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This was proposed, but especially if the bean capacity is large getting the beans wet is a big no-no. It also does nothing to dissuade users from adding more wa
by alanctgardner2 14y ago
This was proposed, but especially if the bean capacity is large getting the beans wet is a big no-no. It also does nothing to dissuade users from adding more water for whatever reason (until it overflows). Thus you get potentially moldy beans, and a tray full of gross old water.
- biot 14y agoSeveral proposed perforated containers for the beans, but what I had in mind is a wire mesh similar in spacing (but not shape) to this: http://upload.ecvv.com/upload/Product/200801/200631654352537576_Wire_Mesh_Strainers_Sink_Strainer_colander.jpg http://upload.ecvv.com/upload/Product/200801/200631654352537... Only a serious idiot would ever try to pour water on that. The beans slide down the wire mesh into the main bean compartment which is otherwise inaccessible.
- alanctgardner2 14y agoSome machines have a wire filter like that to stop objects getting into the water tank; users might misinterpret it. I still really prefer the ones where you have to take out a basket, which is obviously not capable of holding water, and fill it with beans. Sealing it and getting the beans is harder.
- mistercow 14y agoFor a user to misinterpret and pour water on what biot described would require such a fundamental misunderstanding of common sense and what I can only hesitatingly call "physics", that I don't think it is possible to protect the machine from such a user - except, perhaps, to hope that they will be foiled by the doorknob whose operation they must decipher in order to enter the break room.