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I know that shit happens....BUT

Hillbilly Steaks

Hillbilly Steaks

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Explain this one to me, cause I'm still in disbelief that this actually happened. This goes way beyond saying, Oh that just figures.

this morning, running a bit late....I'm getting ready to head out so I go to my coffee pot to pour my usual to-go cup of the ever so yummy, Killer Beans. Well lately, I've been using different types of flavored creamer in my coffee. Normally I just drink it black, but have been changing things up a bit. Anyways, the creamer is a bit thick so instead of stirring it with a spoon I decide to just tip the cup up and shake it up a bit. To understand the circumstances a little better, I have a Starbucks coffee mug with a sealable lid. Typical style, you screw the lid on and then it has a flip back thingee on the top for when you want to get a drink. So I just closed that up turned the mug upside down, gave it one good shake, and then flipped it back over. I don't know what strange phenomenom caused the next reaction, but I just stood there like, "you've GOT to be kidding me"

When I flipped it back over, the lid exploded open and a HUGE spray of coffee came flying out the top like a damn champagne bottle. ALL over the damn wall, way out into the living room, I even got Doberman with some. Took a good half an hour to clean up.

So anyways, be carefull how you stir your coffee in the morning, ESPECIALLY if you are running late!
 
Murphy's Law!

Sorry to hear it, how did the explanation for being late go over with the boss?
 
....why someone would put stuff like that in a perfectly good cup of coffee is beyond me.... :sign:

I usually just dump it down my front while I'm in the car on the way to work and call it good.... :laugh:

Cheers - B.B.S.
 
What could have caused that reaction? That's a new one on me, exploding coffee. It has to be the cream. Anyone? :cool:
 
Someone send this man the uber-modern invention known as a "spoon" so the deep south can join the rest of the world in terms of proper coffee etiquette. Yo HB, it's the opposite of James Bond for coffee: stirred, not shaken. :)
 
sack said:
What could have caused that reaction? That's a new one on me, exploding coffee. It has to be the cream. Anyone? :cool:
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I'm pretty sure this was caused by an operator head-space issue. I've read about those and they can be pretty dangerous. :whistling:



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j/k Erick -- btw, I pour the creamer into the cup first. Add the coffee second. No stirring needed, no explosions experienced.
 
Vacuum seal on the lid. Shaking stirred up the creamer - with I bet has some stuff in it that expands (like whipping cream for whipped cream!)

When the vacuum broke the explosion occured....

Or

It's a Jerky Thing!


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It is called thermo-entropic exciteability. The hot coffee, when it is flipped over, super-heats and pressurizes the air that is now on the bottom of the cup (which is above the coffee, and there is no "escape" for the pressure) when the cup is flipped back over, the top of the cup is still much coooler than the super-heated, and rapidly expanding air, causing hpyer-pressurized steam and gas to press against the outer surface, resulting in the explosion.


Just in case anyone was wondering, I made all of that up. What really happened is your Killer Beans revolted against, and attempted to forcibly expel, that flavored creamer crap.
 
Well obviously you over stimulated the cup and it got a little "happy". At least it wasn't in you eye :D
 
smokelaw1 said:
It is called thermo-entropic exciteability. The hot coffee, when it is flipped over, super-heats and pressurizes the air that is now on the bottom of the cup (which is above the coffee, and there is no "escape" for the pressure) when the cup is flipped back over, the top of the cup is still much coooler than the super-heated, and rapidly expanding air, causing hpyer-pressurized steam and gas to press against the outer surface, resulting in the explosion.


Just in case anyone was wondering, I made all of that up. What really happened is your Killer Beans revolted against, and attempted to forcibly expel, that flavored creamer crap.
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Who needs Wilkey when Josh is around? Did you goof and sign up for physics or thermo as an undergrad? :laugh:
 
NullSmurf said:
smokelaw1 said:
It is called thermo-entropic exciteability. The hot coffee, when it is flipped over, super-heats and pressurizes the air that is now on the bottom of the cup (which is above the coffee, and there is no "escape" for the pressure) when the cup is flipped back over, the top of the cup is still much coooler than the super-heated, and rapidly expanding air, causing hpyer-pressurized steam and gas to press against the outer surface, resulting in the explosion.


Just in case anyone was wondering, I made all of that up. What really happened is your Killer Beans revolted against, and attempted to forcibly expel, that flavored creamer crap.
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Who needs Wilkey when Josh is around? Did you goof and sign up for physics or thermo as an undergrad? :laugh:
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I bet he stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.
 
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