My Pressie!!

I got a pressie!

For practical purposes, since himself has a playful distain for anything 'French' (make that hacking noise followed by the spitting noise if you like.....*rolling eyes*), we're calling this by another name--we just haven't named it yet.

Rest assured it will have a name, I name everything.
Yes, I'm weird.

I'm thinkin' we'll call it 'Nanette'--as in "NO NO, Nanette!!"

Or maybe 'Will', as in "Danger, Danger Will Robinson".

The coffee coming out of it is dang good, though!
There's only one problem---it's my pressie but I think I've been banned from using it.....

Don't get me wrong--I was thrilled! (anything connected with coffee is a sure deal--I consume a whole LOT of it)
Himself was teaching me how to actually make the coffee.

PROBLEM!
First of all, it's a 'heaping scoop and a half'.
Okay, in my book that's equal to two scoops.
"Heaping and a half"
Right..........got it!

Second, you can't immediately put the boiled water in the thing--you have to 'swish it a bit to get the boil off'.
What the heck does THAT mean?!
Apparently it means I get to swish the water around in the kettle BEFORE I pour it into the press thingy.

Can I mention the major error they made by not putting a line ON the glass for how much water you put in it.
There's no line.........how're ya suppose to KNOW?
I figured I'd measure with my finger.

"STOP!"
(sheeeeeeeeeeeshhhhh!)
Apparently the glass is super hot even though you've 'swished it a bit to get the boil off'.
Fine......don't TOUCH to measure how much water....you're suppose to 'know'.
I suggested a magic marker dot/line/mark.
This is when he started to wonder if they made child proof presses.

Then stir-- I volunteered for that one! I LOVE to stir. I get gloppy rice ALLTHETIME cuz I must stir! So I grabbed a spoon and got another one of those "STOP!" thingies.
Must stir with plastic or wood.........it's glass you know.
I knew that! I was just testing him with that metal spoon deal.

I was excited when it came to putting the lid thingy on.
But he just set it on the top and told me "Now we wait three minutes or so".

Okay then! Where's the timer, buzzery thingy?!
There isn't one--he's just going to 'know' when three minutes has passed.
"Righhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhtttttt.....
This is how I start fires in this house......
MUST have buzzery thingies that I won't ignore."

He finally did set the stove timer--I'm thinkin' more for my entertainment than for anything else. He wasn't even LOOKING at the clock when he came back in the kitchen to finish my lesson on coffee making. I, on the other hand was intently watching the press thingy, waiting for the buzzer.

"Right then--this is the important part....." (Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!) (I was too busy watching for the important part to be bothered with the buzzery timery thingy--he turned it off)

COFFEE is the important part--but okay, I'm paying attention here!

I watched the mock demonstration carefully. (he SAID it was important!)

I was suppose to place my hand on the knobby thingy and let the weight of my hand slowwwwwwwwly push the lid whozit down.

I musta got that shiny glint going in my eyes or something--cuz when I brought my hand over to the press thingie's knobby thing I got a

"STOP!!!"
Accompanied by a suspicious look, followed by an actual demonstration of how TO do it.

Okay then!
WE have COFFEE!

It's muddy lookin' and it's got foamy stuff on the top....cool!!

I was JUST gonna see what happened if you pulled the knobby thing up when I got another

"STOP!!!!!!!!!!"





It does make Supreme coffee! LOL
Okay, so maybe I'll name it Diana Ross. ;-)