Just turned on coffee machine without putting a cup under the spout first 😖
Happens every 100-200 cups, so 1-2 times a year, usually when I get distracted between turning on/inserting capsule and putting cup in. This time by a full capsule canister.
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Messy cleanup. I guess it’s too rare a corner case to put in a sensor.
My usual sequence is:
1. turn on
2. insert capsule
3. put cup under
4. push start
5. walk off to brush teeth
If interrupt (like full capsule canister) between 2 and 4, this can happen. I’m a robot.
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I should retrain to put cup down first, but facing such simple habits us surprisingly hard. I do it this way because water takes a few seconds to heat up and this sequence saves a few seconds between intention and first sip.
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Well, so begins the last full week in 2020. Appropriate.
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Hack: increase the capacity of whatever sits under the coffee cup, or add a drain tube. Some Tassimo machines had a capacious “cup” as the platform for your cup, for this reason.
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In hotel, jet lagged, only one capsule, no time before meeting, overflow container becomes emergency carafe.


