BBC News | SCI/TECH | Cult coffee machine sold (#)
„The researchers decided to attach a camera to it and broadcast its pictures on the net, so that anyone looking at the images would know whether making the trip to the pot was worthwhile. Sold: The final webcam image The percolator soon acquired cult status, with hundreds of thousands of people logging on to watch it on one of the first ever web-cam broadcasts. The Cambridge computer department decided to sell the broken old pot because it is moving to new labs and the students want a new coffee-maker. "Time moves on and we want to buy a shiny new espresso machine," the students wrote in their offering on auction site eBay.“
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BBC - History - Elisabeth Dakin (c.1848)
„Once roasted and ground the coffee is ready for brewing. The simplest method in the 19th century was to pour hot water into a pot with coffee grinds. The problem was separating the coffee grinds from the liquid coffee. Elisabeth Dakin took a standard coffeepot and put a perforated cylinder - similar to a sieve - in the middle, into which she put a plunger on a screw thread.“
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ dakin_elisabeth.shtml
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„Careful - you may feel a bit dizzy, but this is in fact perfectly legal. When the kettle has boiled, pour a little of it into a tea pot, swirl it around and tip it out again. Put a couple (or three, depending on the size of the pot) of tea bags into the pot (If I was really trying to lead you into the paths of righteousness I would tell you to use free leaves rather than bags, but let's just take this in easy stages). Bring the kettle back up to the boil, and then pour the boiling water as quickly as you can into the pot.“
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/a61345
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BBC - h2g2 - Ways to Make Good Coffee
„The IbrikUse pulverised coffeeThe ibrik - a coffee pot from the Middle East - is a small brass pot with a wide base, a narrow top and a long handle. Extra-fine ground coffee known as pulverised coffee is used. It is boiled in the pot, often with elaborate rituals.It makes the type of coffee known as Greek coffee, Turkish coffee or Arabic coffee depending on where you are and whom you support.“
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/a592832
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BBC - Cult - Buffy - Episode Guide - When She Was Bad
„Bitch-o-matic: Buffy gets some great bitchy lines in this episode. To Cordelia she says "Your mouth is open, and sound is coming from it. This is never good." When Cordelia hits back with the thought that Buffy is "campaigning for Bitch of the Year", Buffy replies "As defending champion, are you nervous?"“
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy/indetail/whenshewasbad/ trivia.shtml
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