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An unwanted gallon of 2% milk

k. — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:28:05 -0800

What can I do with an unwanted gallon of 2% milk? I meant to get skim milk, but I bought 2% by accident. I can't stand 2% milk; it tastes like cream to me. I couldn't find anyone else who likes 2% either, so I don't think I can give it away. I put a little bit in my coffee, which was OK, but I'm not going to use it up that way. Should I just throw it away, or is there something else I can do with it?

I could try cooking something (if it doesn't taste too much like 2% milk), but I'm even open to non-food uses, if any exist.

Good baked goods?

disillusioned — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:56:56 -0800

What great baked goods would make a coffee shop/cafe AMAZING for you? I've got a friend who has an opportunity to bake for a coffee shop that has an emphasis on local, organic, and sustainable stuff (as all good coffee shops should). They're wanting her to come up with some cool and off-the-beaten path baked goods that will work well in display cases and taste great. (And old standards as well!)

Thoughts and recipes and experiences with fun baked-goods selections at coffee places would be great. It'll be relatively limited space and smaller batches, so not a HUGE production, but in general, throw it at us!

Exploring NYC one lunch at a time.

sesquipedalia — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:19:21 -0800

Taking my IT dev job to the librairies and coffeeshops of NYC for a couple of weeks (accompanying my wife, who's in a program at NYU). What are the best places to work, to lunch, and to explore in the relatively-immediate vicinity? So, I can work wherever I have internet connectivity, which is good. So I've been able to come along with my wife to New York from our home in the far Midwest and live near NYU for a few weeks. Great! Now... how do I make the most of it? O hive mind, can you help point me to:

* Good, comfortable, friendly coffeeshops near NYU that don't mind laptop warriors -- places with good wireless, non-cramped tables, enough electrical outlets to go around, great and not overpriced coffee, and an atmosphere you can spend a bunch of hours in at a time without wigging out.

* Cheap, yummy, and "only in New York" places to grab lunch within a 20-minute walk or so of said coffeeshops. I don't need or want anything fancy, just things that most of the country has only pale imitations of compared to New York. Examples: banh mi in Chinatown, real New York-style pizza, deli (Katz's?), custard tarts at Chinese bakeries, real bagels, black & white cookies, etc. Especially things that can be taken out & eaten outside.

* Other neat things in the vicinity I might not think to explore and/or find on my own.

* Bonus: favorite reasonably nice (~$100/two without wine) but fairly down to earth restaurants also nearby for a night out on my wife's birthday.

Thanks, all!

Eats and Joe near Ace Hotel (Seattle)?

ethnomethodologist — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:55:22 -0800

Seattle eats- cheap, cheerful, and coffee walking distance from the ACE Hotel? Hi- I'm eagerly looking forward to his first time in Seattle since 1985(!) this coming Saturday, have a week at Ace Hotel (loved, loved the one in PDX so giving this one a spin). I'll be on my own and like ethnic, especially Mexican which is thin on the ground up here (Calgary, and Canada in general), but also just about any stripe as long as it's good value, anything unpretentious and casual enough for shorts and runners (and comfy for a solo diner); and am a huge coffeegeek whose tastes run to places like Stumptown. Thanks!

Where art thou my tasty wafer?

karizma — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:09:11 -0800

[WhereCanIFindThisFilter] Tully's Coffee sells (at least in Seattle) premium soft-serve ice cream. Served with this ice cream is a delicious little wafer cookie that I must find more of! Can you help me find it? Picture and more information within. I'm trying to locate the manufacturer and/or an outlet (either in the Seattle area or via online store) where I can find these delcious wafer cookies. Tully's Coffee includes a triangle shaped wafer with each serving of their premium soft-serve ice cream. Here is a picture.

The wafers are presumably circular when whole (though served as a wedge at Tully's) and are thin. They have a very thin layer of vanilla filling. They wafers have raised concentric circular bands and within the bands are some letters and some sort of leaf/star design. The picture linked above illustrates this.

I have contacted Tully's Coffee HQ and asked for information about these wafer cookies but have been thus far ignored.

Do you know where I might find these wafers? Thank you for your help!

This coffee tastes positively Parman!

parmanparman — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:36:48 -0800

I need to be famous for other things. So I would like to make my own blend of coffee. At home and cheaply how can I get started? In terms of style, I would like to do something like a French Roast with the aroma of tilled farmland after a rainstorm.

I have heard you can use a popcorn popper to roast beans, but what else should I consider getting or trying in terms of tech and beans/spices/additives?

In search of coffee on the cape

pretzel — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:30:17 -0800

I'm looking for a good cup of coffee on Cape Cod. I'm staying this week in Dennisport, and due to a lack of knowledge of the area (and cape cod in general - this is only my 2nd time here), I havent found a good, independent coffee shop. There are, of course, Dunkin Donuts shops every 1/4 mile along Rt 28, if you're into that sort of thing, but I was hoping for something, well, not Dunkin Donuts!

Oh, btw, I'm in Dennisport, but anything in Harwich / Dennis / Yarmouth would work for me. Thanks!

coffee press screen with mold stains

keith0718 — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:02:29 -0800

My coffee press screen has what looks like mold stains on it. (I left some tea in it for too long.) Is it OK to use? If I must remove the stains...how?

Drink it fast, before it turns to sludge

junkbox — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:15:54 -0800

Why is freshly brewed coffee so much better than coffee that's been sitting around for awhile? A mere half hour after brewing, my gourmet coffee has taken on a greyish hue and lost some of the potency of its flavor. Why? And why do I only notice this phenomenon with coffee and not tea or other beverages?

Hot Coffee vs Iced Coffee

anathema — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 12:10:23 -0800

This comment by furiousthought reminded me of a coffee question for which I have never been able to get a sufficient answer. [more inside] I am a coffee fanatic who is very particular about all things coffee bean. Although it makes my father cringe (he's a bigger fanatic than I am and thinks ice coffee is heretical) I do drink ice coffee during the summer months. One thing I've noticed is that I do not seem to get the same caffeine kick from ice coffee that I do from hot coffee. I'm sure it doesn't have anyting to do with dilution since I use extremely strong batches of coffee to make coffee cubes. Is this just in my mind or is there a reaction between the heat and caffeine which makes the hot coffee more potent? I've asked this question elsewhere but never received a good answer and I don't want to get involved with coffee UseNet groups.