel what-so-ever, to try and remove the build up of milk that you’ve let accumulate at the tip. Asside from an indication of poor milk-wand-wiping-technique it buggers up your boiler. See its all about capillary action. In your seemingly innocent cup or jug of water is nothing but water, but after it begins to do its job, dissolving the milk gunge that has built up on your poorly cleaned steam wand, the water begins to go cloudy. The cloudy water then tries to make itself less cloudy by sending bits of milk up the steam wand into your boiler. These bits of milk then cling to the new home that they’ve found inside your previously clean boiler (you were using clean water weren’t you?) and gunk it up. This decreases the efficiency of your boiler, mucks up your water quality and adds odd flavours to your shots. So unless you want to wear out your machine faster, make your coffee taste awful and use more electricity than you would’ve otherwise, don’t soak your steaming wand in water to clean it. Use something wooden to scrape it off and wipe it thoroughly with a moist cloth after you’ve finished using it.

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