I tried giving them off to neighbors and bringing it to work to leave at the snack table...but there is only so much u can give away thats when my colleague suggested...jams. Yes its a bit of work but I have found that people are very eager to take them off ur hands. Its fun.
@Nonya and @Rihana and @Amica Moving it here since I was veering too far away from sandwich... Absolutely...esp on weekdays . Chai in IP ..It only makes sense if u have to make tea for a very large gathering...even then I would prefer to use my pyrex 8 cup jar..make it a few times and put it in the flask. Easy cleanup in the dishwasher.
I would think Chai-in-IP would be the case of Hammer-seeing-only-Nails. And besides, shouldn't chai making be done in a pot with a spout for pouring ? I am not a frequent chai maker. For the occasional tea (no milk) brewing, I use a french press. Every morning, we make coffee, in a traditional madras coffee filter. And for larger gatherings, like 8 people, I make decoction in a siphon coffee maker. This is the closest to a Madras Filter Coffee. I use a permanent SS filter, instead of the original filter that comes with the coffee maker.
OMG.. @Nonya ..u are an app guru. I use french press for my weekday coffee...and on the days I get up few min early ..indulge in my espresso latte... This device is soooooo appealing ... got to tag @sokanasanah ...... I can see u using something like this...totally!
Thanks for the trophy. In KualaLumpur, it is considered more fashionable to drink in coffee shops that use siphon filters, rather than espresso machines. Taiwan (makes and sells) some of the best looking siphon coffee makers. Bodum (Sweden/Denmark) also has a nice stove top one. Mine is from Hario Glass, Japan. Here is a pic' from one such shop. <a href="Siphon coffee - in progress - Picture of Beam, Kuala Lumpur - TripAdvisor"><img alt="" src="https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/06/a4/de/52/beam.jpg"/></a><br/>This photo of Beam is courtesy of TripAdvisor Variations of Madras Filter coffee is also found all over south east asia. This shop also makes filter coffee, but then they do not use the madras/vietnam version of cylindrical beaker with holes on the bottom kind of filter. They use a regular conical kalita filter with a paper cone in it. Paper in Coffee filter is not good -- melamine is used to increase the wet-strength of the paper, and who knows what the quality of the melamine strengthening process is. I do not like to drink coffee that goes through a paper filter -- or tea from a tea-bag.
Siphon filters are amazing ...! I did not know about this at all. Learn something new every day I guess.... I will remember to use espresso machine at work too..I typically grab the drip coffee some kind soul would have made earlier...and those use paper filters .
Paper has to withstand hot water soak and not go into pieces. However, occasional use of paper filters for food/drink prep should be ok. It is like aluminium pots and pans leading us into early dementia. But we still like aluminium foil use.... in many many things.
@kaniths ....BB is really a very interesting case study. For the longest time it was headed by 2 CEOs...very unusual in any company. The two headed monster as it was fondly called ....did very well..for while...one was an expert in hardware (hence their hardware was simply superb) the other had very good connections in the wireless /corporate world. So they could integrate very well. But what they missed was someone focusing on software....the missing piece which later became very important. Apple created the ecosystem with Appstore..and thats where they lost. Big mistake.
