{"id":1671,"date":"2004-01-29T12:50:47","date_gmt":"2004-01-29T17:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/?p=416"},"modified":"2004-01-29T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2004-01-29T17:50:47","slug":"warning-strong-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/?p=1671","title":{"rendered":"Warning!  Strong Coffee!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafeshops.com\/coffeewarning\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"StrongCoffee.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/archives\/images\/StrongCoffee.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" border=\"0\"><\/a>After a couple of overheard comments at work, I made up this warning label to go on to the coffee maker after any of us from the office have brewed up a batch.  We tend to use more than the standard single pack of grounds per pot&#8230;  Basically, we think that if you can read a newspaper through the coffee carafe, it&#8217;s too weak.  Others have a different opinion&#8230;  If <\/b>you<\/b> feel the need to warn others about the strength of the coffee that you brew up, you can get the image on a mug at this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafeshops.com\/coffeewarning\">CafePress<\/a> shop&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe coffee mug idea was inspired, in part, by a mug that I&#8217;ve had at work for a long long time&#8230; It&#8217;s bright yellow with a red radiation hazard logo on the side.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chessex.com\/\">Chessex<\/a> made them back in 1991 and I got one at one of the first gaming conventions I attended.  Two weeks ago it fell off my desk and broke.  Fortunately, I was able to get ahold of someone at their warehouse and they tracked down and sent me the <b>very last<\/b> mug that they had in stock&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a couple of overheard comments at work, I made up this warning label to go on to the coffee maker after any of us from the office have brewed up a batch. We tend to use more than the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/?p=1671\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-1671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}