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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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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 85 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] bent 36 points 1 week 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 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)
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[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week 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 11 points 1 week ago

The induced demand theory of coffee cup size.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My favorite every morning moment: bow down and SLURP

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

Bow down before the one you serve

You’re going to get what you deserve

(It’s coffee. You deserve coffee.)

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[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Gotta blow on it first though

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The coffee pot isn't set properly.

Put it back put it back put it back

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week 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 10 points 1 week 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 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] tastetheplague@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh fuck yeah spread that meniscus

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

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

[–] jojo@piefed.social 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 21 points 1 week ago

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

[–] tal@lemmy.today 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is 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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[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

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

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

Skill issue

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You do know your coffee makers 👌

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week 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.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

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

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

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

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago

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

Easy: redefine your "desk" to be that counter. Problem solved.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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)
[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Little sips Brüder, little sips

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

Surface tension at its best. And its max.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

you're gonna need a bigger cup

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

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

(True)

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Use a straw if available...

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

That would be worse than burning the lips.

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

Solvable problem. You just need a turkey baster.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All you need is a Pythagoras greedy cup

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

True! Then instead of spilling my coffee on the counter I could spill it on the counter instead.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

Get another cup an only fill them both halfway full. You will now be known as "2 cup larry".

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

Mockamaster machine, nice 👌

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Top-notch meniscus

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] thebustinater@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week 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.

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