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Morning routine
Jun. 29th, 2025 05:13 amEvery work day I get up around 3:30, brush my teeth and go down to the kitchen. I fix myself a tumbler of coffee (1 & 2/3 cups water, 1/2 cup cold brew, heat in microwave 2 to 3 minutes ... or skip the microwave if it's a hot summer day).
I read the comics, check my mail and facebook and then look over the online news at the AP site. There's not much I read there these days. The news out of D.C. is usually embarrassing and disheartening.
Around 5, I pull up Duolingo and work on language drills in Spanish (Portuguese or Latin) until 6.
Today, however, the first thing I did was decant the jug of coffee into a measuring bowl and start filtering it. First pour takes about 10 to 15 minutes. While I'm doing that, I've poured 6 cups of boiling water over the used grounds (initially 7 spoons of ground coffee, but with 2 spoons of fresh added). Once the first pour is over, I get a second 2 quart jar and pour the second brewing through the filter. This gives me almost a gallon of coffee that I use over the course of 3 to 4 days. I call these the smooth and the rough. The smooth is almost exclusively drunk cold at work. The rough I usually have hot at the start of day.
It takes an hour or more to complete the whole process but I think it's worth it.
I read the comics, check my mail and facebook and then look over the online news at the AP site. There's not much I read there these days. The news out of D.C. is usually embarrassing and disheartening.
Around 5, I pull up Duolingo and work on language drills in Spanish (Portuguese or Latin) until 6.
Today, however, the first thing I did was decant the jug of coffee into a measuring bowl and start filtering it. First pour takes about 10 to 15 minutes. While I'm doing that, I've poured 6 cups of boiling water over the used grounds (initially 7 spoons of ground coffee, but with 2 spoons of fresh added). Once the first pour is over, I get a second 2 quart jar and pour the second brewing through the filter. This gives me almost a gallon of coffee that I use over the course of 3 to 4 days. I call these the smooth and the rough. The smooth is almost exclusively drunk cold at work. The rough I usually have hot at the start of day.
It takes an hour or more to complete the whole process but I think it's worth it.
