The many methods of brewing coffee - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Hot plates seem like a good idea - especially when the machine's heating element fails to warm the water in the first place. However, hot plates continue to "cook" coffee and turn it bitter faster, says Colin Newell, a network technician at the University of Victoria in Canada and the director of The Coffee Experts Web page. The Internet site at coffeecrew.com is a clearinghouse for coffee information. Trendy overnight timers that start to brew as your alarm clock sounds in the morning also dilute flavor by leaving grounds in contact with air overnight.“

http://www.coffeecrew.com/articles/.../ the-many-methods-of-brewing-coffee.html - Cached

Amazon.com: Books: Kitchen Science: A Guide to Knowing the Hows and Whys for Fun and Success in the Kitchen (#)

„The first chapter, which discusses microwave cooking, is unfortunately very flawed, which places this book in the great tradition of mystical cookbooks. Among other errors, it states that microwaves cook food from the inside out (incorrect and ridiculous), that plates don't get hot except from food (ditto) and few other niggling errors. Of course, experimentation would demonstrate all of the above are wrong, which means that the preface (stating that all assertions in the book were established by experiment) is also inaccurate. Still, I recommend this book highly.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Appledesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group (#)

„A book of two halves, the core of 'appledesign' is a set of photographic plates of Apple's products, preproduction models, and design ideas, around which is wrapped a lengthy history of Apple's design work. Although this sounds very simply, the end result seems confused. For a start, the photographs concentrate heavily on design concepts to the exclusion of all else.“

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CoffeeGeek - Technivorm MoccaMaster CD (#)

„I would like to see the MoccaMaster come out with a thermal carafe version, and this may be in the works. And also remember - I'm extremely picky - while I get bothered by heating plates and glass carafes, 98% of consumers couldn't care less about that option; heck, some of our readers even prefer a hot plate, glass carafe setup.“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee: Machines and Brewing Methods, Is the MT500 the champ? (#)

„  They force you to use stale coffee.  The coffee can "burn" on the hot plates of some machines after its been brewed.  Nevertheless,  this is a feature that she wants and needs,  even at the sacrifice of quality coffee.“

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BBC - Gloucestershire Food and Drink - Lazy Cook Mo Smith (#)

„To serve, put a steak, topped with mushrooms, on to individual hot plates, or one large hot serving dish.“

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/focus/foodanddrink/2002/.../ lazy_recipes10.shtml - Cached