The Dream:
I have grand plans of rising early to freshly-brewed coffee, sipping a cup or two before the chaos begins, piping hot....ahhhh.
The Reality:
I brew said coffee and it sits there - continuing to cook - for two hours, while I desperately try to fit in a cup of (hot) coffee amidst the craziness that is my morning.
Even if I managed to stop everything & drink a cup of coffee, that all I got. One cup. Barely. I would nuke cold coffee all day long trying to have a hot cup of coffee.
It was sad, really.
Until I (accidently) discovered the *coffee carafe*! Ta-da!!
| This looks a lot like my mom's carafe. |
(I know. Big deal, right? Everyone knows what a coffee carafe is. What does that have to do with anything?)
I was doing the single-parent thing (just for a few nights, Dean was attending a conference, I believe), a huge storm blew in, so the kids & I spent the night downstairs at my folks place. In the morning, desperate for a cup of energy & warmth, I grabbed the carafe my mom had put the coffee in the previous evening - easily 12 hours ago. The coffee was still warm! Not just a little warm, almost my perfect piping-hot-coffee hot! I was amazed. Even after so long, it wasn't bitter!
So nowadays I brew the coffee, immediately turn OFF the coffee pot (so it stops COOKING the coffee) and pour it into my previous-warmed-up** coffee carafe. This pot of coffee can last me all day! Finally!!
Now I just need to find the perfect carafe that fits me! What do ya think??
2 comments:
I love the red one! Super cute.
My coffee maker includes a carafe so it brews right into it! I love it! My husband needs his coffee at 4:15, and I don't need it that early. I can drink mine later and it's still hot!
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