Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Re: (severely OT) american coffee brewing machine help

 c) can be bought in an Italian store or ordered online
Cerchi una macchina per il caffè lungo? Se ne vendono tranquillamente in
Italia, anche quelle d'ordinanza, tutte bianche con la caraffa con manico
nero. 
P.S. A me piace il caffè in questo modo: metti in una mug un cucchiaino
abbondante di Nescafè Red Cup e due o tre cucchiaini di zucchero. Riempi
metà mug con acqua bollente e l'altra metà con latte (intero, ovvio).
Aumentare l'acqua se sei poco goloso o hai molto freddo. (faccina
sorridente)
Ciao, FB
-- 
Locked from the inside. That can only mean one thing, and I don't know what
it is.
(Murder by Death)

and don't care :-))  )
I like American coffee too. :)
But I am not so fond of coffee, I don't use to drink it much.
Sebastiano


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A grammar mistake from Seb, a rarity indeed!

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"I don't use to". I, too, used to... use it, but I was told either you
can't or it's archaic, I can't remember.
Bye, FB
-- 
Io ho deciso di rifiutarmi di vederlo: Ettore con la faccia di Eric Banana
mi fa venire i conati.
(commento sul film "Troy" apparso su it.fan.scrittori.tolkien)

[...] I don't use to drink it much.
Seba!
-- 
Adam Atkinson (
gh...@mistral.co.uk
)
Un contributo alla lotta contro l'analfabetismo matematico in Italia:
http://www.mistral.co.uk/ghira/lotto/index.html

can't or it's archaic, I can't remember.
Judging by the context of the post, I think it's a simple case of Seb
writing "use" instead of "like".

 c) can be bought in an Italian store or ordered online
If you're still intent on a machine, try Braun on-line or Melitta. They
make machines widely sold in the US but they're both of foreign origin, so
I think they must sell European versions. I've used both brands and like
them both, but what I use the most is a little device called a
Cup-at-a-Time, made by Black and Decker. You pour one cupful of water into
the top, place a large tablespoon of ground coffee into the filter-holder,
press a button and in 3 minutes or less you have a cup of joe. It's only
fifteen bucks, but I don't know if they sell overseas.
http://tinyurl.com/49y6g
If you do get a machine, be sure to do the vinegar-cleansing routine
frequently unless you can get better water to use. Buona fortuna!
-- 
If you feel the need to e-mail me, un-not my address first.

 A grammar mistake from Seb, a rarity indeed!
I've been wondering if my mistakes are not pointed out more often than not
because my writing is absolutely perfect or it's not worthwhile... (witty
face) 
Bye, FB
-- 
Mrs. Palmer, in her way, was equally angry. 'She was determined to drop his
acquaintance immediately, and she was very thankful that she had never been
acquainted with him at all'. (Jane Austen)

 Bye, FB
Well, let's see. It's wrong to write "abolutely perfect". Since there is
only one level of "perfect", adding "absolutely" to "perfect" creates a
superfuous tautology*. Therefore (if not other-wherefore) your statement is
erroneous.
*Which in itself is a superflous tautology**.
**See above.
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A grammar mistake from Seb, a rarity indeed!
Don't ask. I'm not here, I am under the Pillow of Shame.
Sebastiano

Carlo,
look at this stuff:
http://tinyurl.com/5umnk
Anche io ho acqua con limestone, e uso questa roba qui
http://www.aquaselect.com/
Debbo dire che funziona, l'acqua non lascia più quel simpatico fondino 
bianco sulle stoviglie :)
Per il ground coffee, o quale tipo utilizzare, non saprei :)
Cheers
m.

sopra "orziera")
Anche mia sorella ha la macchina del caffè americano, con il boccione
sotto. Presa al Medoaworld. Mi è venuto in mente adesso.
Sebastiano

Seba!
Sorry. :)
Sebastiano

writing "use" instead of "like".
Nope. It's not that I don't like the idea of drinking a lot of coffee,
it's simply that I *am* not used to. That's what I wanted to write.
Would that be correct?
In this post I wrote, and then corrected, these words:
coffy	coffee
wat	what
cofee	coffee
What the hell is happening? I'm scared shitless.
Sebastiano

What the hell is happening? I'm scared shitless.
You've got jonnyitis :) Spare a thought for me, everything I write is
wrong, in Italian at least, but ignorance is bliss :)

 If you're still intent on a machine, try Braun on-line or Melitta.
(cut)
Here, a coffee freak. In my book, the only thing more obnoxious than a foodie
;-).
sq

 Sebastiano
ciao
Gennaro

 What the hell is happening?
Is it a "senior moment"? :)
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Here, here! I resemble that remark! (NB: You've just read a pun of the
highest order. The play is on "resemble/resent". "I resent that..." being a
stock phrase. --courtesy, Moe, Larry & Curly :)
Anyway, I admit to being both, but not in an obnoxious way.
I suppose only people with a fondness for gourds
are okay in your so-called book? 
Who wrote this book? Who edited it?
How many languages has been translated into??? MMMMmm??? :-p
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I used to pay a little extra for coffee-makers with extra features,
and even considered buying an expensive Italian-style high-pressure
coffee machine, but lately I have been buying the cheapest machines I
can find (under $10), since I don't drink espresso or cappuccino at
home. The machines I buy don't make espresso or put out steam, and do
require a paper filter. I usually make only one or two cups at a time,
and once a month (that's well over 100 cycles of the machine), I run a
few cups of vinegar through the machine, using a filter to catch any
particles, so that I can pour the same filtered vinegar through the
machine three or four times, to get rid of the build-up of deposits
from the very hard water.
Rather than pouring a very large cup of coffee, I pour a normal mug,
and pour the remainder into an air-tight decanter especially made for
coffee. Leaving the coffee pot sitting on the heater only expedites
the oxidation of the coffee, and I'm sure you know that oxygen is
the enemy of brewed coffee, so it must be kept in an air-tight
container between cups.
This type of machine is very simple, consisting of a lower chamber
where water is brought to the boiling point, a plastic tube which
carries the boiling water to the top of the machine, and a filter
retainer through which the hot water passes on its way to the coffee
pot. The only difference between the more expensive machines and the
cheapest ones is the way in which the hot water is routed to the
filter. The longer it takes the water to get to the filter, the cooler
it will be.
The coffee machine which I am currently using has lasted over two
years, and as I write this I am drinking a cup of coffee made with it.
I'm sure you can find machines of this type in Italian discount
stores, or on line, if you do a google search for "macchina caffč
all'americana",
or "macchina caffč americana".
The prices I have seen seem much higher in Italy than in the US.
Do they still have "Magazzini Standa" department stores in Italy, or
have they been replaced by "Famila" and other stores?
Joe from Massachusetts

Is it a "senior moment"? :)
A soft gel liquid-filled capsule containing cerebral phospholipids and
docosahexaenoic acid? :)
I am too young to be having senior moments! Well, I never remember
things, that's true. Well... you were saying?
Seb

 it's simply that I *am* not used to. That's what I wanted to write.
"not used to it.", if what you mean is that you are not accustomed to
it (drinking coffee).
Joe from Massachusetts

it (drinking coffee).
That was it! Damn it, I really need a coffee, I think.
Sebastiano


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I'll have one with you. I meant to write "use to it" but then got
sidetracked and inadvertently changed it. A strong cuppa NY corefee
here as well please.

 here as well please.
Comin' right up...
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 sidetracked and inadvertently changed it. A strong cuppa NY corefee
that's cawwwfeee.
Joe from Massachusetts

 that's cawwwfeee.
I think jonny's using the British spelling; consider the R in "core" to be
silent in and you will get the approximate sound of the O in New York
coffee.
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 erroneous.
absolutely magnificent is correct instead, am I right?
Anyway I believe it's common to hear people say "absolutely perfect" even
though it's not a "perfect" logic construction :)

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Yes, "absolutely magnificent" is fine. (Shhh. Don't tell FB but people say
"absolutely perfect" all the time. "Absolutely magnificent" is more
perfect, though. :) I was just trying to yank his chain. That's why I threw
in that "superfluous tautology" crap.)
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here as well please.
I might as well drink it. Well, let's save it for tomorrow, now I
should sleep, I guess.
Sebastiano

used to it
Make that 2 Cawwwfeees!!

 things, that's true. Well... you were saying?
Forse questo è per te:
http://www.comics.com/comics/bornloser/archive/bornloser-20040825.html
-- 
Xakero


http://www.comics.com/comics/bornloser/archive/bornloser-20040825.html
Yeah, right. :)
Sebastiano

 Standa still exists, but it's more widespread in some areas than in others.
And you'll never guess who owns it...
-- 
Mary

 Il caffè deve essere nero, bollente e senza traccia di zucchero!
Non so se sia più cattivo il caffè senza zucchero o il tè senza zucchero.
Ciao, FB
-- 
"Gli americani sono ignoranti per loro stessa natura",
that is "The Americans are naturally ignorant"
(Paolo Bonardi's opinion on it.cultura.linguistica -
http://snipurl.com/7ryg
)

 here.
The reason I know about Famila is because they sponsored the women's
basketball team from Schio a few years ago, when Svetlana Abrasimova
was playing for that team. Svetlana is a graduate of the University of
Connecticut, which is just a few miles from my home, and my wife and
daughter were big fans of Svetlana, and saw her play many times in
Connecticut. I used to check the Italian newspapers regularly to keep
them informed about Svetlana and the team.
Joe from Massachusetts
Joe from Massachusetts

 I know...
I'm sure all the Italians do, I meant Joe, who asked the original
question.
-- 
Mary

 >
...the Mago of Mediaset?
Joe from Massachusetts

 ...the Mago of Mediaset?
Right first time :-)
I hope you saw the photos of him wearing his new hair-graft-copncealing
bandana in the US papers?
-- 
Mary


I saw a few pictures, but I thought he was trying to be "hip".
And speaking of media giants and monopolies: during the Olympics, the
only US TV network which could show video of Olympic events was NBC.
On the internet, the daily video newscasts of RAI (TG1, TG2, TG3),
were cancelled during the Olympics, because they were prohibited from
showing any Olympic video. I wonder if there was another Italian media
outlet which had purchased the rights to the Olympics, or if the
American network had exclusive rights to all Olympic video?
In the same vein: when the European football championships are held in
Germany in 2006, it will be forbidden to sell German beer at the
venues. The American company, Anheuser-Busch, which makes "Budweiser"
beer, has bought exclusive rights to sell beer at those venues.
Next thing you know, the Swiss will be building a pipeline from the
lagoon of Venice to Lake Geneva, to replace the fresh water with sea
water, so they can defend the America's Cup of sailing at home, and
solve the problem of "acqua alta", all at the same time. :>)
Joe from Massachusetts


Hang on for a minute. I'm going to run over to the liberry to check
that out.
Joe from Massachusetts

 that out.
I think it has to be a New Yawk liberry.
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 PS: I think it's a very good thing by the way
Speaking of the Olympics, the University of Connecticut, and the
Italian Women's Basketball League: three players on the US Olympic
team are graduates of the University of Connecticut: Swin Cash, Sue
Bird, and Diana Taurasi. Another graduate of the University of
Connecticut,
Ashja Jones, played last season for an Italian A1 Femminile team,
Copra
Alessandria, but I guess they didn't do too well. It was difficult to
get information about
the Alessandria games on the Internet. When Svetlana Abrasimova played
for Schio,
there was a lot of coverage in the "Giornale di Vicenza", so it was
easy
to keep up with her.
Joe from Massachusetts