Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but a coffee bean is not a bean at all. It is a seed, a seed of a drupe, also called a stone. Nowadays, most people like to wash stones for their cleaner taste, although many prefer natural stones and more recently anaerobic fermented stones for their mighty fruity notes.
And when it comes to cleaning stones, there is no better home tool than a coffee maker. But of course I’m talking about your diamond jewelry, which can be restored to its sparkle with the steam wand in your coffee machine.
Ah yes, coffee machines and diamonds, both one-time indicators that life is treating you pretty well. And while each of them has historically delivered many thousands – and still can, if you want – between the glut of home-made machines on the market and the creation of precious lab-grown gems, there are high-quality, newfangled options available in both cases. without a comma in the price.
But just because you have the features of Gen-X wealth markers doesn’t mean you actually have the capital to spend to back it up. You can’t drop 50 dice every time you want your rocks to have a little extra sparkle. Fortunately, the coffee machine offers a DIY option.
As reported Therapy in the apartmentwhen you take your jewelry to a store to have it polished, the jeweler uses a steam cleaner to bring it back to life. It’s basically a stick that shoots scorching steam. Sound familiar? And it turns out that the steam wand is quite effective. All you need is something to hold the ring – the article suggests pliers – while you blow steam into it. DO NOT utilize your fingers. They also suggest doing the entire procedure over a milk jug to keep the steam from going everywhere and to catch the ring in case you drop it.
One caveat: steam wands are powerful, so if the setting is loose, the stone may be thrown right off the strand.
This discovery makes us wonder what other great uses a steam wand has. What else can it spotless? Can it remove stains from clothes or revive an elderly pair of shoes? (The inquisitive minds of baristas want to know.) What about a crusty coffee pot or a filthy Chemex? Does this mean I have to start keeping my coffee machine in the laundry room? At this point there are more questions than answers.
