Posts by BenWilson
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Hard News: Because it's about time we…, in reply to recordari,
Yes, down Teed street. Darjeeling? Or Orange, something? Was very good. Now replaced by Bambina coffee shop.
That's the place, but the name? Lost. The best Oolong I've ever had. I never knew tea could have such a rich taste. It was expensive, though, about twice the cost of all their other teas. I've still got one of their teapots.
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Hard News: Because it's about time we…, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
I get that too, but I tend to lift the plunger slightly before pushing again. That seems to unblock the filter a little.
Yeah there's an art to pushing it down. Twisting the filter also works, so long as it's in the direction that tightens the rod - the other direction will just unscrew it. I think a lot of the problem comes from coffee being too finely ground, as well, or just using too much coffee. I'm usually making a liter of it, to serve 5, so about 6 scoops of coffee. Smaller plungers have the issue much less.
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Hard News: Because it's about time we…, in reply to Leopold,
There was one in Newmarket...damned good. I think it went bust though. Been wracking my brains to remember the name.
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ETA: I always thought you were meant to press the plunger slowly, no?
Yup, but if it's pushing back, what option do you have but to push harder? You can push hard but slow...but that puts it under pressure, and what I've usually seen happen is the filter twists, unleashing a gush of coffee up and out. It doesn't really take that much pressure to do this.
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Matthew Poole,
The outraged tone of many of the comments on the article just reinforces my belief that he's on the right track. If it upsets rank-and-file readers of Granny, it's probably a worthwhile policy
Not so sure about that. Granny readers do NOT sound impressed about asset sales.
Now comes the real crunch. If it's unpopular and they do it anyway, we'll finally see the true spots of this National Government. To me, this is the final straw. Until yesterday, I didn't feel openly hostile to them, had more of a "wait and see" mentality. Now, I've waited, and I've seen.
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Hard News: Only what we would expect a…, in reply to Sam F,
Yup. I like the way that NZers are feeling rich because of the property boom, too. No real NZer can't afford property and actually feels poorer because of it.
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Welcome Biobbs. Plungers are good, except for the one design flaw - they are quite dangerous. Who has not experienced or seen one of them suddenly releasing a large squirt of hot coffee all over the person pressing it down? The solution is to keep the filter clean, which isn't really that easy, since it's coffee oil filling all the little holes, so it's not just a matter of scrubbing it with detergent. I discovered recently that dishwashers do a good job. Anyone out there got advice for those without a dishwasher? I never solved that.
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Hard News: Because it's about time we…, in reply to Scott A,
Dude, there's no shame in filter coffee. It's good if you want to make strong coffee and there's way less arsing around. It should really be cheaper on that score, and if it was, I'm sure there would be more times I'd drink it in a shop. Most weeks I'll have a couple of cups of it, usually at lunch with my wider family, where everyone wants a coffee, and more importantly, they want to have it with each other, rather than staggered at 2 minute intervals, or even 3-5 if you're making latte.
I think it got a bad name here because of too many shops selling stuff that had been sitting on a warming element for hours. It should still be freshly made, and with good beans.
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Hard News: Because it's about time we…, in reply to Stuff n Things,
my Concise Oxford. It confirms that 'expresso' is a varient spelling of 'espresso'. So it must be true :-)
Collins (Australian version) says the same. Also, Wikipedia, at least when I looked.
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And urgency is not actually a statutory concept, just a procedural one.
Sure, but procedures can be changed. In the case of urgency, they definitely need to be.
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