Label: La Bomba
Unopened/Pin not pulledThe latest purchase in the "Italian scooter-coffee" category. And with a name like "La Bomba" it calls for an african coffee machine, right?
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Unopened/Pin not pulled
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Did you read about the gilr that drank 7 double espresso in one day and ended up in the hospital from caffeine poisoning? You better be careful with strong, explosive stuff like this!
Great story about the Ethiopian innovator, from weapons to coffee machines.
I just read in a book that coffee grind dust is explosive. Did you know that?
pretty much all(maybe organic only???) dust is explosive. flour mills, grain storage, cola breakers and the like facilities are prone to blowing up. Which is why you can buy things like bronze shovels, so no sparks are created when the materials are shoveled.
Yes, I read that story. Far from a lethal dose, though. How many espressos can you take? Find out here!
And before you die, you get healthier! ;)
Ok, I need a bronze spoon then. :)
Why not plastic? or wood? or ceramic? What about them?
We actually have dust explosion valves in the factory equipment at my work. It´s like a can on top of the machine which is weakened in a certain fashion. If the dust explodes, the explosion is funneled through this breakable valve and nobody gets hurt. It happens very rarely though, it seems scary and dangerous.
LS: Bronze is just so much cooler, hehe.
You know that giant statue of Carl XII with him pointing with a finger to a giant horizon? I think it is in bronze. You can use his finger to stir your coffee!
But his finger is horizontal and very stationary. How do you stir with it without spilling your by then very cold espresso?
Now I start to wonder what use the thieves found for the heads (it was cut off twice) and the arm of the danish statue "the little mermaid" in Copenhagen...
I meant to use the bronze spoon for the ground coffee, by the way.
EH: So if one drinks to much La Bomba the "top" blows off and no-one (else) is hurt? :)
Why is dust explosive anyway?
"Five simultaneous conditions are required to cause a dust explosion: combustible dust (acts as the fuel; must be of sufficiently small particle size), an oxidizer (such as air), dispersion of dust (into the air, forming an explosive cloud), a confined environment (such as a building or ceiling), and an ignition source (such as a spark or an open oven door)."
So the dust must be combustible. Pretty obvious. The big problem with dust explosions seems to be that they whirl up even more dust and thereby fuel themselves.
OK: If you drink too much la Bomba maybe it´s not the top that comes off but your bottoms!
The name itself calls for caution, I think.
I don´t think you become a hazard to the surrounding though, other than being hyperactive. Can you get caffeine-intoxinated just as you can with alcohol? Alcoholpoisioning versus caffeine poisoning?
I was thinking that you lift of the whole statue and stir with its finger. For spoon, you can use Carl Milles' "God's Hand".
EH, There was just an article about a Swedish teenagers ending up in a hospital with caffeine poisonoing, check Aftonbladet, the source for all true information ;)
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