Clean Coffee Cups

[oberon]

You don't wash coffee pots either

Never, ever put any kind of soap in a coffee pot. Ya might as well toss it. Some stuff is intended to be left to age properly.

As an aside, the promotional exam included a practical section.
The candidate was required to drink a cup of coffee, smoke a stogie, dip (or chew), and eat an ice cream cone at the same time. It could be done and guys did it.

 

[Walkin Horse]

My ex washed my thermos one night and didn't get the soap out. Next day my thermos tasted like soap and I was stuck with no coffee. Looking back, I think that was the start of the divorce.

 

[deadin]

On one of my tours of sea-duty my cup got so groty that it ate the bottom out of the cup.
(You can always tell a good cup of Navy coffee by the light sheen of fuel oil floating on the surface.)

 

[Nevada Ed]

I wash my cups and glasses.

Why?

I own two dogs and lawns front and back and I always noticed that a cup or glass, when sitting out unused,

the rim, is usually the 1st place that a fly intering the area, will land, after
coming in from outside.

Do you get my drift?

 

[Sarge9]

A new young housekeeper we had, washed and bleached my
father's fav. cup.
will never forget, how mad he was
RIP Dad !!

 

[WR Moore]

One of my first jobs involved the "proper" cleaning of the double barrel coffee urn. Every night one of the urns inside the water jacket would be drained, filled with plain water and left for several hours to leach the bitter oils out of the metal pores. The night after, the other urn would be cleaned.

Comparing the first batch of coffee out of a clean urn to that of the other urn was eye opening. In a good way.

ETA: one night on the job I retired from, I was bored and decided to clean the coffee maker. (The person who'd previously done it had retired.) Took a couple of hours, I was horrified at what I'd found and it certainly explained the quality of the product. Had a cup out of the cleaned maker and never drank another.

 

[Narragansett]

Geeeeeez, a thread with no pictures

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

My wife's cup looks like Pete's when she drinks a coffee/hot chocolate mix.

Ivan

 

[smoothshooter]

"AI Overview

How Often Should You Wash Your Office Coffee Mug? Never ...

An unwashed coffee cup can harbor a significant number of bacteria, with studies showing that a high percentage of mugs are contaminated with germs of various types, including those linked to colds, flu, and even diarrhea. The number of bacteria can vary greatly depending on factors like how often the cup is used, who else might use it, and how it's cleaned.

Here's a more detailed look:

Contamination is common:
Studies have found that a large proportion of coffee mugs, even those used only by one person, are contaminated with bacteria.

Potential for illness:
Some of these bacteria can be harmful, potentially leading to illness, especially if someone is immunocompromised.

Source of contamination:
Bacteria can be transferred to the cup from hands, other surfaces, and even from residual liquids left in the cup.

Regular washing is key:
Washing the cup with hot, soapy water after each use, and drying it properly, can help minimize the risk of bacterial contamination.

Shared mugs pose a higher risk:
If a cup is shared with others, the risk of contamination increases, especially if proper cleaning procedures are not followed."

Who in the world would share a coffee cup with someone else.
Yuk !!

 

[Wdbutcher97]

"AI Overview

How Often Should You Wash Your Office Coffee Mug? Never ...

An unwashed coffee cup can harbor a significant number of bacteria, with studies showing that a high percentage of mugs are contaminated with germs of various types, including those linked to colds, flu, and even diarrhea. The number of bacteria can vary greatly depending on factors like how often the cup is used, who else might use it, and how it's cleaned.

Here's a more detailed look:

Contamination is common:
Studies have found that a large proportion of coffee mugs, even those used only by one person, are contaminated with bacteria.

Potential for illness:
Some of these bacteria can be harmful, potentially leading to illness, especially if someone is immunocompromised.

Source of contamination:
Bacteria can be transferred to the cup from hands, other surfaces, and even from residual liquids left in the cup.

Regular washing is key:
Washing the cup with hot, soapy water after each use, and drying it properly, can help minimize the risk of bacterial contamination.

Shared mugs pose a higher risk:
If a cup is shared with others, the risk of contamination increases, especially if proper cleaning procedures are not followed."

You sound like my Wife. Next you'll be telling me that the coffee pot needs to be washed too

 

[walkin jack]

Well, I don't have a special cup for myself but a couple of things might fit in here. When I turned 50 my daughter gave me a coffee cup that was white with yellow lettering in a black panel that said WHAT? ME, 50? Not remarkable in any way but I have kept it all these years and this year SHE hit the big 5 0. She got this cup back.
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Every military duty station I've had since boot camp and every place I've worked I was in charge of the coffee on my shift or for my crew. I knows my way around a coffee pot you could say. I was an E-3 stationed at the clinic at Camp Schwab on "The Rock" (Okinawa) 1963.

We got a new 3rd class petty officer and when he came into the clinic he set his coffee cup down in the enlisted lounge by the coffee maker. That night as I cleaned up the area I washed his cup along with all the others.

Let me offer a little advice here. Never....NEVER EVER EVER wash a sea going sailor's coffee cup. I mean it.

He jumped me the next morning and I didn't know if I was gonna get killed or court martialed...or both. It's about the worst cussin' out I ever got. He told me, amongst a lot of other things, that the cup had never been washed with soap, only rinsed out. When I told him that from the looks of it I believed him that didn't help us bond none.

Those guys take pride in the patina in their coffee cups Anyway I promised upon pain of death to never do more than give it a quick rinse. He held it up to my face and then threw it on the floor and broke it to smytherines and gave me until 1pm to get him a new cup there and to keep my hands off of it after that.

I did and I did.

As a side note I got really drunk one night soon after the confrontation and power puked watermelon all over the guy while he was asleep in his rack. He never found out it was me.

 

[CalifEd]

Cleaning a coffee cup and Cast Iron skillets are similar but, to quote Cool Hand Luke, "You got to know your limits".

 

[tlawler]

As a side note I got really drunk one night soon after the confrontation and power puked watermelon all over the guy while he was asleep in his rack. He never found out it was me.

God, I really miss my time in the Navy sometimes!