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tert in seattle

writes:
>On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:57:07 -0500, songbird >
>wrote:
>
>>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>...
>>> Sitting on a hot plate to keep it warm does make it nasty. Let it stand
>>> or refrigerate it and nuke it gently and it is OK even the next day.
>>
>> mostly true for me, except the oxidation off-flavors that
>>happen if the coffee is left sitting and air is allowed
>>to get in/out.
>>
>> the best storage method i found was a thermos, put the coffee
>>in when it was hot (so the air above the coffee was also hot)
>>and then seal it up. that would create enough of a vacuum.
>>
>> once i opened it back up to use then it would be used up
>>and not resealed.
>>
>> i don't drink that much coffee these days to go through
>>such a process, i just have instant fake coffee that i use
>>and once in a while i add some real instant coffee and that
>>is good enough if i want a bit of a jolt, but it doesn't
>>take much to get me pretty wired.
>>
>> songbird
>
>I'm the one who prepares the ADC each day for the next morning. For
>two of us I prepare it to make 11 cups, the 12 cup mark is a bit much
>for us. Even at 11 cups sometimes there's some remaining but we don't
>save it. Neither of us drinks coffee during the day,,, my wife is a
>tea drinker, I drink plain water until evening when I prefer Sprite
>with Crystal Palace. I see no point in xaving a cup of coffee unless
>it's going to be used for cooking/baking.

"evening" starts at 3pm in the Katz household