https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Silentashes explain xkcd - User contributions [en] 2026-04-21T04:42:23Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1743:_Coffee&diff=128332 1743: Coffee 2016-10-07T06:53:10Z <p>Silentashes: /* Explanation */ -- edited/condensed my previous edit</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1743<br /> | date = October 7, 2016<br /> | title = Coffee<br /> | image = coffee.png<br /> | titletext = Remind me to order another pack of coffee filters from Dyson. Man, these things are EXPENSIVE.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Very brief summary, please update}}<br /> Cueball and Megan appear to be entertaining guests. However, they seem to be unaware of the basics of coffee making, which is a very common adult skill (in the United States, where the author, Randall Munroe, lives).<br /> <br /> They attempt to make coffee by pouring the ingredients on the ground, hoovering it up with a Dyson vacuum cleaner, then boiling the cleaner on a stove before serving.<br /> Megan says she is a regular &quot;Starbuck&quot; (likely meaning a Starbucks' barista) after serving the batch of coffee.<br /> <br /> <br /> This method of making coffee would be very expensive as it would presumably destroy a perfectly good vacuum cleaner. And, it would probably not be very hygienic.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript}}<br /> :[Cueball facing Megan, blank background.]<br /> :Cueball: We should make coffee for our guests.<br /> :Megan: Crap. I know nothing about coffee.<br /> :Cueball: We're basically fake adults.<br /> :Megan: Don't panic. We can figure this out.<br /> <br /> :[Megan shaking can of coffee grounds out on floor as Cueball watches.]<br /> :Megan: We just pour the coffee grounds...<br /> <br /> :[Megan pouring pail of water over grounds on floor.]<br /> :Megan: ...Add Water...<br /> <br /> :[Cueball watching Megan vacuum up mixture with bagless vaccum cleaner.]<br /> :vacuum: vrrrr<br /> <br /> :[Megan holding vacuum cleaner dirt canister over stove, Cueball watching. Vacuum cleaner in background.]<br /> :Megan: Now we just hold it over the burners...<br /> :oven: hissss<br /> <br /> :[Megan pouring contents of vacuum cleaner dirt canister into mug, while Cueball watches]<br /> :Megan: Annnd...Serve.<br /> :Cueball: Nice<br /> :Megan: I'm a regular starbuck!<br /> <br /> panel 1:<br /> [A Huge panel over half the textwidht. Cueball on the left is facing Megan on the right]<br /> <br /> panel 2:<br /> [A small panel over a quarter textwidth. Cueball on the left is watching Megan pourring coffee on the ground out of a can.]<br /> <br /> panel 3:<br /> [A small panel over a quarter textwidth. Megan pourring water out of a can on the coffee on the ground.]<br /> <br /> panel 4:<br /> [Cueball facing Megan sucking the coffee with a vacuum cleaner in.]<br /> <br /> panel 3:<br /> [Cueball facing Megan boiing the coffee o er the oven.]<br /> <br /> panel 6:<br /> [Megan pourring the coffee in a mug. Cueball watching her.]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> Silentashes https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1743:_Coffee&diff=128331 1743: Coffee 2016-10-07T06:50:10Z <p>Silentashes: qualified the statement re: coffee being common, by adding &quot;in the USA and other English-primary cultures&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1743<br /> | date = October 7, 2016<br /> | title = Coffee<br /> | image = coffee.png<br /> | titletext = Remind me to order another pack of coffee filters from Dyson. Man, these things are EXPENSIVE.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Very brief summary, please update}}<br /> Cueball and Megan appear to be entertaining guests. However, they seem to be unaware of the basics of coffee making, which is a very common adult skill in the United States, and some other English-primary cultures.<br /> <br /> They attempt to make coffee by pouring the ingredients on the ground, hoovering it up with a Dyson vacuum cleaner, then boiling the cleaner on a stove before serving.<br /> Megan says she is a regular &quot;Starbuck&quot; (likely meaning a Starbucks' barista) after serving the batch of coffee.<br /> <br /> <br /> This method of making coffee would be very expensive as it would presumably destroy a perfectly good vacuum cleaner. And, it would probably not be very hygienic.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript}}<br /> :[Cueball facing Megan, blank background.]<br /> :Cueball: We should make coffee for our guests.<br /> :Megan: Crap. I know nothing about coffee.<br /> :Cueball: We're basically fake adults.<br /> :Megan: Don't panic. We can figure this out.<br /> <br /> :[Megan shaking can of coffee grounds out on floor as Cueball watches.]<br /> :Megan: We just pour the coffee grounds...<br /> <br /> :[Megan pouring pail of water over grounds on floor.]<br /> :Megan: ...Add Water...<br /> <br /> :[Cueball watching Megan vacuum up mixture with bagless vaccum cleaner.]<br /> :vacuum: vrrrr<br /> <br /> :[Megan holding vacuum cleaner dirt canister over stove, Cueball watching. Vacuum cleaner in background.]<br /> :Megan: Now we just hold it over the burners...<br /> :oven: hissss<br /> <br /> :[Megan pouring contents of vacuum cleaner dirt canister into mug, while Cueball watches]<br /> :Megan: Annnd...Serve.<br /> :Cueball: Nice<br /> :Megan: I'm a regular starbuck!<br /> <br /> panel 1:<br /> [A Huge panel over half the textwidht. Cueball on the left is facing Megan on the right]<br /> <br /> panel 2:<br /> [A small panel over a quarter textwidth. Cueball on the left is watching Megan pourring coffee on the ground out of a can.]<br /> <br /> panel 3:<br /> [A small panel over a quarter textwidth. Megan pourring water out of a can on the coffee on the ground.]<br /> <br /> panel 4:<br /> [Cueball facing Megan sucking the coffee with a vacuum cleaner in.]<br /> <br /> panel 3:<br /> [Cueball facing Megan boiing the coffee o er the oven.]<br /> <br /> panel 6:<br /> [Megan pourring the coffee in a mug. Cueball watching her.]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div> Silentashes