Weren’t the fucking ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks making vessels that poured water?
Have all civilizations up to now just been pleased as punch to pour punch down the front of whatever the fuck they were wearing?
Shouldn’t Mr. Coffee be up to date on the latest in spout technology? Did they ever think that people might want to pour liquid out of that large vessel with the handle into something smaller than a sink without pouring it all over the counter top?
Braun? Aren’t they German? If German’s can’t get something engineered right, what the Tuetonic fuck are they here for?
I guaran-fucking-tee you they’re all in cahoots with the people at Bounty. Bullshit.
Back in the day, when I was a waiter, I used to pour coffee out of the side of the carafe. You know, the part with no lip at all, just a rim. It works great once you get the hang of it.
Amen to the OP.
I’m not even going to start with the tacky little aluminum tea pots you get in a restaurant. I drink tea at home mostly, but when Im out, it has to be coffee. Because im not paying for a tea bag and a chance to pour boiling water all over the table and possibly me.
Have it out with Corning and all the other glass asses. I think they supply the coffee maker mfrs, etc. Why they cannot make a spout that works pisses me off and has been a one of my pet peeves for a long time.
I have run into the problem as well. The spout lip on many things is not designed to be the nadir of the profile, when in a reasonble pouring position. So it runs down the spout, out over the lip, and surface tensions around the lip, down the bottom side of the spout, down the body, and onto the table.
The perfect spout would probably be perfect only for one given pouring rate and one specific liquid. Chances are it wouldn’t be as simple as a section of a sphere, cylinder or cone, for example, so it would cost more to manufacture. Not worth the extra expense = not manufactured.
Rats! You actually made me read again to check what I had typed. Fine, I shall acquire new spectacles, thus depriving myself of all these lovely misreadings.
The actual O.P. was good though - although it’s sad to know there is no real end to the trouble with teapots.
Somehow the idiots created a design that ensures that the time when I am the LEAST capable of pouring slowly and carefully, I will be confronted by a spout that is designed to wake me up NOT through the efficient delivery of caffeine but rather through dumping hot liquid on myself.
I recall reading in New Scientist that someone (a female engineer IIRC) designed a “perfect” spout, but some reason nobody was buying it once it went to market.
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