coffee tins

What can I use to make a piece of tin rust?

For a project, I want to use a tin can, like a coffee can and I need to have some of the surface show rust. The rest will be painted. Is there a product available that will cause the surface to rust? (Please don’t tell me to leave it outside for a couple of weeks)

coke a cola,
wet steel wool,
drain cleaner,

Tins of chocolates and the quality of them…?

Ok after answering a question recently on roses and quality street i fancied buying a tin… question is has any one else found it a problem finding the tins of Roses in supermarkets? All tescos and sainsburys have the deals of 2 for £9 but only ever seem to have the quality street or celebrations. Ive been to 8 supermarkets now and none have any.. I refuse to buy the tins from places like woolworths or little shops as they charge like £7 for one tin! Well anyway i bought a tin of quality Street and what a load of shite!! The tin advertises "2 new chocs". Well one is simply a block of milk chocolate!! OOO the thought and imagination gone into that is pathetic! No coffee ones, no toffee nut ones. Absolute shite! I hope Roses havent changed too much also, when i actually find a tin!!
ok it was a bit of a rant i admit.. just got fed up with driving to 3 different towns to find some roses! And im annoyed that the quality street i bought as a substitute is shite! Anyway ill get off my soapbox now….

As a Chocoholic I completely understand your frustration!! I’ve had the same problem as I prefer Roses best. I actually did get a tin from Woolies where I live but they were £5.99. They don’t seem to be doing any deals for 2 anywhere apart from Quality Street or Celebrations. I bit the bullet and paid the £6 for the Roses and also bought a couple of boxes. They’re doing 2 big boxes for £4 in Tescos so yes I’ve spent a tenner but ended up with nearly 2.5 kilos of chocs.
last year they were selling Roses chocs in a 2.5 kilo tin for £7 or £8 which was really good so don’t know what’s going on this year!!
The only good that’s come out of it is that I bought the two other tins you can get for £9 which I thought a very suitable amount to spend (if not slightly expensive!!) for a couple of relatives who are very tight themselves!!!! (V & M)

Jars of Clay, Coffee Song

Coffee Song by Jars of Clay

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Read lord of the rings in one day?

I was thinking about stating up for 24 hours straight and go through all three lord of the rings books. I know I’ll need tins if coffee, but for anyone who done a similar thing, what could I do to prepare? I don’t know anyone who done this and would love to do this. Also, this isn’t gonna stop me, but are there any bad things that could come of doing this?

I can’t think of any bad things that would come of it, other than just not catching all the subtle nuances of the story. I will say this…I have read this book MANY times (at least once a year since I learned to read more than 20 years ago) and I have NEVER been able to finish it in a day. I have finished it in 3 days, but never in a single day. I wish you luck in your endeavor.

Coffee or tea?

For our favors we are having insulated bags with a liter of fresh milk, a liter of orange juice, some jam, Devon cream, butters, granola, honey, a few scones, a muffin and piece of coffee cake. Its supposed to be a complete set for breakfast the next morning the main part of it (and only bit that wont be thrown out) is the coffee or tea we would be getting either

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1. filled with three different metal tins of different types of gourmet coffee from our favorite gourmet store in the city and some raw sugar nibs

or

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2. (you put it in the microwave with water and then add tea and let it brew, you then place it on the cup and it pours out) filled with 2 flavors of tea tins, sugar nibs from our favorite loose tea seller

Which would your prefer to receive?

*we have nut free, dairy free, and gluten free bags being made for guests with special needs*
Also is there any component I am missing for breakfast?

I feel like I am missing a little something…
B2B yes that was very much part of the reason.

Also we want to encourage guests to stay as late as they can and not worry about the morning. The only problem with 50% or 50% is what if out of 250 people 200 choose tea and then I have 75 coffee left?

We are making 325 just in case and letting the wait staff take the extras
Also I am getting a good deal on them *they are normally 20 each ?!?!?!* for ordering so many haha
They are pre made bags that are being kept in a fridge and given by the elevator attendant (there is only one way out of the reception down the private elevator)

The milk and all would spoil I assumed and even though they are insulated I wanted to make they will be nice and chilly for the ride home (even though all our guests live within an hour away)

The bar would be great, but I just don’t think we could do it.

BUT YOGURT IS GREAT. I will look around for some local organic makers.
I am in NYC actually. I grew up in europe and went to finishing school in the UK

I’d go with the french press. You can make tea in there too – just need some high quality tea – not ripped open tea bags.

I think it would be more useful in the long run.

And since you are having ‘special needs’ bags, why not have 1/2 of your bags tea and 1/2 coffee, and give one of each to each couple?

Good luck, and Congratulations!

EDIT:
I’m in the US, never been to the UK, but know what Devon cream is.

What about some curd? I love lemon with Devon cream on scones. That’s to die for in my book!

Also – cream first or jam first on the scones? LOL I’m personally, a cream 1st person

How do I solve this pre-cal word problem?

At a local grocery store, tins of coffee are stacked in a triangular formation for display. Each new row has 3 fewer tins than the row beneath it. If there are 9 rows and the top row contains one tin, how many tins of coffee are in the display?

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There are 117 tins of coffee in total.

How do I solve this pre-cal word problem?

At a local grocery store, tins of coffee are stacked in a triangular formation for display. Each new row has 3 fewer tins than the row beneath it. If there are 9 rows and the top row contains one tin, how many tins of coffee are in the display?

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There are 117 tins of coffee in total.

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How do I solve this pre-cal word problem?

At a local grocery store, tins of coffee are stacked in a triangular formation for display. Each new row has 3 fewer tins than the row beneath it. If there are 9 rows and the top row contains one tin, how many tins of coffee are in the display?

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There are 117 tins of coffee in total.

How do you melt chocolate and set it to create chocolate pieces?

The question is vague, so I want to ask pretty much how to create chocolate pieces. I have read books where people melt chocolate, add either coffee/milk/sugar to the melt, and pour it into little tins where it cools and sets and is essentially chocolate pieces. Does anyone know how to do this, have any measuring amounts, or have done anything like this that can give me some advise?

Chocolate molds these days are usually made of plastic. You can find them at some quality kitchen stores (like Sur la Table). You can also find some at larger craft stores. They’ll be in the same general area as the cake decorating supplies.

Please note: you generally don’t want to add sugar, coffee, or milk to melted chocolate. If you want to flavor plain chocolate, it’s better to use food-grade oils.

Adding sugar and milk is usually done to the processed cocoa beans to make chocolate in the first place. You might also be thinking of ganache, which is the filling inside of truffles. It is made of cream, chocolate, and flavorings. Molded chocolates are sometimes filled with ganache (it’s made slightly differently from the ganache that goes in truffles).

I really suggest getting a book about this… there are tons out there.

If you really just want to make prettily-shaped solid chocolate pieces (it’s enough of a production as it is), I suggest getting some molds from a shop. You should also grab an offset spatula, which will help you smooth the tops of your chocolate if you need to.

If you want to make the chocolate pieces look really nice (with that great shine), you’ll need to do what is called tempering the chocolate. This is basically melting it to a certain temperature, then bringing the temperature down in a controlled manner (by adding very finely chopped solid chocolate), and finally bringing the chocolate back up to a slightly higher temperature again. The temperatures vary depending on what kind of chocolate (white/milk vs dark) and some brands even have small variations in specific temperature. To temper, I strongly suggest getting an instant thermometer with a digital display. Keep it in a glass of warm water, but always dry it off before you put it in the melted chocolate. Water is kryptonite for melted chocolate!