Posting challenge

[magnetic_pole]

Via out_there, I hear there's a challenge afoot to create more of the journal-based (mostly) fannish content we all saw we want more of by posting regularly for a month. I'll bite. (Though I think in my case it'll be MWF.) Want to join me, oh quieter flisters?

Forgive me if I start off with a non-fannish question today, though. Why is my coffee occasionally sour, flist? I'm not especially picky, just the kind of coffee drinker who makes a serving or two with cheap ground coffee via french press each day. I swear it's distinctly more sour some days than others, even though I do it the same way every day. Does anyone else have this experience?

Comments

[torachan]

Yeah, I saw a couple people on my flist mention that, but I already post daily, so... XD

I only drink cold canned coffee (and even that only rarely), so I can't help with your question!

[magnetic_pole]

I love your frequent posts, T--you're one of the people I think of when I find myself telling non-fandom folks about fandom and the way it's more than just canon and the fanworks.

I'm originally a tea drinker, which may contribute to my frustration with the capriciousness of coffee. I just never expect it to be so variable! M.

[berry]

do you measure out the amount of coffee you put in, or measure by eye? i do the latter, and always blame that for the variation in how it tastes. maybe it's actually about our mood/taste buds/time of day rather than anything to do with the coffee itself?

[magnetic_pole]

You know, I eyeball it, as you do. I do it carefully (I've got a pretty clear idea of what a teaspoonful looks like), but that may not be enough. Somehow actual teaspoons seems like overkill.

I seem to have underestimated the high-maintenance-ness of coffee. (Meanwhile, as I was telling TRS over at LJ, tea is like that old friend who always knows what to say and rarely has problems of her own.)

I do wonder about simply tasting things different on different days, though. Lemon can be like that for me--sometimes impossibly tart, sometimes just right.

Okay, time for another post already! M.