On Feb 9, 10:09*am, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Feb 9, 9:58*am, Bryan > wrote:
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> > > On 2/9/2012 6:06 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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> > > > On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:18:30 GMT, Alan >
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> > > >> There's also other considerations. *I live alone. *So making a pot of
> > > >> coffee usually means I pour about half the pot down the drain before I go
> > > >> to bed. *So using K-cups and making only what I'm going to drink makes
> > > >> the cost much more tolerable.
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> > > > My wife makes a pot and has one cup. *She reheated it in the microwave
> > > > then next two days. *I don't drink it so I have no idea how good it is
> > > > reheated.
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> > > I think leaving the heater on is what destroys the taste. We turn it off
> > > immediately after brewed. I don't notice any difference when heated
> > > later. If you leave the heater on you might as well dump it if you don't
> > > use it in a short time.
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> > Exactly. *If I was more motivated I'd get in there and cut the wire to
> > the hot plate.
> > People who are way pickier about coffee than me refrigerate and
> > microwave. *We just let it sit at room temp and microwave.
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> > --Bryan
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> Turning the pot off after the brew has the same effect. And if you
> keep your kitchen cool enough it's almost like refrigerating!

Turning it off requires being there right when it finishes brewing,
when there might be somewhere else I'd prefer to be.
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> John Kuthe...

--Bryan