How To Make Espresso In Space 192
In a story that's sure to bring to the surface the long-debunked myth of an over-elaborate NASA quest to create a pen to operate in space, Wired reports that the coffee situation aboard the International Space Station is about to improve: the station will be getting a 20kg, custom designed Lavazza espresso machine, to be delivered along with Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Among other differences from terrestrial espresso machines: the resulting beverage must be pumped into a straw-friendly bag rather than a demitasse. I wonder if there could be some way to adapt a (much lighter) Aeropress for space purposes, as a backup.
Re:yuck epresso (Score:5, Insightful)
I never got the whole syrup thing. Coffee needs no flavoring. It has a flavor already. Its flavor is called COFFEE.
You're right (Score:3, Insightful)
The feds should have spent that blowing up more civilians and occupying places that don't want us there. Over $5 trillion wasted, and Iraq is about to fall again. Fuck, I'll take coffee in space any day of the week over what that stuff is usually spent on.
Air pressure (Score:2, Insightful)
They would have to boil the water in a pressurized container
You can't even get a good cup of tea or coffee on Mt Everest, let alone in space.
Re:Short black with one (Score:3, Insightful)
If you like yours "black and bitter," have at it, but don't expect me to join you.
The idea is that good coffee isn't bitter.
Re:Short black with one (Score:4, Insightful)
Coffee is scientific payload. You don't want your experiments to fail because the involved researchers were under-caffeinated.