My Pot Runneth Over
We drink lots of coffee at our house and we like it fresh, so we make it several times a day. Usually, it's add some grounds, pour out the old, rinse the pot, fill it with water, and pour into the coffee maker. Sounds pretty simple, right? But after a recent repair to our water meter caused us to use bottled water for a while rather than tap, my whole routine was thrown off. I had just started a fresh pot of coffee and patiently waited for the three beeps of the Cuisinart to let me know it was ready. What I found when I entered the kitchen was much more than a fresh pot of coffee. There was a huge puddle of the hot brown liquid in the floor and running across the kitchen counter. I quickly cleaned up the mess, but was baffled by what could have caused the overflow. I wish I could say this was the only time the incident happened, but it wasn't until it happened again a few days later that I realized my mistake. I had never poured out the old coff...