Yesterday I had a bad coffee day. I didn’t get a chance to make my usual morning coffee at home, so I decided to make some at work. The only grind I had sitting around at work was an “espresso” grind. The packaging actually says it should work in all coffee makers, but, it is a very fine grind.

So, after loading up the coffee maker with 10 cups worth of grind and water (figured I’d share), I let it run. I let everyone know that the coffee was brewing, and then after 30 mins went back to check on it. It was everywhere. Everywhere except in the coffee pot. It appears as though the grind was not letting the water through fast enough, so it overflowed over the basket - getting all over the outside of the pot, the coffee maker, the counter, the cabinets and the floor. Now keep in mind, I still haven’t had any coffee - so cleaning this up was especially effortfull.

Meh.

In the afternoon I was reminded that I had a secret stash of coarse grind for my french press. I brewed that and, although it didn’t result in a disaster, didn’t result in very good coffee.

Brent brought in a nice baggie of starbucks today. He threw it at me, and thankfully the ziplock held. We’ll have to save it for a rainy day (or Friday), as I brewed some pumpkin spice at home and brought it in.