Coffee tragedies - add your tragic coffee stories here...

Simon

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

I was roasting in the shed the other day and got called away to answer nature's call and when I returned several minutes later the rust was at rolling first crack but I managed to drop temp and coast for a bit before cooling and fortunately it turned out beautiful!

Ah beautiful, love when those fortunate accidents happen. Like when prepping your shot, and severely knocking the portafilter against something accidently, but somehow getting a ripper shot out of it XD

askthecoffeeguy

Simon wrote:

Ah beautiful, love when those fortunate accidents happen. Like when prepping your shot, and severely knocking the portafilter against something accidently, but somehow getting a ripper shot out of it XD

or as happened to me last week when the equipment you're using hasn't been serviced ever and the touch pads have stopped working and the water line is leaking but you use the manual override and still manage to pull out some ripper shots anyway !

Simon

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

or as happened to me last week when the equipment you're using hasn't been serviced ever and the touch pads have stopped working and the water line is leaking but you use the manual override and still manage to pull out some ripper shots anyway !

Haha ah wow that's some serious skills right there ;D

Brett_H

hmm... leaking water-line, suspect touch pads, electricity, metal... what could go wrong........

askthecoffeeguy

Brett H wrote:

hmm... leaking water-line, suspect touch pads, electricity, metal... what could go wrong........

has since been fixed. problem was with touch pads and blocked water line plus loose pump and leaking water line plus damaged flow meters but apart from that it's now working fine!

Brett_H

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

has since been fixed. problem was with touch pads and blocked water line plus loose pump and leaking water line plus damaged flow meters but apart from that it's now working fine!

Crikey... one imagines the maintenance police are ready to make an arrest 😃

maatt

No words needed.

Simon

_maatt_ wrote:

No words needed.

Uggghh! Truly a coffee tragedy Matt XD

Brett_H

buggar!

askthecoffeeguy

_maatt_ wrote:

No words needed.

The problem with this scenario as I see it is that you need coffee to prevent if from happening in the first place and to fix it so its kinds of FUBAR no matter how you look at it! Pat

maatt

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

The problem with this scenario as I see it is that you need coffee to prevent if from happening in the first place and to fix it so its kinds of FUBAR no matter how you look at it! Pat

Exactly right! [emoji23] From memory, I put the empty milk jug on something uneven, then knocked over the coffee I'd just poured attempting to save it 🤦‍♂️

Koffee_Kosmo

Let’s do a cause and effect Maatt What time of day did this tragedy happen ? Morning is the worst time for such a tragedy to happen Or if you were feeling unwell Or in a big hurry for a coffee fix All contribute to bad hand eye coordination KK

artman

Years ago I made a mega bean cooler which consisted of a garden blower vac. Cooled a roast batch in seconds! I secured a plastic bucket to the suction end. Inside the bucket I had a sieve that fitted very tightly so no need to secure the sieve in the bucket. Until the time where I was cooling about half a kilo of beans, accidentally knocked the bucket which deformed, the sieve inside rotated and the blower vac pulverised the beans which spat out EVERYWHERE all over the garage with huge force! I’m still finding bits of beans on various spots! Cheers

Koffee_Kosmo

That is tragic But if I was an observer it would have bean funny to watch :stir KK

artman

It was rather amusing!! Cheers

Simon

artman wrote:

Years ago I made a mega bean cooler which consisted of a garden blower vac. Cooled a roast batch in seconds! I secured a plastic bucket to the suction end. Inside the bucket I had a sieve that fitted very tightly so no need to secure the sieve in the bucket. Until the time where I was cooling about half a kilo of beans, accidentally knocked the bucket which deformed, the sieve inside rotated and the blower vac pulverised the beans which spat out EVERYWHERE all over the garage with huge force! I’m still finding bits of beans on various spots! Cheers

Ah yikes that is tragic artman ;D, hopefully they weren't a Geisha bean or anything!

Brett_H

artman wrote:

Years ago I made a mega bean cooler which consisted of a garden blower vac. Cooled a roast batch in seconds! I secured a plastic bucket to the suction end. Inside the bucket I had a sieve that fitted very tightly so no need to secure the sieve in the bucket. Until the time where I was cooling about half a kilo of beans, accidentally knocked the bucket which deformed, the sieve inside rotated and the blower vac pulverised the beans which spat out EVERYWHERE all over the garage with huge force! I’m still finding bits of beans on various spots! Cheers

This is not tragic...it's glorious. I have tear imagining the carnage. It's like a Bruckner Symphony... an homage to all that is the frailty of the human existence. Bravo Sir!1

K_Bean_Coffee

Here’s a tragic messy eggspresso from Easter Day..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Simon

K_Bean_Coffee wrote:

Here’s a tragic messy eggspresso from Easter Day..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Haha ah wow Paul! Even so, still looks delicious! Have never tried one of these yet hehe..

K_Bean_Coffee

Simon wrote:

Haha ah wow Paul! Even so, still looks delicious! Have never tried one of these yet hehe..

You really have to give it a go Simon. Cheers 🙂 Paul www.kbean.com.au

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