How utterly stupid.

Bummer… :( Probably a relief to have a diagnosis, though. Hope you find some effective treatments.

You want to create expansion in one and shrinkage in the other so that you have movement that helps break the seal. Technically you could do one or the other, but it’ll create more net change if you do both.

I could be wrong, but I really believe heating the bowl is the correct answer.

Probably sit the bowl in warm water with ice on the plate. That will increase the pressure inside and aide in the separation.

And to think, Martha Stewart went to prison for something far milder.

The “Americano” coffee drink, meaning “American coffee” in Italian, is believed to have originated during World War II when American soldiers stationed in Italy found the local espresso too strong and diluted it with hot water to resemble their preferred drip coffee.

Which means they don’t know/understand the background story and that they are now insulting themselves. Stupid…

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