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    Image of William Gu William Gu
    12/15/08

    In reply to Hourglass Lantern Drains LED Light Instead of Sand
    This reminds me of Cranium. And how much I suck at that game.
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    12/15/08

    @William Gu: Ditto.
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    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    Just get an Aeropress. Best coffee ever.
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    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    This looks like something Ron Popeil would be martketing..
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    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    I will instantly loose respect for anyone who buys this. That's ridiculous...

    There's an instant coffee pun in there some where
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    12/12/08

    @DeadpoolTheMerc:


    oh noes, your respect - what WILL we do without it?

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    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    Any of the coffee nerds know if the coffee brewed in this process is better tasting than other methods?


    And anyone know why they didn't use glass?

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/12/08

    @Jasontrainer:


    cold brew is always less acidic, and acid makes for bitter coffee.

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    12/12/08

    @nutbastard: Don't blame me i voted for Ron Paul edition: From my understanding, it's not the acid. It's the oils in coffee beans. Very hot water emulsifies the oils in beans. Which is why the longer beans sit in hot water, the more bitter they get.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    I tried to give up coffee once.......outide of the massive headache, I dont remember that week of my life at all. Something as essential and life giving as coffee should not be hard to do, so: Fail.
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    12/12/08

    @Curves: Agreed. I get those same headaches if I don't have any coffee before noon. I wonder if that means I have to start attending weekly meetings...


    "Hi, I'm a java junkie..."

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    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    There's a few like this -- the vacuum coffee maker and Neopolitan Flip. I have not used either but I don't think they require 12 hours to brew.


    That said, I can actually see using this one for iced coffee. Making a concentrate would be good for that, taking up less room in the fridge.

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    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    Folks, chill out. This was never meant to be a coffee maker to use when you want a quick cup of coffee. At least, the whole process was not.


    Using a device to make coffee extract is an old practice. Look up the Toddy coffee maker. It makes a bunch of extract you can keep in the fridge. Then, whenever you want a cup of coffee, add some water to some extract and you get a hot cup of coffee. And it's pretty good stuff - very smooth.


    A French press is the fastest way to make good coffee quickly - from beans to coffee.

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    12/12/08

    @dc-united: Oh we're all aware of that whole process. It's called Instant Coffee.
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    Image of JEmlay JEmlay
    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    That coffee maker is a bunch of BS. You still have to HEAT WATER! So you still need either electricity or gas. Either way, you could use heat to make coffee in many other ways without needing to go through 12+ hours.


    You could even use FIREWOOD to make coffee in much less time.


    FAIL!

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    12/12/08

    @JEmlay:


    you don't HAVE to heat water, the brewing is done cold. you could then drink it cold. and of course you need an energy source to heat water - the idea behind NOT using heat int he brewing process is cold water extracts less acids from the beans, making for a less bitter brew even at weapons-grade strength. this is for taste, not convenience.

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    12/12/08

    @JEmlay: Your FAIL has been rejected.

    Any additional FAIL must be submitted no less than thirty (30) days from original failed FAIL.


    You, sir = FAIL.

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    12/12/08

    @Oirectine:
    Care to explain why?


    @gman2093:
    So you cut and pasted PART of my post but you forgot to read the rest?


    "You could even use FIREWOOD to make coffee in much less time."


    @nutbastard: Don't blame me i voted for Ron Paul edition:
    Obviously, I'm talking about a HOT cup of coffee. Stay within SCOPE.

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    12/12/08

    @JEmlay:


    so you're complaining that you would have to heat water... in order to have a hot cup of coffee?


    ooooooo-kaaaay....


    QQ

    __

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    12/13/08

    @nutbastard: Don't blame me i voted for Ron Paul edition:


    Had you bothered to READ you would understand. As usual, you are stuck out in left field wondering WTF is going on while all the other players are having a beer at the local pub.


    "We took one look at the electricity-free Hourglass Coffee Maker"


    That claim is pointless. Why don't they just claim they have a waterless toilet. All you need to do is slit your wrist and bleed into it and flush with that instead.


    Got any other brain busters?

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    12/15/08

    @JEmlay:


    I'm still trying to get you to address your complaint that, in order to have a hot cup of coffee, one would have to heat water.


    The quote from the article has nothing to do with what we're talking about.

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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    Or you could, you know, buy good, fresh roasted beans and put them in a press... not all coffee is acidic. It depends on where they're from and how they're roasted.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/12/08

    @lpranal:


    well it's all acidic to one degree or another - caffeine itself is acidic.

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    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    a french press produces pretty low acid coffee in mere minutes.


    this is just a "hobo" coffee maker. and while hobo coffee is pretty damn good (especially if you use lots of unground beans) who plans their caffeine fix 12 hours in advance?

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    12/12/08

    @nutbastard: Don't blame me i voted for Ron Paul edition: Which I why I read about this last month on Hobomodo, the newest Gawker site.
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    12/12/08

    @OMG! Ponies!:


    which is a lot better than the other new one, Homomodo, as well as their fusion site, Homohobomodo.

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    12/12/08

    @nutbastard: Don't blame me i voted for Ron Paul edition: who plans their caffeine fix 12 hours in advance?


    I don't plan my caffeine fix, it plans me.


    Monday:

    9AM Coffee

    2PM Coffee

    Tuesday:

    9AM Coffee

    2PM Coffee

    Wednesday:

    9AM Coffee

    2PM Coffee

    etc. etc.

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    12/12/08

    @Oirectine: "I don't plan my caffeine fix, it plans me."


    Are you Russian?

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    12/12/08

    @ripfire:


    awesome : P

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    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    mr. coffee, $20.00 4 years and still going

    braun bean grinder(blade type) don't remember the cost because it has lasted 9 years, so far

    3 lb bag of sumatra french roast at costco $11.00


    i'm thinking i like my set up better, and i can have coffee in 10 minutes, not 12 hours.

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    12/12/08

    @godwhacker: I L-O-V-E that Sumatra French Roast that Costco has too!


    And coffee is one of the few commodities that I can actually justify buying in bulk.

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    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    It's the opposite of Espresso.
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    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    If I have to wait 12 effing hours for coffee, someone is going to die. Who is the masochist that created this thing and thought that it was a good idea.
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    Image of CaliBoom CaliBoom
    12/12/08

    @Effing_Jedi_Master: so start the brew after dinner, let it sit overnight, then you have it ready when you get up in the AM.


    But yeah, too much. . . LOL

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    12/12/08

    @CaliBoom: "so start the brew after dinner, let it sit overnight, then you have it ready when you get up in the AM"


    Then you realize the next day is saturday. Doh!

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/12/08

    In reply to Hourglass Coffee Maker Should Be Renamed 12-Hour Plastic Disappointment
    This would be great if I was home 12 hours before I drink my coffee. I'm usually still at work.
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    12/12/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: And just think, you could monitor it with your webcams.


    They say a watched pot never boils but that's no longer a problem with this new-fangled Mr. Coffee...

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    12/12/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude: Yeah, but then I would need to set up a net controlled servo to flip it. And what if my cats get up on the counter and flip it back over. I won't have coffee the next day. That's just to scary to contemplate.
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