We drink a lot of coffee on the boat. This summer we went through 10-12 of the 4lb bags from Costco. Suffice to say, khaki isn’t just a fabric; it’s the color of all our teeth. (If you’re interested, we buy the San Francisco Bay brand French Roast by the pallet)
A couple full pots are made in the morning and then more are made throughout the day especially in the afternoon when everyone gets tired. Basically the coffeepot works 10x harder than I do.
This year we finally bought a new coffeemaker from Costco before we left for Alaska. Our last one didn’t have a top on the water reservoir so I would tape paper towels over it until they got too soggy from the steam. And the coffee grinder is held together by marine glue. You don’t have to be from the ghetto to be ghetto, remember that.
It was only about a year or two ago that I started drinking some serious coffee on the boat – the acidity used to not sit well on my stomach… but then I hit puberty and manned up. Plus, we started buying flavored creamers.
At first my dad objected to wasting money on creamer (he’s super cheap, remember) but once he and everyone else realized that I’d be much less of a monster if I had caffeine, we started buying creamer like we were on Extreme Couponing.
Everyone has their own coffee mug on the boat and it’s punishable by death to use someone else’s. All the mugs have to hang facing the same way to the left or else the boat will tip over and sink. Or at least that’s what I got out of it when my dad told me, Fix the cups now!
I don’t know where my mug came from; it’s really dumb and ugly. I probably got it because no one else wanted it, but at least it’s clean… my brother Matti went all summer without washing his. The man sets a goal and sticks to it. Persistent if nothing else.
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Ha! I’m there with ya on the khaki teeth thing – it’s worth it. And that dirty mug is disgusting/hilarious! So glad I found your blog!
After reading this I’m pretty sure in my world the boat is actually the lab. Nerds go through lots of coffee while trying to think of more nerdy things to do, and we each all have our own mugs and a jenky coffee maker.
In my world, the boat=my house. My husband is addicted to coffee to the point that I have told him that if he ever has to give it up for medical reasons, I will be packing up our dogs, whatever human children we may have by then, and any miscellaneous living creatures…and moving in with my parents for at least two weeks, or whenever he can becomes the man I married again. Because my spouse with no coffee in the morning (or afternoon, or evening…whatev) is a scary, mean man that I would prefer to not deal with. Hence why I leave for work before he’s even out of bed, and why I won’t even look at him until he’s had a cup of coffee
We go through the 80 ct boxes of K-cups (Caribou coffee, mmm) like its our (his) job.
Welcome to Portland! You decided to join us for the hottest week of the entire year!
I’m part of the Portland Marathon Clinic and a pace group leader for the 4hr group during our free Saturday runs. How about joining us this Saturday morning for our last 20 miler before the Marathon on Oct 9th! It’s our “brunch run” where we meet at Willamette Park at 7:30 and a bus takes us to a “mystery location” 20 miles away and then we run back to the park for brunch. You can check it out here: http://www.teamoregon.com/pmc/training/
Or if you have plans Saturday you can come to church Sunday – My wife and I just launched a new church in SE Portland – it would be great to have you! We even have cool mugs for our first-time guests! win/win! http://www.hopecitychurch.cc
Ok, I’ll stop being a tour guide for Portland now. Hope you have a great time while you’re here!
Brian Becker
ohh mannnn
my late dad used to do the same thing with his tea mug at work except that instead of just one summer he went 30 years without washing! Suffice to say it has inches of gunk eeeewwwww 
Wow. That thing is naaaasty.
I suppose the bonus is that he is thoroughly training his immune system to deal with crazy fishing boat bacteria.
I’m totally into the rinse and repeat use of a coffee cup, but it has to be washed periodically. That’s just nastiness! I’m sure if you drank out of it, you’d grow hair on your chest in a nanosecond.
My hubby uses the same coffee mug Monday through Friday and only washes it on the weekends. Drives me bonkers!
Bahahaha…i missed your posts while you were away.
That has got to be a sailor thing. When I was in the Navy, all the guys used to o that also, and you would actually get in trouble if you washed the mug. It made me sick. they said it “seasoned” the mug. I never knew mold was a spice…
I actually get sick to my stomach, when I drink coffee. So no go for me!
ugh that’s one nasty mug. My sister in laws mother will kill you if you ever wash her coffee mug. She claims you ruin the taste of the coffee I say gross good think I’m not a coffee drinker.
What does the right mug say? I’m norwegian, and I get irrationally proud whenever I see “Norway” or “norwegian” printed anywhere but norwegian media
I thought there was still coffee in that cup on the right until I read! Nasty!
Oh wow, that’s one nasty ass coffee cup!
I had a good howl when I saw that disgusting mug…reminds me of when I first moved away from home and didn’t know how to properly clean a mug (What a doof! I know!)…and mine were just so mank. Gross! HAHA
Damn you SR! I’m so glad to have you back. But like the saying goes be careful what you wish for, weeks go by with no new posts. I take a break for two days and now I have like 8 or 9 posts to read. Sheesh!
This post made me laugh out loud. A coffee out the nose laugh.
My new favorite one liner- “You don’t have to be from the ghetto to be ghetto”
I will be using that. Flavored creamers are also my crack.
I love crazy old mugs, the uglier the better. We have one at work covered in weird 70s strawberries. It’s no mine!
Yes…that mug is nasty! But what I really want to know is if your brother is done with his “Locks for Love” gig and will he be sporting a new do for his wedding? Run on!
It takes some serious balls to drink from a mug that looks like that. <- your brothers….well, I guess on a boat of burly men, it would take balls to drink from a girly mug too
Of course, I get ridiculed all the time because my mug at work is roughly the size of my head (and my head it BIG-like bigger than my muscle man hubby…sad, I know.).
Don’t have to be from the ghetto to be ghetto.
Awesome.
I smell a bumper sticker.
Have fun at the wedding. Your mom looks beautiful in her dress.
I guess when your busy working on the boat, you have to prioritize your time. Having a clean coffee mug is just not high on the list.
OH I miss my flavored creamer, I gave coffee and my creamer up:(
I thought brothers mug was full of coffee till i took a closer look, ooops!!