What's your favorite chemical?

ChristineBCW · 29-07-2012

Dark roast coffee... in a Bialetti pot...

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Raspberry cream-cheese danish... or up here in BC, apple strudel...

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(sorry about size of photos... I tried to resize them to be 'same small size' as coffee-bag, but alas...)

*cholla* · 29-07-2012

I had to look up Bialetti coffee pot . I would probably like coffee made in it .
As long as it doesn't lean too much to the expresso side.
I use a stainless steel electric percolator & also have an old Revere ware stove top percolator . I also have the modern drip type "Mr. Coffee" although mines a Norelco
with a light to dark adjustment. I rarely use it unless a guest likes drip better.
I don't care for "dark roast" as it tastes burnt to me . I like just regular roast.
I intend to eventually try a French press .

Back to chemicals I find WD-40 pretty handy.

*G_Ivan Awfulitch* · 29-07-2012

My favorite household/workshop chemicals are White Distilled Vinegar, Naphtha, lacquer thinner (the automotive type) and WD-40 in both gal and a few spray cans, hydrochloric acid, and large boxes of baking soda. These are great for just about cleaning job around the house or shop.

*cholla* · 29-07-2012

hydrochloric acid AKA muriatic acid . I try to keep some around too .
Just don't mix the baking soda with it.

**Jesterrace** · 30-07-2012

Whatever Chemicals they put in Raid. Keeps my house critter free.

ChristineBCW · 30-07-2012

Cholla, the bialetti styles create a very strong coffee, but with a li'l cream and a li'l sugar, it's sooo wonderful. Husky, to our palates.

However, the same beans in a French Press create a coffee that's entirely palatable without cream OR sugar.

The difference is the heat. The bialetti style (and there are cheapo products $20-25 for the 9-cup size which are just fine instead of Name-Brand "Bialettis" for $40) has the water in the bottom, and an airtight seal over the coffee-grounds in the middle cup.

This has a small tube from the water (bottom) chamber so the water heats past boiling point (213+ degrees F) into a pressurized steam that goes up thru the middle-cup coffee grounds into the upper empty chamber.

This is like drinking Liquers or Single-Malt Scotches instead of Light Beer. NO COMPARISON. It is Sippni' Coffee, not slogging, mouthwash-and-spit colored-water.

In a French Press, you've got coffee grounds on the bottom and then you heat up water to about 140-degrees. Not much more. Pour it in, over the grounds, then 4 minutes later, use the Press handle to squish all the grounds into the very bottom and leave the "coffee water" on top. Pour that into a cup and voila - a VERY mild coffee. Every the darkest roast taste 'mild'.

If you've had Suntea vs. Hot-Water over Teabags, then French Presses are more like Suntea - every molecule seems full of a variety of nuanced flavors.

BUT... the cheapo glass-sides can sometimes break. The $30 Plastic Side Bodums are worth the price.

"Cup" sizes are usually meaning "Italian espresso cups' - slightly under 2 oz each. 8 Cups are therefore 16 oz, about 2 American coffee cups, or a good sized mug for one.

*cholla* · 31-07-2012

I like my coffee medium stregnth . It would take a lot to make me like any better than percolated . The Mr.Coffee style drip coffee makers always have that " slogging, mouthwash-and-spit colored-water " coffee as you described it well.

Glade to know the French Press makes mild coffee so It's probably not for me.

I do like & make Sun Tea though . Usually ten tea bags to a gallon & I like mine to steep at least 4 hours.

**olyteddy** · 31-07-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by cholla

I like my coffee medium stregnth . It would take a lot to make me like any better than percolated . The Mr.Coffee style drip coffee makers always have that " slogging, mouthwash-and-spit colored-water " coffee as you described it well.

Glade to know the French Press makes mild coffee so It's probably not for me.

I do like & make Sun Tea though . Usually ten tea bags to a gallon & I like mine to steep at least 4 hours.

I live in the North West...I'd probably have to steep mine 4 days...

*cholla* · 31-07-2012

As long as the temp is a least 75 ° F & you have a sunny place with direct sun I think you will be OK in 4 hours.

ChristineBCW · 31-07-2012

Suntea can be 'manufactured' a bit quicker - we've had rain most every day on this excursion but we still get suntea easily in 4 hours. Set the jugs on an old 4-foot tall mirror. We put 4 or 5 jugs out there, yes, with those 10-bags.

Or on tin-foil, around a single jug's bottom.

The French Press coffee pots produce a thicker-in-mouth coffee, by the way, than any drip-maker, but the flavors are more full - almost like comparing V8 to tomato juice. It's one of those things that I'd recommend as a "worth the price just to test" value. It'd definitely get a pot that produced more 24oz or more because other coffee-drinkers will definitely steal some.

*G_Ivan Awfulitch* · 31-07-2012

Any time I am working around car type batteries or using acid for cleaning I keep a couple of LARGE boxes for just in case or to put in water to kill any remaining acid on my project.

*cholla* · 31-07-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChristineBCW

Suntea can be 'manufactured' a bit quicker - we've had rain most every day on this excursion but we still get suntea easily in 4 hours. Set the jugs on an old 4-foot tall mirror. We put 4 or 5 jugs out there, yes, with those 10-bags.

Or on tin-foil, around a single jug's bottom.

I never thought of a mirror for a heat reflector . A sheet of stainless steel might work too & be less breakable. We rarely have days without sun here
so I haven't had to try to generate more heat.
Do you know the reason Sun Tea tastes better ?
It's because the water temperature to make the tea is lower . Above about 107° F the more bitter tea oils are supposed to start to release.
If your curious check the tea temp with a candy thermometer ( mine starts a 100° F but that's good enough).

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChristineBCW

The French Press coffee pots produce a thicker-in-mouth coffee, by the way, than any drip-maker, but the flavors are more full - almost like comparing V8 to tomato juice. It's one of those things that I'd recommend as a "worth the price just to test" value. It'd definitely get a pot that produced more 24oz or more because other coffee-drinkers will definitely steal some.

I'll give it some thought on the French Press .

Quote:

Originally Posted by G_Ivan Awfulitch

Any time I am working around car type batteries or using acid for cleaning I keep a couple of LARGE boxes for just in case or to put in water to kill any remaining acid on my project.

You can put out a gas fire with it too . At least it worked for me one time I was working on a carb & it caught fire. I was trying to get the correct fuel bowl gas level & had the car running with the carb top off. Made making the non-running setup with an electric fuel pump seem cheap as an after thought.

**Liggy** · 31-07-2012

I like Quark-gluon plasma. Although people are not 100% sure if it really exists.

**mciahel** · 31-07-2012

... not really a chemical.

Michael

*AllanDeGroot* · 01-08-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by cholla

hydrochloric acid AKA muriatic acid . I try to keep some around too .
Just don't mix the baking soda with it.

if you ever need to clean the nasty scale out of a tea kettle...

I'm personally fond of Ethanol myself (for myself) I prefer mine sourced from Kentucky.

MMA or Mono-Methylanaline for feeding to my car's engine.

I'd have to aside from breathing oxygen, my favorite gas is
Nitrogen, there are just so many interesting molecules you can make with nitrogen... all of which are very willing to demonstrate their eagerness to return to elemental nitrogen...

And there are no shallow thermodynamic slopes from those nitrogen compounds back to elemental nitrogen.

I've worked for several chemical companies always in a lab environment, and I just plain do not trust anyone who WANTS to work with Flourine or most of it's compounds.

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**alan1476** · 01-08-2012

Love potion #9. for sure.

**Jesterrace** · 01-08-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by cholla

hydrochloric acid AKA muriatic acid . I try to keep some around too .
Just don't mix the baking soda with it.

Hydrochloric Acid (at least in it's pure form) is number one on my list of things to avoid. Got a bad burn from it reacting with another chemical in high-school. I was disposing of it and some girl came up behind me and started dumping something else and the two mixed and ignited. The flame shot up and burned 3 fingers on my right hand, giving me second and third degree burns. To say nothing of a long and painful recovery. Either way, no longer a fan of the stuff.

*cholla* · 01-08-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesterrace

Hydrochloric Acid (at least in it's pure form) is number one on my list of things to avoid. Got a bad burn from it reacting with another chemical in high-school. I was disposing of it and some girl came up behind me and started dumping something else and the two mixed and ignited. The flame shot up and burned 3 fingers on my right hand, giving me second and third degree burns. To say nothing of a long and painful recovery. Either way, no longer a fan of the stuff.

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Gastric acid is a digestive fluid, formed in the stomach. It has a pH of 1.5 to 3.5 and is composed of hydrochloric acid (HCl) (around 0.5%, or 5000 parts per million), and large quantities of potassium chloride (KCl) and sodium chloride (NaCl).
So you have some with you all the time .
The teacher of the class is to blame . The teacher should of had a rule that he/she would observe all dumping . Any chemicals that have a bad reaction to each other shouldn't be mixed in a drain. A good water flushing in between would prevent that happening in most cases.
For example vinegar & chlorine bleach shouldn't be dumped at the same time both are fairly safe by themselves.

**Jesterrace** · 03-08-2012

Interesting. As long as I don't drink volatile chemicals though it will be a non-issue.

**Liggy** · 03-08-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by mciahel

... not really a chemical.

Depends on what you call a chemical.

How about Argon Fluorohydride then?

ChristineBCW · 03-08-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by mciahel

... not really a chemical.

Hubby snorted, "I've known people on some chemicals that didn't think they were people, either. Sort of balances things out."

**mciahel** · 03-08-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liggy

Depends on what you call a chemical.

No.

Quote:

How about Argon Fluorohydride then?

yes, this is a chemical.

Michael

charliewarhol · 15-09-2012

My favorite chemical is Asiatic Acid. I like this chemical smell.

*gene_simmons* · 21-09-2012

I dont give a shit if beer isnt a chemical , its my favorite anyway......

*Mr. Belvedere* · 21-09-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by gene_simmons

I dont give a shit if beer isnt a chemical , its my favorite anyway......

There really isn't a chemical formula because beer isn't a chemical compound. It does contain water(H2O), carbon dioxide(CO2), Ethanol(C2H6O), starch, and other things depending on the specific beer.

29-07-2012	#52
cholla MyCE Resident Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Amarillo ,Texas Posts: 5,394	I had to look up Bialetti coffee pot . I would probably like coffee made in it . As long as it doesn't lean too much to the expresso side. I use a stainless steel electric percolator & also have an old Revere ware stove top percolator . I also have the modern drip type "Mr. Coffee" although mines a Norelco with a light to dark adjustment. I rarely use it unless a guest likes drip better. I don't care for "dark roast" as it tastes burnt to me . I like just regular roast. I intend to eventually try a French press . Back to chemicals I find WD-40 pretty handy. __________________ cholla pronounced ˈchȯi-yə click on cholla to hear

29-07-2012	#53
G_Ivan Awfulitch MyCE Resident Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cowtown,Texas YeeHawwww Posts: 1,084	My favorite household/workshop chemicals are White Distilled Vinegar, Naphtha, lacquer thinner (the automotive type) and WD-40 in both gal and a few spray cans, hydrochloric acid, and large boxes of baking soda. These are great for just about cleaning job around the house or shop. __________________ It is better to have loved a short, than never have loved a tall! NEW BUILD 10/09 Intel MB BOXDG43NB CPU Slot 775 CPU IntelC2Q Q9650 3G 3.1GHZ Dual-Quad Memory Patriot 4GB 2x2 OS Win 7 Home Premium 64 Bit HDDs 1 Hitachi 640 GB and 1 TB SATA, External 1.5 TB, Two 2TB external and 1 250 GB external fire wire. Burners Internal-Ide Lit-on IHAP 422-98,Pioneer DVR 117---Sata Lite-on IHAS 324-9, Optiarc 7240 and Samsung 243, IHAS 124 Y. External Mad Dog (NEC3500) to burn old 4X media. PSU Antec 550W true power Computers can burn up when shut off if they are still plugged in even when using a UPS. 2nd 'Puter (On line use) Dell Power Edge 700, Pentium 4E 520 Prescott @ 2.8GHz Windows XP Pro SP3 2.5 GB DDR 3200, WD 160GB ATA HD, 4 SCSI HD in raid for 500GB, 250 GB Hd on a firewire port. Samsung 223 DVD burner, Plextor 48/24/48U Printers 1-Canon 820 and 1-Epson R300 6 Usb and 3 Firewire ports in the rear and 10 port powered Rosewill Usb hub in the front along with Rosewill card reader +1 Usb port in the floppy slot 3rd 'Puter Compaq CQ-50 Laptop,Vista 32Bit Celeron 575 @2GHZ, 3GB DDR2 5300, 160GB HD and 1-250GB WD passport HD, 2.6 amp powered USB hub. Optiarc 7200 in external case Epson NX 415 Printer. (Wall-Mart $299) Vista 32 bit

29-07-2012	#54
cholla MyCE Resident Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Amarillo ,Texas Posts: 5,394	hydrochloric acid AKA muriatic acid . I try to keep some around too . Just don't mix the baking soda with it. __________________ cholla pronounced ˈchȯi-yə click on cholla to hear

31-07-2012	#57
cholla MyCE Resident Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Amarillo ,Texas Posts: 5,394	I like my coffee medium stregnth . It would take a lot to make me like any better than percolated . The Mr.Coffee style drip coffee makers always have that " slogging, mouthwash-and-spit colored-water " coffee as you described it well. Glade to know the French Press makes mild coffee so It's probably not for me. I do like & make Sun Tea though . Usually ten tea bags to a gallon & I like mine to steep at least 4 hours. __________________ cholla pronounced ˈchȯi-yə click on cholla to hear

31-07-2012	#59
cholla MyCE Resident Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Amarillo ,Texas Posts: 5,394	As long as the temp is a least 75 ° F & you have a sunny place with direct sun I think you will be OK in 4 hours. __________________ cholla pronounced ˈchȯi-yə click on cholla to hear

29-07-2012	#51
ChristineBCW MyCE Die Hard Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: USA-Canada Posts: 1,351	Dark roast coffee... in a Bialetti pot... Embedded Images View/download images and remove advertisements by registering now! (it's easy, free and takes less than a minute) You must be registered in order view images in this forum. Embedded Images View/download images and remove advertisements by registering now! (it's easy, free and takes less than a minute) You must be registered in order view images in this forum. Raspberry cream-cheese danish... or up here in BC, apple strudel... Embedded Images View/download images and remove advertisements by registering now! (it's easy, free and takes less than a minute) You must be registered in order view images in this forum. (sorry about size of photos... I tried to resize them to be 'same small size' as coffee-bag, but alas...)

30-07-2012	#55
Jesterrace Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,560	Whatever Chemicals they put in Raid. Keeps my house critter free.

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31-07-2012	#64
mciahel Senior Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 17,050	... not really a chemical. Michael __________________ Mini-FAQ for Samsung DVD writers * HOWTO Flash Firmware of a Samsung (TSST) DVD writer How to attach disc quality scans

01-08-2012	#66
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03-08-2012	#69
Jesterrace Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,560	Interesting. As long as I don't drink volatile chemicals though it will be a non-issue.

15-09-2012	#73
charliewarhol New Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 4	My favorite chemical is Asiatic Acid. I like this chemical smell. __________________

21-09-2012	#74
gene_simmons MyCE Resident Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Urdibuntu Posts: 1,072	I dont give a shit if beer isnt a chemical , its my favorite anyway...... __________________ ʞuıɥʇ ı ǝɹǝɥ ɯoɹɟ ʇɹɐʇs ı

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