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Two Cups Of Coffee
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Just like a conventional cup of coffee, except there's two of them in this instance. A huge improvement.
—Ian Tindale, Jun 28 2005

Two Cups Of Coffee http://www.flickr.c...antindale/425606918
Conceptual photograph of how the finished item might look in reality, were it ever to be built. [Ian Tindale, Jun 28 2005, last modified Mar 18 2007]

a kind of cups. http://www.bellaonl...ticles/art18997.asp
[po, Jun 28 2005]

Cup size guide http://www.afraidto...ast/breastsize.html
[normzone, Jun 28 2005]

Fot http://www.flickr.c...ntindale/371952253/
[Ian Tindale, Jun 28 2005, last modified Jan 28 2007]

Name the shapes http://bz.pair.com/.../nameTheShapes.html
Very tertially related but I am always curious. [bristolz, Jun 29 2005]

Too Much Coffee Man! http://www.tmcm.com/
[Detly, Jul 01 2005]

Collapsible Cup http://www.highsmit...001&langId=-1&top=Y
"As is", unsuited for coffee, but if made from tough foam or ceramic, could hold varying numbers of cups of coffee. [Vernon, Jul 01 2005]

Lament for Cocoa http://bluehydrange.../03/21/john-updike/
A fitting John Updike poem (updated) [csea, Jul 01 2005, last modified Apr 28 2009]

The Sandwich Sandwich The_20Sandwich_20Sandwich
Could the slimline interlock system work with [Ian]'s Two Coffee arrangement? [theleopard, Jan 24 2007]

Klein bottle cup. http://www.kleinbot...ug_klein_bottle.htm
Coffee on both the outside and the inside, at the same time! You can drink it too! [webfishrune, Jan 25 2007]

(???) 100 cups of coffee http://www.youtube....watch?v=rCh6beE8DZY
Futurama baked this for n=100 [Forthur, Mar 13 2007]

Caffeinated Creamers Caffeinated_20Creamers
With this you would't need 2 cups of coffee. [BJS, Mar 18 2007]

Room for 2 cups of coffee http://www.bayliner...howthread.php?t=673
Relevant Philosophy [csea, Mar 20 2007]

(?) Snowclones! http://itre.cis.upe...rchives/000350.html
Looks like we read the same blog... [jutta, Apr 03 2007]

A Retro Restyling of this Classic Idea http://www.flickr.c...s/zentom/540510526/
In a world where two cups of coffee has become the norm, people begin harking back to how it used to be in the old days... [zen_tom, Jun 28 2007]

Physicists see cosmos in a coffee cup http://www.physorg..../news158943173.html
[cromagnon, Apr 28 2009]

a cup each Coffee_20with_20Strangers
[simonj, May 14 2009]

The French Mistake http://toobworld.bl...french-mistake.html
[normzone, May 14 2009]

Couple cups http://www.inewidea...008/01/05/4229.html
two cups, one saucer [xaviergisz, Sep 30 2009]

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       [marked-for-deletion] magic.   

       where does the other cup of coffee come from?
—st3f, Jun 28 2005
   

       The other one was there first.
—Ian Tindale, Jun 28 2005
   

       Yeah, but then you'd have one cup of coffee... twice. Like two times one cup of coffee. Two one-cups of coffee...   

       [understanding dawns]   

       Two... cups... of coffee.   

       Mate, you're a genius.
—st3f, Jun 28 2005
   

       It's one of those stereoscopic things. If you cross your eyes you just see one cup of coffee, hovering above the table.
—hippo, Jun 28 2005
   

       Is this another sexual double entendre? You know, "Do you want to come back to my place for _two_ cups of coffee?" ?
—coprocephalous, Jun 28 2005
   

       "No, but I've got a dark brown overcoat."
—angel, Jun 28 2005
   

       <calls for illustration>
—po, Jun 28 2005
   

       Are the cups attached to each other?
—DocBrown, Jun 28 2005
   

       I've heard of "Two pints of lager" usually accompnied by a packet of crisps...
—Minimal, Jun 28 2005
   

       <captain darling>"Ah, cappucino! Have you got any of that brown stuff you sprinkle on the top?</captain darling>
—hippo, Jun 28 2005
   

       [IT] Re. Illustration - are you sure those aren't, how shall I put this, ...mugs? I don't see any saucers, which is my usual minimum standard for cuppiness.
—coprocephalous, Jun 28 2005
   

       It's conceptual. Imagine cups.
—Ian Tindale, Jun 28 2005
   

       The illustration is not of two cups or mugs, which would indicate a distinction between the two. The mugs, although physically separate, are identical and linked by their positioning relative to each other: this makes them a pair of mugs rather than two mugs. Before there was a pair of mugs there was not one mug, but a mug.
—wagster, Jun 28 2005
   

       I see three mugs when I cross my eyes. But, the one in the center looks particularly delicious.
—daseva, Jun 28 2005
   

       Can the same concept be applied to other cup-contained beverages, say for example, tea?
—zen_tom, Jun 28 2005
   

       That's just crazy enough to work.
—Ian Tindale, Jun 28 2005
   

       I'm not complaining, sure .... two cups of coffee.   

       Then, even if I have sworn off the stuff, I can share a cup to the memory of my two best departed buddies in the world.
—reensure, Jun 28 2005
   

       You just need two of everything that went into making the cup of coffee, (bags of beans, grinders, coffee makers). Not really that difficult.   

       (Or two coffee shops next door to each other)
—oxen crossing, Jun 28 2005
   

       Are these quantum cups? When you drink out of one, does the other one lose liquid too? If you seperate them by a large distance, does the simultaneous liquid loss transmit information faster than the speed of light?   

       By means of the linked liquid volume, can you create a perpetual motion machine by pouring one cup into the other?
—Freefall, Jun 28 2005
   

       How could one limit one's elf to so few cups?
—sartep, Jun 28 2005
   

       Dare I suggest that those coffees look mighty pale. perhaps if you double up on the amount of coffeegrounds in the percolator, you could have double the pleasure in only one manageable cup. eh?   

       ps. personally I can't drink two, but I did discover at Starbucks, the Espresso Brownie.......ummmmmmmm
—dentworth, Jun 28 2005
   

       When I look at the picture of those two cups, and cross my eyes, it looks like _three_ cups!
—bungston, Jun 28 2005
   

       I'm thinking this is brilliant. Presumably these two cups are inextricably linked, by gravity and such?   

       According to bean theory there should be an identical action in the remaining cup, if one is lifted.
—UnaBubba, Jun 28 2005
   

       How do you tell which one's male?   

       This is important. You have to keep the genders the same, or you'll end up with a litter of demitasses.
—waugsqueke, Jun 28 2005
   

       Sorry, that should be stringbean theory.
—UnaBubba, Jun 28 2005
   

       I believe this idea would make unsuccessful blind dates and unwanted chats with dad/mom last longer.
—Pericles, Jun 28 2005
   

       I don't understand so I'm just going to brewed.   

       Come on. You've simply assumed that current coffee technology is trivially scalable without giving any thoughts as to how. That's where the idea should lie.
—Detly, Jun 28 2005
   

       I believe there is no problem with scalability, provided you take care that you are dealing with it at a quantum level (or just a few quanta). The problem comes about when you assume quantum behaviour will continue to apply even if you have enough coffee for it to apparently develop wave behaviour.   

       Does anyone have the time to establish whether there are repeatable interference pattern experiments that might be conducted?
—UnaBubba, Jun 29 2005
   

       I wish I understood this.
—bristolz, Jun 29 2005
   

       If you know your extension, push it now; otherwise, push 1 to be noticed, push 2 to be restored.
—reensure, Jun 29 2005
   

       bris, he may have been standing at the photocopier too long.
—po, Jun 29 2005
   

       Nah, that just fries all of the X tadpoles. Girls, girls, girls. It happens to naval personnel, too.
—UnaBubba, Jun 29 2005
   

       You could use two Tommie Tippee Cups tied together, with invisible string. The coffee couldn't be *that* hot, or they might melt/merge into one, and then you'd be back to just one cup of coffee again, making this suggestion seem frivilous.
—blissmiss, Jun 29 2005
   

       I have a complaint. The link says two cups of coffee, but quite clearly the mugs have "Cup of life" written on them. I suggest to save confusion and possible litigation, your link should mention "Contents may vary".   

       Plus the one on the right has some scum on it.
—Ling, Jun 29 2005
   

       That's not scum, that's evapouration caused by prolonged swearing. What should've been a quick shoot against an A3 sheet of paper out in the garden in sunlight required finding a mains adaptor plugging into a nearby mains extension because both Nikon batteries now have a life of about 5 seconds each. Restricted by the Sony mains adaptor cable length, I ended up sitting on the bench in the garden, facing the coffees, with a Lastolite circular reflector wedged between my knees, aimed at the shadows to try and soften the contrast - and held with my other hand. Every bloody time I got the composition (bearing in mind I have to hold the 995 upside down* because it's designed by idiots for the right-handed sector of the population) the wind blew the paper, or the Lastolite, or else the camera decided it'd hunt in and out, and in this case, quite oddly re-zoom (which I've never experienced it do before). By which time, one coffee had evapourated, despite the other not doing so (the evapouration probably fell into the other one, topping it back up). This is why I'm no longer a professional photographer - it's always vastly more work than people perceive.   

       * Fortunately, the Nikon 995 and other related 'twisty' two-half cameras of this design are pretty much the most suitable left-handable cameras I've encountered apart from my Mamiya C330 TLR, without actually being left-handed. Another reason is that unlike most other cameras, my nose doesn't hit the camera screen before my eye gets to the optical viewfinder, as the viewfinder is offset back quite a bit, being on a separate part than the body. Again, if people are right-handed, this probably isn't a problem as they're reasonably likely to be right-eye dominant too. If however one is left-eyed, like I am, most of the camera (on most other cameras) ends up wanting to occupy the position one's nose presently occupies.
—Ian Tindale, Jun 29 2005
   

       So the coffee was cold, too?   

       I don't know if I read it on the HB, but there is an easy check for the dominant eye:
Hold your thumb and forefinger in a circle, and your arm straight. Look through the hole at a small distant object, with both eyes open.
Now, without moving anything, continue to look through the hole, but close one eye at a time. Which eye can see the object?		   

       Apologies if I am regurgitating something from the HB archives.
—Ling, Jun 29 2005
   

       In grasping for the enlightenment that so many others have achieved through this post, I have a question:   

       How about... <nervous jittering> three cups of coffee?!? <nervous jittering>
—daseva, Jun 29 2005
   

       One was okay, the other I had a bit later, after 30 secs in the microwave.
—Ian Tindale, Jun 29 2005
   

       You see, [Ian]? Scaling issues.
—Detly, Jun 29 2005
   

       Absolutely - a problem also exhibited by the kettle.
—Ian Tindale, Jun 29 2005
   

       My point exactly; hence the scum.
—Ling, Jun 29 2005
   

       Is scum scalable?
—daseva, Jun 29 2005
   

       I dunno, I'm still wiping the vomit off that Ling regurgitated.
—blissmiss, Jun 29 2005
   

       Oooh...any carrots?
—Ling, Jun 29 2005
   

       Are the batteries shot, Ian? Have they developed a memory or have they reached their cycle life?   

       Have you tried deep-cycling them by slowly depleting them using a small motor or lamp and then recharging fully and then slowly depleting and so on? This is usually a trick for Ni-Cad but can work, to a limited degree, with Li-Ion as well unless they've reached their cycle life.   

       I'm right-eye dominant.   

       Sorry, but I still fail to understand the idea here.
—bristolz, Jun 29 2005
   

       Wait a minute! I thi... no. Nevermind...
—daseva, Jun 29 2005
   

       [This is why I'm no longer a professional photographer - it's always vastly more work than people perceive]   

       You said a cupfull there. And another reason why I don't do wedding photography, except at the guerilla level.
—normzone, Jun 29 2005
   

       thank you for that Ling, I did not know that I am left eye dominant.   

       unfortunately that experiment took longer than I thought as I attempted to do it with a straight arm (as recommended by your good self) and *that* is impossible.
—po, Jun 29 2005
   

       Your breath is sweet Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky. Your back is straight, your hair is smooth On the pillow where you lie. But I don't sense affection No gratitude or love Your loyalty is not to me But to the stars above.   

       Two more cups of coffee for the road, Two more cups of coffee 'fore I go To the valley below.
—wagster, Jun 29 2005
   

       Wait a minute! I got it! Two cups of coffee, one for each nostril.   

       [Tindale], you dog!
—daseva, Jun 29 2005
   

       [Ling]'s dominant-eye-finding trick is how my opthalmologist determined mine (after doing all of the other tests with state of the art computerised equipment) when I got my mono-vision contact lenses (described in more detail in another place).
As for the idea here, I'm with [bz]; we must both be having blonde moments, coz I'm drawing a blank too.
—angel, Jun 29 2005
   

       That would be 'Coke', Daseva
—gnomethang, Jun 29 2005
   

       Where!?
—daseva, Jun 29 2005
   

       you're all crazy.
—yabba do yabba dabba, Jun 29 2005
   

       [angel], you're having a blond moment whilst I am having a blonde moment. I suggest another cup of coffee. Perhaps rinsing your hair with it.
—bristolz, Jun 29 2005
   

       Sorry, [bz], I was sharing yours. I thought you'd finished with it.
—angel, Jun 29 2005
   

       bristolz, - batteries pretty much shot due to age. I've been deep discharging them recently with a small low voltage lightbulb, but no real improvement. I'm thinking of a lash-up rechargable AA assembly that can screw into the tripod thread on the flash bracket I use on the camera. There's an external power input that a Sony plug fits well.
—Ian Tindale, Jun 29 2005
   

       [Ian Tindale], would you have posted this idea if you had been really one-eyed?
—UnaBubba, Jun 29 2005
   

       As opposed to slightly one-eyed?
—wagster, Jun 29 2005
   

       Or left-eyed, or right-eyed... I guess.
—UnaBubba, Jun 29 2005
   

       What if one of them was Decaf? Would they annihilate in a burst of pure energy?
—5th Earth, Jun 29 2005
   

       UnaBubba, I definitely wouldn't have thought of this astounding invention had Vernon not staunchly defended his 'like an x, only bigger' idea for the day or so that his staunch lasted.
—Ian Tindale, Jun 29 2005
   

       //I don't do wedding photography, except at the guerilla level//   

       Oh dear...
—Detly, Jun 29 2005
   

       Perhaps [Vernon] could outline for us his cunning plan for a staunch ion drive? I'm sure he'll have one tucked away, somewhere.   

       [IT], Is this concept limited to two cups? I mean, we could have Up, Down, Left, Right, Strange and Charmed coffees... all with different flavours, of course. This is why I highlighted the need for further, verifiable experimentation.
—UnaBubba, Jun 29 2005
   

       Two Halves Of Croissant. Inspired.
—phlogiston, Jun 29 2005
   

       Perhaps you folks know that a "cup" is an old-fashioned unit of measure, 8 fluid ounces or 237ml. Now, if you have a mug that holds one cup of coffee, and you enlarge it in all dimensions by the cube root of two (1.26, or 26% larger), then the resulting bigger mug will hold, TA-DA!, two cups of coffee.
—Vernon, Jun 30 2005
   

       Now I'm just waiting for Schroedingers coffee and this idea and annos are truly complete.
—not_only_but_also, Jun 30 2005
   

       //Most new digital camera have a display screen which obviates the whole left eye right eye thing.//   

       oh, you are *so* funny Pa`ve.
—po, Jun 30 2005
   

       Are either of these cups bottomless? There's a paradox in there somewhere.
—UnaBubba, Jun 30 2005
   

       pair o' what?
—st3f, Jun 30 2005
   

       Thinking about my coffee intake, I'm probably going to die of heart disease by the time I'm, oh, say 22.
—Detly, Jun 30 2005
   

       I'm pretty sure I died a couple of years back but the caffeine intake still maintains a semblance of life.
—harderthanjesus, Jun 30 2005
   

       I dare say, is no man brave enough to attempt to explore the 3rd coffee dimension?
—waugsqueke, Jun 30 2005
   

       They may be, but it has a diuretic effect, and gives you the jitters.
—UnaBubba, Jun 30 2005
   

       is that what you call it?
—po, Jun 30 2005
   

       [waugs] - I'm living it.
—Detly, Jun 30 2005
   

       I'm lovin' it... I think.
—UnaBubba, Jun 30 2005
   

       I feel so alive! Is that what unblinking is?
—reensure, Jun 30 2005
   

       I blink, therefore I am.
—UnaBubba, Jul 01 2005
   

       It's equivalent to someone sipping on my c-spot. Not once but twice.
—blissmiss, Jul 01 2005
   

       "C-Spot?"
—bristolz, Jul 01 2005
   

       The "Deliberately misunderstand the last person" post is over there ---->
—Ling, Jul 01 2005
   

       Are you sure it wasn't the first cup and a wrinkle in the space-time continuum.
—UnaBubba, Jul 01 2005
   

       "Clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee, - I had some, I had some; dreams they were,"- You're so Vain - Carly Simon.
—mensmaximus, Jul 01 2005
   

       You probably think this somg is about you, don't you? Don't you?   

       Perhaps we could make that "Cloud chambers in my coffee"?
—UnaBubba, Jul 01 2005
   

       c-spot is like a g-spot on the tongue (for coffee)
—po, Jul 01 2005
   

       What happens when a g-spot and a c-spot come into mutual contact? Would that be a "beauty-spot", as in: "That one was a real beauty!"?
—UnaBubba, Jul 01 2005
   

       I only ever have one cup of coffee. I have tried having two (and I've tried having a pair) but I get a little tense and irritable. Three coffees and no one will work with me.
—wagster, Jul 01 2005
   

       That's what I meant, about the third coffee dimension.
—UnaBubba, Jul 01 2005
   

       it's my p-spot does it for me (pizza)
—po, Jul 01 2005
   

       Too much information!
—UnaBubba, Jul 01 2005
   

       I thought I left a lot to the imagination - you sure have a vivid imagination.
—po, Jul 01 2005
   

       yep, you sure do sit square on the highway with Tindale heading in one direction and Vernon with his pedal to the metal in the other.
—po, Jul 01 2005
   

       As much fun as you're all having, remember, that when a newbie presents an idea, and you MFD it for not being an invention, it'll drive them crazy to see stuff like "2 cups of coffee" not only remain, but have excess croissants. This may, of course, add to your fun.....
—sophocles, Jul 01 2005
   

       Except the MFD was in the first anno on this one, and [IT] didn't complain about it at all. The rest of this is a typical post [mfd] BS session. I could point this out, but it would spoil the fun (woops).   

       And besides, something about this idea feels like it's about 20 degrees west of some kind of brilliant discovery, and if you give up now, we'll never get there.
—oxen crossing, Jul 01 2005
   

       West By Northwest?
—UnaBubba, Jul 01 2005
   

       Krakatoa, north of Java.
—Ian Tindale, Jul 01 2005
   

       I admire the appearance of two cups, and Ling's reference to scum reminded me inexorably of John Updike's poem, see [link]. I think he must have had similar ideas in mind as Ian.
—csea, Jul 01 2005
   

       [wag] - I need at least one double strength coffee every few hours to function properly as a normal... er, functional human being. If I miss more than a few, my brain gradually implodes.
—Detly, Jul 01 2005
   

       Sorry, bris, been busy since I commented, but yup, it was my caffiene spot I was referring to. Just glad [po], got it.   

       There is not a G-Spot in coffee that I know of, other than "grind".
—blissmiss, Jul 02 2005
   

       How about this for a coffee G-Spot: Gayo Mountain, Aceh, Sumatra. "Aceh coffees are grown in the lovely mountain basin surrounding Lake Tawar and the town of Takengon. All are grown in shade and almost all without chemicals."
—baconbrain, Jul 02 2005
   

       \\...almost all without chemicals.\\   

       Impressive. What do they use; non-baryonic matter?
—Loris, Jul 31 2005
   

       That reminds me of my irk about "natural ingredients". Yep, everything in this product is from the periodic table - guaranteed.
—Ian Tindale, Jul 31 2005
   

       Oh god no, now it's going to get led into period quips.
—blissmiss, Jul 31 2005
   

       I still don't get it. How can you have two cups of one coffee? Does it make use of some other dimension? This is too advanced for me. Give me time travel any day.
—dbmag9, Jul 31 2005
   

       OOOO0000oooo....   

       I get it.   

       Nice.   

       +
—DesertFox, Aug 01 2005
   

       The thing I really love about this, is that it is great if you finish the one cup and still want more.
—bungston, Jan 23 2007
   

       They should be called "a scup of coffee" because they are plural from the front end of the word instead of the back end like most plurals. Best served with a croissant like this one +
—xenzag, Jan 23 2007
   

       This is incredible. I don't even drink coffee, and I think this is incredible.   

       I regret that I have but one bun to give for this idea.
—m_Al_com, Jan 24 2007
   

       Will this be like the war with number of blades in a shaver? Someone will invent Three Cups of Coffee, and then someone will invent Four Cups of Coffee...
—phundug, Jan 24 2007
   

       That reminds me of the Sandwich Sandwich. If ( = saucer, < = cup and c = coffee, you might like to play around with a few arrangements to your original two cup set-up. For instance:
(<cc>) or <c(c<) or even the wacky cc<(>)		   

       Although some of these can result in slight blistering of the hands. Best to experiment with cold coffee.   

       [brevity] - 1.77
—theleopard, Jan 24 2007
   

       Great! Now define the set of all stable (<c-type structures, find out where it intersects with the domain of donut-type confectionary and you have a maths department meeting.
—wagster, Jan 24 2007
   

       That's a whole other can of worms. Suggesting that, at least in terms of worm-cans, (and potentially fish-kettles) this whole two-container paradigm can be more generally applied, and not just for hot beverages. More investigation is required, we must secure funding!
—zen_tom, Jan 24 2007
   

       [zen_tom] // we must secure funding // I'll give ya two dollars.
—MoreCowbell, Jan 24 2007
   

       We could devise a system to name all these permutations. Here's a start: in Latin cup = vas, saucer = saucer, coffee = capulus, arca, or archa, and reverse = ostendo sum, in promptu ponere, fateor, declaro, or aperio. So [theleopard]'s arrangements might be called suacvasbiarchaapvasapsauc, vasarchasaucarchavasapsauc, and archaarchavassaucapvasapsauc, respectively. I think there are 19,440 possible arrangements.
—apocalyps956, Jan 24 2007
   

       //Someone will invent Three Cups of Coffee// [phundug] - I did that one last summer - Mutual Mugs idea ;-)
—xenzag, Jan 24 2007
   

       <still brewed-ing>   

       //Are these quantum cups?//   

       Klein cups? see link.
—webfishrune, Jan 25 2007
   

       I'd like to stick my neck out and suggest a further development of the concept:   

       Two coffee breaks?
—TheLightsAreOnBut, Mar 12 2007
   

       Futurama baked this for n=100 (see link), although those cups of coffee seem to be asynchronous. One can only wonder what 100 two-cups of coffee could do...
—Forthur, Mar 13 2007
   

       Great Link [Forthur]
—gnomethang, Mar 13 2007
   

       Those Futurama bastards - is there nothing they haven't thought of?
—zen_tom, Mar 14 2007
   

       wow 2 cups of coffee. what an innovation. i mean i never would have thought of two cups instead of one. but do not be fooled, i lack interest in this innovation. so i am giving you a boner.
—drunkvader13, Mar 14 2007
   

       //so i am giving you a boner//
You sexy thing.
—methinksnot, Mar 14 2007
   

       I think that this is a terrible idea. If you have to have two cups of coffee then, assuming no increase in the overall coffee supply, that means that only half as many people can enjoy the hyperactive benefits of coffee drinking. Inevitably the rich will move swiftly to ensure their own coffee supply is secured which will force up the price until us poor people can't afford it anymore. Without coffee to sustain the workers, productivity will fall, economic competitiveness will wain and there will be a massive economic depression. The now pauperised and coffeeless workers will have to rise up in a bloody rebellion to cast out the, by now, extremely jittery rich and re-instate the principle of one man (or woman) one cup of coffee. One deepest red fishbone from me comrade!
—DrBob, Mar 15 2007
   

       Ah, but no - this is two cups of coffee. The market modality has shifted from one of scarcity to one of plentifulness. It does have some drawbacks, admittedly - twice the amount of land will be required to farm twice the amount of coffee plantations, twice the amount of labour will be required to farm it, and twice the amount of potters and ghosts will be required to create twice the amount of cups. All for half the cost. The ramification of this is that the tea, hot chocolate and soup markets will expand through rife speculation, causing an illusory investment bubble to be maintained.
—Ian Tindale, Mar 15 2007
   

       Of course you can save all the trouble of increasing the production by simply making the two cups of coffee each half the size of the original one cup of coffee.
—Galbinus_Caeli, Mar 15 2007
   

       Espresso?
—zen_tom, Mar 15 2007
   

       No, but thanks for asking, [zen_tom].
—Canuck, Mar 15 2007
   

       I am wondering about the legal ramifications for one who has -hypothetically- indulged in 'two cups of coffee' on every occasion of coffee consumption since reading about this idea. Does the Creator of this idea retain any intellectual property rights over said idea, and so have a claim/claims pursuant to the unauthorized usage of the idea, leading to the production of 'two cups of coffee' in an unsanctioned beverage producton area, whereby; cups other than those depicted are used, and coffee of increased strength is brewed. In short, am I free to go about swilling coffee at twice the rate that I have been in the past, or can I expect an order to desist to arrive in the mail shortly? Of course the lack of such an order will be considered; a licence to prepare and imbibe The beverage at will, and acceptance by the inventor of responsibility for the actions that I may take while under It's influence. Now excuse me, I have to go get mesummmoore ccc-cofffeeey yay!
—the dog's breakfast, Mar 18 2007
   

       [DrBob] (sp. "wane")
—hippo, Mar 18 2007
   

       Recognizing the strategic importance of coffee beans to the nation's security, I have initiated steps to protect our supplies of this critical resource. I have directed the Secretary of Defense to prepare plans for a preemptive strike against all those who would threaten our peace-loving nation with Weapons of Mocha Destruction. I have authorized the Secretary of State to issue clear warnings to java-terrorists and their sympathizers. We will use all the forces at our disposal and whatever means are necessary to protect the security of our morning cups.
—nuclear hobo, Mar 18 2007
   

       But you don't understand - it marks the shift from an economy based on scarcity to market of plenty. The only possible down-effect is the total devaluation of money, in much the same way as if we'd invented a matter replicator. Or two.
—Ian Tindale, Mar 18 2007
   

       ...or one of my cups of coffee is getting cold! I hate cold coffee, unless it's iced coffee, then I'd have 2 cups of iced coffee, but then again, iced coffee is served in glasses and then it would be 2 glasses of iced coffee..
—xandram, Mar 18 2007
   

       Ok, I'm not going to euphemize by saying I don't understand the idea. I understand the idea. I suppose I'm just not fun-loving and innocent as the 41+ people who were able to get into this. Maybe I just have balls enough to know I don't have to agree with the pack. I don't mean to rain on y'all's parade, but this proposal, being called an idea, could be likened to myself suggesting that one "Take a left turn in a vehicle." and trying to call it an idea. In fact, I'm going to do just that, and watch the happy halfbakers bone the f**k out of it. And why? Why?
—monk, Mar 18 2007
   

       I don't understand why this "idea" still exists, or how it ever got as many votes as it did.
—BJS, Mar 18 2007
   

       //And why? Why?//   

       Because being silly the same way twice, well, that's just silly.
—imaginality, Mar 18 2007
   

       Damn. I can't find the other cup.
—nuclear hobo, Mar 19 2007
   

       [monk], [BJS]: It all depends on your expectations. What do you think the HB is about? A smile now and then is beneficial for your health (I've been told).   

       And face it, this idea doesn't cost you money, time, energy, bandwidth. Don't let it ruin your day, health or mood.   

       Although... The idea might cost you money, but only if you tried to implement it; which would be true for most, if not all, of the ideas here.
—Forthur, Mar 19 2007
   

       A pessimist would see two cups of coffee and assume that the third one had been stolen.
—phundug, Mar 19 2007
   

       Or see two cups of not-tea. Or notice that one of them was chipped.
—TheLightsAreOnBut, Mar 20 2007
   

       Added philosophical [link] that seems apropos.
—csea, Mar 20 2007
   

       heh - excellent.
—Ian Tindale, Mar 20 2007
   

       I really must have missed something here.
—RayfordSteele, Mar 20 2007
   

       I believe this idea should be referenced in future [mfd] statements - fairly often, you see an idea that says essentially, "This idea is just like a conventional <thingy>, except there's two/more/bigger/smaller/more green/eleven/something mysterious of them in this instance. A huge improvement."   

       Whenever you spot an idea that follows that pattern, you can show your disdain by simply typing: [marked-for-de1etion] Two Cups of Coffee.
—zen_tom, Mar 21 2007
   

       I've actually used that snowclone template many times before on the HB, in the form of "like an X, only bigger".
—Ian Tindale, Mar 21 2007
   

       Bring back "Mega Pie"!
—Jinbish, Mar 21 2007
   

       No can do. I ate it with my 2 cups of coffee?
—blissmiss, Mar 21 2007
   

       "What do you think the HB is about? A smile now and then is beneficial for your health (I've been told)." It didn't cause me to smile.   

       "this idea doesn't cost you money, time, energy, bandwidth." It does cost time to read it.
—BJS, Mar 21 2007
   

       Looks like BJS got two cups of DECAF this morning.
—Galbinus_Caeli, Apr 03 2007
   

       "Your breath is sweet Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky. Your back is straight, your hair is smooth On the pillow where you lie. But I don't sense affection No gratitude or love Your loyalty is not to me But to the stars above.   

       One more cup of coffee for the road, One more cup of coffee 'fore I go To the valley below." Bob Dylan 1975
—Zimmy, Apr 05 2007
   

       [Forthur], we need people like monk to maintain moderation. Because with out him, how would we know if we were smiling too much?!
—Night, Apr 05 2007
   

       why 2, 2 is waaaaaay to low a number of cups, aim for 17
—the extreme baker, Apr 05 2007
   

       It's all just a matter of lucky timing coupled with a lucky choice of wording. Somehow this idea/concept/whatever it is, posted here, pushed the right buttons to make me bun it.   

       I think maybe it provokes the wannabe zen master inside of me. The idea isn't so much the idea itself, as it is the idea of posting it here--and yet, phrased so simply and with no trace of irony or satire, how could it by anything more significant than what it actually says?
—5th Earth, Apr 06 2007
   

       This was done in many old cartoons. The character would have a row of about a dozen cups of coffee and move down the line gulping them down in the morning. Also baked when me and my wife each have a cup of coffee. Sorry, this is not an invention, idea, or even in my opinion a good attempt at humor.
—21 Quest, Apr 06 2007
   

       It's causing quite a stir (or two)
—gnomethang, Apr 06 2007
   

       The voting is currently +51, -17, indicating that for two cups of coffee, the positives are 3 times the negatives. If we assume that for one cup the positives and negatives would equal, then we can extrapolate perhaps that *three* cups of coffee would yield 9 times as many positive votes as negatives. You know what, I think I need three cups right now.
—phundug, Apr 06 2007
   

       I did that one last year under title of Mutual Mugs... they even had Interlocking handles ! It managed one measly [+] and one even more measly [-] .... (sighs)
—xenzag, Apr 06 2007
   

       I love the response to the His and Hers admin
NO, my coffee, MINE! Grrrr
—stilgar, Jun 24 2007
   

       (sorry, off topic) Anyone deems 'tall starf.cks coffee' a stupid measure? I mean, the 'tall' one is the 'small' one. The 'large' one is the medium-sized one, and of course no 'extra-large' size exists.   

       May I have a double-ironic, Alanis Morrisette-free, tall, hot chocolate without any cream?   

       For here. It's cold out there!! (Boston experience)
—mayihave, Aug 05 2007
   

       this is so completely tophat. not beleted though, and that makes me glad. has it been grandfathered?
—k_sra, Aug 06 2007
   

       It's been cuckoo'd
—Ian Tindale, Aug 06 2007
   

       oh my.
—k_sra, Aug 06 2007
   

       But...
wait, wait


how the f...

+
—methinksnot, Apr 21 2009
   

       + +
—up_on_cloud_nine, Apr 22 2009
   

       I have a question which interests me. In [Ian]'s original picture, it looks like a stereoscopic pair of pictures, but it may be my imagination. If i stare at it cross-eyedly, it looks three dimensional. Does anyone else get the same thing or am i imagining it?
OK, welcome to Sadville, population: me. The cup on the right has a tide mark at the level of the coffee in the cup on the left, and the shadow on the left of the cup on the right is smaller than the equivalent shadow on the left of the cup on the left. The handle is also at a very different angle. Consequently, I think this is - ONE cup of coffee. I think the one on the right has had a sip taken out of it and is photographed from a different angle or has been picked up and put down again.
—nineteenthly, Apr 22 2009
   

       it's your imagination: take a look at the inside of the cup; they have different stain patterns. Small wonder your brain thinks it's stereoscopic though: they are pretty identical.
—FlyingToaster, Apr 22 2009
   

       [nine...] DON'T concentrate on the FINGER, or you will miss ALL the heavenly glory! <appologies for shouting>
—4whom, Apr 22 2009
   

       No, it's only one cup, people! Conjugate vision leads you all to believe there are two, but you're wrong!
—nineteenthly, Apr 22 2009
   

       [nine...] stop concentrating on the finger!
—4whom, Apr 22 2009
   

       But... it's so pretty... mnemnemnem
—up_on_cloud_nine, Apr 23 2009
   

       Isn't two for the price of one baked for many items? { everything has a price }
—wjt, Apr 23 2009
   

       Schrödinger's coffee: you don't know if you have one or two cups of coffee until you drink it/them... and then you have no cups of coffee.
—bonkers777, Apr 23 2009
   

       [wjt], there is no mention of price in this idea.
—Veho, Apr 23 2009
   

       It has to be said that the original illustration is more like two cups of (weak) tea rather than 2 cups of strong black coffee. It is widely known that the best way to make coffee is to max out both filter and water containers.
—bigsleep, Apr 23 2009
   

       But it was neither strong, nor black. It was medium-strength (of a mild kind of coffee) and obviously with milk in.
—Ian Tindale, Apr 23 2009
   

       Yay Say there Mr. T. This being the halfbakery I would strongly suggest that it is Half and Half. Not milk at all.   

       Does the rest of the world have such a product or are we the only place on the face of the Earth that is lucky and rich enough to have such a fine liquid...she pondered.
—blissmiss, Apr 23 2009
   

       Yes, the rest of the world has coffee.
—Ian Tindale, Apr 23 2009
   

       No, it doesn't.

At least I don't.
—methinksnot, Apr 23 2009
   

       I've never been able to reliably source half-and-half here in the UK, the closest thing being gold-top from the milk-man - sadly unavailable to those like myself who live in vertical habitation units.   

       This makes the task of mixing a proper white russian very difficult indeed.
—zen_tom, Apr 24 2009
   

       It would be theoretically possible to concoct your own "DIY", or "homebrew", version of half-and-half by mixing together cream and milk in approximately equal proportions.
—hippo, Apr 24 2009
   

       Theoretically, yes - But is it half by volume, by weight, or is it based on some kind of Avogadrian calculation? It's just too risky a business to leave open to amateur tinkering.
—zen_tom, Apr 24 2009
   

       Half and Half is the most over rated beverage in the US. It coats my tongue and makes it hard to breathe in the morning. I've taken to scraping off the insides of my coffee (two) cup (s) with a miniature pastry knife thingy. It is rather addictive though. I drink it regularly.   

       Ssshhh...I quietly suspect it's the reason behind our nation's seriously obese behinds.
—blissmiss, Apr 24 2009
   

       Actually, [big], the *really* best way to make coffee us with a percolator....
—up_on_cloud_nine, Apr 24 2009
   

       While needing to double-bake this idea this morning, I thought: 1 shot of tequila. Just like 4, except there's only one of them in this instance. A huge improvement.
—shudderprose, Apr 27 2009
   

       Adds up perfectly to me.
—blissmiss, Apr 27 2009
   

       Hmm... so, the whole concept can be used in other instances?   

       Also, obligatory mention for 'french press' as the best way to make coffee.
—daseva, Apr 28 2009
   

       What's a one of those?
—up_on_cloud_nine, Apr 28 2009
   

       It's a cafetiere
—hippo, Apr 28 2009
   

       Naw, percolator is better
—up_on_cloud_nine, Apr 28 2009
   

       I've got a french press. Not really sure why I need to press the plunger down - it simply moves the coffee from up, to further down, but there's no actual 'pressing' of the coffee involved - it still has plenty of room to swim around in.
—Ian Tindale, Apr 28 2009
   

       //there's no actual 'pressing' of the coffee involved// Yes, but the term "French urge" was somewhat ambiguous.
—Veho, Apr 28 2009
   

       //something about this idea feels like it's about 20 degrees west of some kind of brilliant discovery// [oxen crossing]. Link.
—cromagnon, Apr 28 2009
   

       Two cusps of caustic?
—coprocephalous, Apr 28 2009
   

       Veho, - true. I wouldn't want to attempt to make coffee and end up doing the French Mistake.
—Ian Tindale, Apr 28 2009
   

       It's pretty much widely known that the cafetiere provides the best temperature control of the extraction process, minimizing the degradation of key components as you can safely steep the coffee at some temp. lower than boiling. All other processes use water at 100C and, thus, suck.
—daseva, Apr 28 2009
   

       But percolators make *stronger* coffee...
—up_on_cloud_nine, Apr 28 2009
   

       Well, this I have to test...... I will sacrafice myself in the name of science to drink a whole pot of perk and one of press and I'll get back to you.
—daseva, Apr 28 2009
   

       Ahhh... [daseva].... 2 cups of coffee!!
—up_on_cloud_nine, Apr 28 2009
   

       //I will sacrafice myself in the name of science//   

       I hope you include water hardness as part of your experiment write-up.
—bigsleep, May 14 2009
   

       Ive never understood how this idea became so well received.
—bobofthefuture, Oct 01 2009
   

       //Ive never understood how this idea became so well received.//
Me neither - it should be "there are two", not "there's [there is] two".
—coprocephalous, Oct 01 2009
   

       I've never really understood why there has to be two of them. Maybe [IT]'s coffee mugs are merely an abnormal size?   

       It's the hamster, I tell you.
—UnaBubba, Oct 01 2009
   

       //it should be "there are two", not "there's [there is] two".//   

       The seemingly tautological juxtaposition of the singular verb with the plural noun merely heightens the frisson of this spectacular idea.
—csea, Oct 01 2009
   

       sp. solecistic
—pertinax, Oct 01 2009
   

       [copro and csea] after percolating over your criticism of use of "is" vs "are" I have come to the energizing conclusion that to change it thusly would be to denigrate the invention. This is indeed an invention of the unit of 2 cups of coffee.   

       or is that what csea just said, I really am clueless
—dentworth, Oct 01 2009
   
      
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