Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Samantha Cristoforetti, an Italian astronaut for the European Space Agency, has such a taste for coffee that, in 2015, she had the first zero-G expresso machine installed in her spacecraft and brewed the first-ever cup of coffee in space. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Expresso? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 3 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Expresso? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) Expresso is faster than Espresso. Higher in caffeine too, I have heard. Jees! Otto is sneaky.. Edited May 20 by Pat Riot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I was under the impression that air pressure in space vehicles and space stations is less than one atmosphere, which would allow water to boil at less than 212 F/100 C. Perhaps I'm wrong. But wouldn't that have an effect on brewing coffee? Hope she was satisfied in any case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still hand Bill Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 43 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: I was under the impression that air pressure in space vehicles and space stations is less than one atmosphere, which would allow water to boil at less than 212 F/100 C. Perhaps I'm wrong. But wouldn't that have an effect on brewing coffee? Hope she was satisfied in any case. Same as in Colorado. Water boiled at 200 at our house. I just set my kettle for 199 so it would reach boiling. Worked fine for pour over, although extraction might be slightly different. Run the kettle at 205 now at a lower elevation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 Quote The atmosphere in both the shuttle and the ISS resembles that on Earth, at a pressure of 100 kPa (14.5 psia) and a composition of 79% nitrogen and 21% oxygen. This atmosphere represents a major departure from the low- pressure, high-oxygen-concentration environments aboard previous spacecraft. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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