A little too automatic

appropo of zip-

You'd think a ritual as habitual as setting up the coffee would be automatic. A little too automatic...

Couple of mornings ago, I filled the carafe with water, ground the coffee, set up the filter, put in the grounds, turned it on... Suddenly, it beeps "done" - suspiciously quickly; Milady notices I forgot to actally pour the water in. Saves on beans, but the brew's pretty thin that way.

Last night, I set it all up while Milady & I were chatting, and as I turn to go to bed, we hear the gurgling. I'd thoughtlessly turned on the brewing like it was morning. Too late to stop it, we just let it brew, then refrigerated it. Note: Our microwave takes 75 seconds to take a cup of refrigerated coffee to drinkable. Not bad. Better than stuff that's sat on the burner for two hours.