FaithfulSkeptic
Carrying the mantle of doubt
Just use a propane torch
CORONA No more coffee
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SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Yeah. We've got a bit over 100 lbs. stored, but are only drinking one pot a day, now. Got to conserve what we have.
Jonas Parker
Hooligan
mecoastie? Semper paratus? Captain's mast, 0800 tomorrow!
Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
I put my babies out in the grow out coop yesterday. Their frantic chirps at having 3x the room erupted into them practicing flying. I musta spent 2 hrs just watching. Nothing better to do, then watching chicks! Xcept when they misjudge their prowess and land on the ogre & freak out.
I forgot to say that 4 years ago, Lipton tea was changing how they wrap and sizes of their packaged tea. The stores were literally selling it for half off or more. I would go in, buy the limit, come out, go back in get more. At the rate I use it, I should have about 5 more years. Plus I have enuf honey to supply Egytian tombs with mumified honey for my tea.
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packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
This^^^ my one a day bottle of coca-cola habit is covered and if I should run out of that I have Dr. Pepper and/pr Cream Soda... however, I am slowly transitioning back over to my summer beverage of choice of unsweetened iced tea, just gotta keep making ice is all!
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Dobbin
Faithful Steed
97 lbs. ?
Very impressive!
Um. When does the "hoarding" alarm go off? Is there an actual poundage, or throughput rate?
Dobbin
Chicks are most amusing creatures!
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Yours and everyone else's, assuming there is food to be had.
Doc1
Has No Life - Lives on TB
C'mon, Mecoastie! This is supposed to be a prep and news board. We're barely into this virus pandemic and you're already running out of coffee??? It reminds me of another thread here where guys are complaining about not being able to find ammo.
If anything at all is important to your household - and if you consider yourself to be a prepper - you should stock in-depth and be prepared to ride anything out for at least several months.
Best
Doc
If anything at all is important to your household - and if you consider yourself to be a prepper - you should stock in-depth and be prepared to ride anything out for at least several months.
Best
Doc
Intestinal Fortitude
Have Faith
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Seeker22
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Last week SWMBO picked up 6 bags of dawg phood & 6 bags of Layena pellets.
The hens are producing about three dozen eggs a week, I won't mention what the dogs are producing.
553
Around here, I call that Catahoula Compost. Dirt is dirt, doesn't matter where it started from.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Some people don't have the $$$ to prep up in advance, for whatever reasons it happens...
Eight o'clock coffee Columbia whole bean is my brand of choice. Love to smell the freshly ground. It is sometimes hard to find, even at Walmart. They have online ordering with free delivery for $39 order so if you're desperate and don't mind paying a little more, go to
eightoclock.com. They have all kinds of coffee. You can buy one time delivery or set up auto order. I even did the auto order...being without coffee beans is what I call a hardship. :-)
eightoclock.com. They have all kinds of coffee. You can buy one time delivery or set up auto order. I even did the auto order...being without coffee beans is what I call a hardship. :-)
Coffee is not actually that high on our importance list. I drink a lot but when I run out it isn't that big a deal. Switch to tea and when that runs out get a headache for a week and that's it. It is a nice to have but not a necessity. Same with the beer. We looked at stocking a bunch of green beans and roasting our own but neither of us like it black ( pathetic I know). Without a cow for the cream then there is no point in a lot of coffee. I stock tea for the caffeine as I drink it black or with a little honey.
Milkweed Host
Veteran Member
Wow, some of you people went overboard with the coffee amounts. I have several containers of
coffee in the freezer, grounded and whole beans. I like the stove top Faberware percolator and of
course lightly salted to make it smooth. Coffee really adds to a meal.
Also, I've noticed that when I order coffee at a restaurant, the waitress appears nerves about saying
black coffee. They are never sure about how to word that question and usually dance around the topic.
coffee in the freezer, grounded and whole beans. I like the stove top Faberware percolator and of
course lightly salted to make it smooth. Coffee really adds to a meal.
Also, I've noticed that when I order coffee at a restaurant, the waitress appears nerves about saying
black coffee. They are never sure about how to word that question and usually dance around the topic.
Quiet Man
Nothing unreal exists
My wife is very quick to claim all of my coffee grounds. Our soil is pretty alkaline, and she uses them liberally in the soil of the acid-loving plants outside, and somewhat in the vegetable garden.
I, too have a substantial pile of coffee. 90+ lbs, plus 6 large cases of instant. In my experience, the 'alarm' tends to be your spouse. <big grin>
I never could stomach instant coffees, until I discovered the Cafe Bustelo Instant Espresso coffee. I tried and liked it, and all of my co-workers were quick converts. Bustelo is definitely a part of my stash. If you get desperate enough to try something new, see if you can order some off of their web site in the 7.05 ounce glass jars. As an alternative to regularly made, percolator, coffee, I like to take my mug, fill it with hot whole milk and add the Bustelo instant. Very satisfying. Haven't tried this with instant milk yet.
I do, though, agree that the loss of cream is a human travesty.
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Groucho
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Mmmmmmm........broilers.
Milkweed Host
Veteran Member
I like the smell of coffee so much, I have put coffee in my homemade soap bars.
The coffee smell comes thru the process. So, when I'm in the shower, lathering up
I can smell coffee.
The coffee smell comes thru the process. So, when I'm in the shower, lathering up
I can smell coffee.
Snyper
Veteran Member
No coffee = No "grounds".
Grumphau
Veteran Member
Still have coffee here, down to 2 beers though so I feel you.
Jokes on you. Banties. Not meat chickens.Mmmmmmm........broilers.
IIRC, you shouldn't freeze coffee.
Something about it breaking down the cell walls and making it muddy?
Not sure, I may be all wrong.
Just takes a couple. Ive made soup with banties.
It's also a bad time to stop sniffing glue.
Quiet Man
Nothing unreal exists
Once upon a time you could buy big bags of caffeine powder, but they put limits on that a few years ago.
You can still buy capsules.
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Milkweed Host
Veteran Member
Yes, it does come out more muddy, which settles to the bottom.
I haven't noticed a discernible difference in taste, but that's just me.
Momof5
Senior Member
I put mine out yesterday, such happy little gals( they better be)
From a personal standpoint, the "caffeine withdrawal" resulting from no coffee did not happen. I don't remember why I stopped drinking it since I really enjoy a good cup of coffee. But, I do remember, the dental hygienist saying, "I guess you don't drink coffee?" I was shocked. Then, I don't remember going back to having it! With breakfast or a dessert, it's wonderful.
dioptase
Veteran Member
Coffee... 
(As a drink... a little coffee ice cream once in a great while is okay.)
Lipton tea. (I grew up with that, but seriously, .)
We're tea drinkers here, preferably iced but I will drink it hot, too. My preferred iced tea is Pure Leaf black, sweetened (by me) with Stevia. I'm out of that bottled tea, though, so I am reduced to making iced tea with tea bags. I have a stock of Tetley British Blend, which should keep me in iced tea for at least a couple more months. (I also have other teas, flavored, which are for hot tea only.)
DH is going to be in trouble, though. He wants Honest Tea (Green Dragon) or Thai iced tea (from our favorite Thai restaurant). Both of those, he has to go out for (store or restaurant). Sooner or later, I think that's going to spell Covid (if we haven't had it already).
(As a drink... a little coffee ice cream once in a great while is okay.)Lipton tea.
(I grew up with that, but seriously, .)We're tea drinkers here, preferably iced but I will drink it hot, too. My preferred iced tea is Pure Leaf black, sweetened (by me) with Stevia. I'm out of that bottled tea, though, so I am reduced to making iced tea with tea bags. I have a stock of Tetley British Blend, which should keep me in iced tea for at least a couple more months. (I also have other teas, flavored, which are for hot tea only.)
DH is going to be in trouble, though. He wants Honest Tea (Green Dragon) or Thai iced tea (from our favorite Thai restaurant). Both of those, he has to go out for (store or restaurant). Sooner or later, I think that's going to spell Covid (if we haven't had it already).
You and me both. When I heard people say there was no more coke around here I panicked and bought a dozen cases on Quill.
Jubilee on Earth
Veteran Member
This is considered code red in my house. I would never let that happen. I’ve got enough coffee for a year.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
oops. Posted to wrong thread.
Sorry.
Sorry.
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