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<blockquote data-quote="JoeUSooner" data-source="post: 3748098" data-attributes="member: 55109"><p>In my defense, I honestly did not know a damned thing about brewing coffee when I entered the Army. My parents only drank a couple of cups a year(!) and theirs was always "freeze-dried." When I was 5 years old, I tasted coffee (ONCE!!) at my grandmother's house, and in the following 67 years I have <em>never ever ever</em> touched another drop. I take my caffeine cold - iced tea or diet Dr Pepper only, thank you very much.</p><p></p><p>As a trainee in 1968, I too was tapped to prepare the office coffee pot. Tried my damnedest to talk my way out of it, but the Sergeant with a bunch of stripes on his sleeve was adamant. At least you received instructions, Terry. I was just told, "Do it, dammit." I didn't know to clean the pot first... hell, it had coffee in it, so wasn't that the point? I did not know to start with cold water... it was supposed to be hot, so I started with hot water (I was a naive 17-year old kid, and that sounded logical at the time). I had no concept of measuring, much less 'how much,' so I just packed the top bin full. I turned it on full blast and left.</p><p></p><p>I pushed Fort Polk away for hours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeUSooner, post: 3748098, member: 55109"] In my defense, I honestly did not know a damned thing about brewing coffee when I entered the Army. My parents only drank a couple of cups a year(!) and theirs was always "freeze-dried." When I was 5 years old, I tasted coffee (ONCE!!) at my grandmother's house, and in the following 67 years I have [I]never ever ever[/I] touched another drop. I take my caffeine cold - iced tea or diet Dr Pepper only, thank you very much. As a trainee in 1968, I too was tapped to prepare the office coffee pot. Tried my damnedest to talk my way out of it, but the Sergeant with a bunch of stripes on his sleeve was adamant. At least you received instructions, Terry. I was just told, "Do it, dammit." I didn't know to clean the pot first... hell, it had coffee in it, so wasn't that the point? I did not know to start with cold water... it was supposed to be hot, so I started with hot water (I was a naive 17-year old kid, and that sounded logical at the time). I had no concept of measuring, much less 'how much,' so I just packed the top bin full. I turned it on full blast and left. I pushed Fort Polk away for hours. [/QUOTE]
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