Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic

Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by senderista on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:13AM (#50376111)

I heat it up in the microwave all the time. Smooth as a pour-over and much less of a hassle to make.

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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by littlecranky67 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:57AM (#50376405)

That is the advise I got before, but I find this is super difficult to hit the right temperature. I either get boiling coffee, or luke warm.

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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by bayindirh on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:25AM (#50376607)

When you get used to the microwave you have, you can hit the same spot every time. It's a formula depending on your cup, the wattage of he microwave and time.

I can hit the temperature I want every time on a Bosch microwave from 80s which has two power levels and a rotary, mechanical timer.

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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by janderson215 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:23AM (#50377862)

Also volume of liquid and temperature of liquid and cup.

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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by arcanemachiner on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:29AM (#50377901)

And the age of the microwave.

https://www.psu.edu/news/agricultural-sciences/story/microwa...

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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by bayindirh on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:36AM (#50377944)

I generally fill the cup to the same level, and fill it from the same source in the house in 99% of the time, so they are implicit constants in the equation, at least for me.

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Re:Coffee's new status symbol is a machine without plastic by teeray on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:07AM (#50378638)

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