On Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 4:38:27 PM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:16:05 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> > wrote:
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> >On Friday, March 12, 2021 at 1:36:59 PM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:
> >> On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:02:18 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> >> > wrote:
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> >> >On Friday, March 12, 2021 at 7:20:33 AM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:07:39 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> >> >> > wrote:
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> >> >> >On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 4:47:43 PM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:
> >> >> >> On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:26:09 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> >> >> >> >I really am enjoying Trung Nguyen coffee that I got in the Vietnamese market. It's kind of a mystery coffee because nobody knows what's in it. The ingredients on the box says there's 3 ingredients; coffee, artificial coffee, and chocolate flavor. My guess is that artificial coffee is chicory. God knows what's in chocolate flavor. One of these days, the truth will come out but I'm gonna enjoy it while I can.
> >> >> >> I always order iced coffee in Vietnamese restaurants, and have a
> >> >> >> pour-over gadget used to make it.
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> >> >> >> I see the brand you mention on Amazon and right next to it, they
> >> >> >> offered up another brand with chicory in it, so I am betting you are
> >> >> >> right.
> >> >> >My theory is that the Vietnamese won the war with America because they can play a long, extended, waiting game. I tried using a phin but there's no way I'll ever be able to wait that long for a cup of coffee. A county that mostly brews coffee with auto drip coffee makers will never be able to beat a country that thinks a phin is an acceptable way to make a cup o' Joe. I use my daughter's Mr. Coffee Ice Coffee brewer to make a very nice cup of coffee. It's a drip coffee maker that allows you to let the coffee steep in the water before pouring. It's a very nice feature.
> >> >> I had a phin-type single cup pour over to use for travel. Too slow,
> >> >> too messy and I want a HUGE mug of coffee.
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> >> >> Tasty coffee, though.
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> >> >> You REALLY want complication, try a Costa Rican wooden chorreador.
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> >> >> https://www.craftcoffeeguru.com/cost...-coffee-maker/
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> >> >That's a primitive Mr. Coffee. It would work just fine, I guess. I'd just dump the coffee in the hot water and let it sit a while and then filter it in the sack thing.
> >> It makes delish coffee. PITA to clean, tho.
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> >My daughter's Mr. Coffee Ice Coffee machine is currently my favorite way to make a cup of coffee. It allows the coffee grounds to steep in the water until you open up the spigot. I let it set for a couple of minutes. I've been making some great coffee for the last few days. My secret is to not measure the coffee into the basket. For some reason, measuring it out by eye is the best method!
> Does it work like a cold brew or hot brew? I just dump grounds and
> water into a decanter and tuck it into the fridge for a day. I put it
> through stainless mesh the next day and get very smooth coffee.

It's a hot brew machine. It similar to a regular automatic drip machine except that there's a spigot to close off the pour so the coffee can brew a while. There's a tall insulated cup that you can fill with ice and then drain the hot coffee into when you're ready. It probably makes a good cup of iced coffee but I've never tried to.