Well, it turns out that I’m not the only one with mad scientist tendencies around here. I stayed up late reading Saturday night and forgot to drink a cup of coffee before church. As a result, I was really sleepy during the service. (I felt like Brad must feel all the time.) We went for our usual after-church grocery shopping trip, and Lloyd had an ‘a-ha’ moment in the car.
Lloyd: What if….
Lauren: What?
Lloyd: I can’t tell you. I have to show you.
Lauren: You know I hate that. Tell me now!
Lloyd:
We got home, unpacked the groceries, and I saw that Lloyd was going to make me a cup of coffee! If you knew how inept he was in the kitchen you’d appreciate this gesture. He got the coffee maker out, scooped in some coffee, then cracked open a Pepsi.
WHAT!?!? After I freaked about about the possibility of sugar burning in the reservoir, I calmed down. (After all, that’d be a good reason to buy a new coffee maker, right?) He promised to rinse it out when he was done, so the experiment proceeded. You know the weird part? It was good. It smelled terrible – it reminded me of the video game room in the 7-11 store from my childhood – but it tasted sweet, sweet, sweet and guuuuuuuuuud.
Lloyd Sommerer. Coffee genius.
Deanne says
That is completely insane… but I like it. I don’t use a machine, so I have no qualms about cooking some Pepsi. However my more-caffeine solution is several more heaping spoonfuls of coffee. Per cup.
Brad says
Mokie-Coke! You made Mokie-Coke! For some reason, Frederik Pohl’s Space Merchants and Merchant’s War have really stuck with me. Mokie-Coke is a drink from those stories. It’s highly addictive, as I recall.
Lloyd says
Lauren thought it smelled terrible, but I thought it smelled like coffee (which I like the smell of) but tasted like pepsi (which is good, because coffee tastes like nasty).
Beth Marshall says
Put some sprinkles of nicotine on the top and you are good to go!
Karla says
What about just tossing a nicotine patch in with the coffee grounds?
Lauren says
Then it’s a Smokie-Mokie-Cokie.
Peggy says
HA!
Hey, why don’t you try a Pepsi MAX next time…just remember to video tape the results!
Curt says
That is a good idea. I will have to try that. How did the coffee maker come out?
Also, Lloyd, which auction do you like the best? I am looking to get some tools.
Lloyd says
I ran two more cups of water through the machine and it was fine. Lauren even drank one of the cups.
As far as auctions go, you’re probably better off at a farm sale than either the UNL or NE State surplus auctions.
Curt says
I just made coffee with pepsi. I didn’t like it. It had a taste of burnt sugar. I think I will keep them separate from now on.
Lloyd says
You probably added too much burning.