Mug Tragedy

[SykkBoy]

I was never in the navy, but I cure my mugs as well
have you ever noticed how restaurant coffee sometimes tastes "sterile" or has a slight metalic flavor to it? It's because they're supposed to clean the coffeemakers out thoroughly all the time and when they are that clean, they don't have the same flavor.

The only time I wash the mug with soap/water is if I've left it out for a really long time...but of course, I try to be mindful and rinse it out when I'm done with it to avoid floaties...

[MorganGrayson]

Hmmm...my husband drinks his coffee black, of course.

He was an airplane mechanic in the Navy.

I sense a pattern developing.

(Sykkboy, there is a tie-in for you. When my husband signed up, the recruiter said "AH! You're a musician!" to my husband, who was immediately thinking "Navy Band!" just as the recruiter expected him to. They made him an airplane mechanic and sent him to Corpus Christie, Texas. Not much call for musical talent there.)

[SykkBoy]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

Hmmm...my husband drinks his coffee black, of course.

He was an airplane mechanic in the Navy.

I sense a pattern developing.

(Sykkboy, there is a tie-in for you. When my husband signed up, the recruiter said "AH! You're a musician!" to my husband, who was immediately thinking "Navy Band!" just as the recruiter expected him to. They made him an airplane mechanic and sent him to Corpus Christie, Texas. Not much call for musical talent there.)

Well, I was in Navy JROTC in high school...so, I was almost kind of in the Navy, but I'd been raised on cured mugs before then...I think it started with my father and his cured coffee pot (to this day, he won't use a regular coffee maker)...

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by SykkBoy

Well, I was in Navy JROTC in high school...so, I was almost kind of in the Navy, but I'd been raised on cured mugs before then...I think it started with my father and his cured coffee pot (to this day, he won't use a regular coffee maker)...

My father was career Army. Both my parents scrubbed the hell out of anything that didn't get out of the way. When he retired, my mother threatened his very existance if he pulled out the refrigerator and cleaned behind it one more time.

[voodooman]

My mother does that same nasty thing, never washes her cup or only with hot water.

I cannot stand anything hot, well, except for women, anyways, I love the smell of coffee, but cannot drink it.

BTW, what do you do when you travel, do you take your mug everywhere you go or do you occassionally have to get a styrofoam cup?