CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search A server at http://151.227.53.142/ , which implements the protocol. Implementation of HTCPCP at http://error418.org/ . The Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol ( HTCPCP ) is a facetious communications protocol for controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots . It is specified in RFC 2324 , published on 1 April 1998 as an April Fools' Day RFC , [ 1 ] as part of an April Fools prank . [ 2 ] An extension is published as RFC 7168 on 1 April 2014 [ 3 ] to support brewing teas, which is also an April Fools' Day RFC. 1 Protocol 2 Commands and replies 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Protocol [ edit ] RFC 2324 was written by Larry Masinter , who describes it as a satire, saying "This has a serious purpose – it identifies many of the ways in which HTTP has ...