i am writing this so that all may enjoy what i am enjoying at this moment, a most perfect cup of coffee from my own home. for years i would never make coffee for myself, for fear it would taste like poo, and would only drink coffee at work, which has always been either restaurants or megalithic bookstores with overpriced cafes. now, thanks to my sweetie and his gifts of valentines, as well as some advice from my friend the coffee guru, i have learnt the secret alchemy of coffee from home. first start with whole bean coffee. it doesn't have to be organic, but it wouldn't hurt. measure out about a half cup of beans (these instructions are for making four cups, so if you want more, just do the math) and grind for about 20 seconds if your using a coffee maker. ten for a percolator. i don't know what to do with a french press. next put the grinds in the coffee maker immediately and make it. what you don't drink right away, store in a hi-vacuum thermos or air pot. if you leave it out it'll go nasty. always store beans in an air tight container and never freeze your beans. also, don't grind a bunch in advance, only grind what you want to use right away. and that's it! as for content, well, a lot of you are students, and students drink coffee because they stay up all night studying. especially students in glasgow. speaking of glasgow, why is it so cool? all the best bands are there, and even some of the best comic book writers/artists are from there. it's not even such a big town. even groundskeeper willie and shari bobbins are from glasgow! but i digress. happy late valentine's day to all and to all a good day. -evan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+