Office Science: Revisited

Score one for science. I have officially tested the coffee maker for it's skills at brewing me a pot of peppermint tea.

I brought the removable bits from the maker home and cleaned it thoroughly, which if you know me, is surprising enough in itself. So that was step one of the "experimental design".

After that, I ran through a blank pot, using just plain water. Smelling the resulting brew shed a small shadow over the whole process, since it was a little rank -- smelled like extremely stale coffee.

Down the drain the trial-run went, and next up was the real deal. This step of the experiment had great results. I ended up with a pot of decent-tasting peppermint tea. I'm not sure if a less fragrant tea would have worked well, but peppermint is pretty strong, so it was able to overwhelm the lingering coffee-smell.

Anyways, I highly recommend peppermint tea as a replacement for coffee at the office. It's still quite refreshing, and doesn't mess with your sleep cycle or your appetite.

Not only a victory for science, but killed at least 15 minutes of office-time.

15 down, 172,800 to go.

Edit: I'm taking Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday off, so make that 171,360. I think I can handle that.