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Now how am I supposed to get this to my desk without either spilling it all over or burning my lips trying to slurp it here. I've been drinking coffee for at least 25 years and I still do this to myself at least 3 times a week.

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[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 1 points 54 minutes ago

Clearly, just put the yeti top on.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

you're gonna need a bigger cup

[–] TheTurner@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

At least you get it in the cup. I have coworkers who forget their mug is beside the Keurig machine and press start... Lol

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 19 points 15 hours ago

You've learned plenty. Mostly about the surface tension of coffee.

[–] tastetheplague@sh.itjust.works 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Oh fuck yeah spread that meniscus

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago

In case you still need help: If you're reading this now, your coffee will be cold so you can finally slurp it.

[–] thebustinater@lemmy.zip 3 points 13 hours ago

Scoop some out with a metal spoon. The liquid in the spoon should cool quickly so you can still drink it without wasting any. Repeat until the level is low enough to carry.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago
[–] tal@lemmy.today 18 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

If the pathway from your coffee maker to your desk has sufficient width and structural support to accommodate a 70 ton tracked armored fighting vehicle, tank gun stabilizers can maintain pretty stable beverage platforms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGzRfvgnS_s

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

Put it on a plate. You'll spill, but it'll stay on the plate.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The coffee pot isn't set properly.

Put it back put it back put it back

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's intentional. Leaves an air gap between the pot and the hotplate.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, which is exactly why it shouldn't be like that. I know you probably did it so that the hotplate won't heat up the glass for nothing, which is fine, albeit unnecessary and slightly disturbing to my psyche. Unnecessary insofar that the hotplate won't crack the glass, it's not exactly that hot, the pot's good glass and usually cracking happens when you suddenly cool a hot glass object, not just by heating it.

I can't tell you the times that people have left it like that while there still is coffee, and then it's gotten awkwardly room temperature. Which is why I'm sort of sore about that.

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not to protect it from cracking - it’s to stop the leftover coffee from burning onto it, since I only rinse it after use.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago

I feared as much. People used to do that a lot instead of rinsing the pot out and making a new pan. Everyone just like "no no there's still enough for someone to probably want the last bit".

Dad used to do it at home as well back when I still lived with him like 20 years ago. I'm not much of a perfectionist, but this somehow gets to me idk why.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Pour milk first

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 75 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] bent 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If they're anything like my they're just gonna fill it anyway and have an even bigger problem. I actually got a smaller cup to make the problem smaller.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Carry the coffee maker. It's your mug now.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

that's how I started, now I drive a cement mixer to work

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Fill your stomach for life with this one weird trick!

[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)
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[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the same approach as "add one more lane" to a congested highway. You know it's not gonna work.

Just get a saucer.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 day ago

The induced demand theory of coffee cup size.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Nice moccamaster, I have one in Burgundy, they make really good drip coffee

[–] MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

I was gonna say. Super legit masheen and crazy expensive.

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[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This eminently slurpable. The clue is in the name, it makes the sound because you're not pressing your lips against the rim of the cup in the same way as a sip. You're more sucking in air towards you over the cup and it happens to lap up a few little waves of coffee that are thoroughly cooled on their way to your mouth.

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[–] Abraxas@feddit.uk 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My favorite every morning moment: bow down and SLURP

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Bow down before the one you serve

You’re going to get what you deserve

(It’s coffee. You deserve coffee.)

[–] LOLseas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

Got coffee- I'll do anything for you...

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[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I love how surface tension is the only thing still keeping liquid inside the cup...

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

gravity too

[–] jojo@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I saw the photo and this wonderful surface tension I thought this was a science meme

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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 7 points 1 day ago

Solvable problem. You just need a turkey baster.

[–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Surface tension at its best. And its max.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Skill issue

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Others have posted longer term solutions (bigger cup, skill issue, etc). In the immediate situation you have some options:

  1. Decant to another cup. There's no way to do this without creating a mess.
  2. Put a plate under the mug and carry it back to the desk with a couple of paper towels to clean up the mess (if work is urgent)
  3. Leave it on the counter and sit there for 5 min till the top can be sipped before going back to the desk (if work can wait)
[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You do know your coffee makers 👌

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago

Moccamaster is relatively popular brand where I live. Most people know about it. It always boggles my mind when I see a middle class family with a 35€ coffee maker. Why cheap out on something you're using multiple times a day for the rest of your life? These things are not that expensive and spare parts are widely available.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Top-notch meniscus

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't need solution when you have the best coffee maker ever built!

(True)

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 2 points 19 hours ago

What? I don't see an Aeropress anywhere 😋

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Mockamaster machine, nice 👌

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