Press Perc or Drip
I personally perc but many have touted presses and very few want drip. Presses are usualy glass and in my experience break very easily. A friend and one of the leaders for my DGS's BSA troop is a we...
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I think I've used just about all methods.
As a little kid I was taught how to use the glass percolator on the electric stove (with a star shaped wire to keep the glass pot off of sitting on the burner directly). It was for my father, not me, but I learned how to measure it and time it and judge by the smell and color.
Then we moved on to drip. That was ok but the real difference in a pot of coffee is the quality of the coffee itself. I can't stomach the maxwell house my parents would drink.
From there, I moved on to a French press, small one, since now I'm the only coffee drinker in the house. I took that camping, too. And used my favorite coffee beans from an independent (non-chain coffee roaster) I drink flavored decaf.
Since I couldn't drink the real caff at work, I experimented with a drip cone and filter positioned over an insulated carafe. That was ok, but just ok.
Then I got a Keurig for home. In 18 months I went thru four of them- very unreliable machines. Even though I de scale regularly. I grew to like Newmans own organic decaf. Good stuff. Plus I used the reusable filters with my own grounds.
Now I have a capresso that I really love. It uses steam and mesh baskets for my own teas and coffees, large or small single cups. And it has a carafe too so I can brew a pot if I have company. I moved the old Keurig upstairs so I can grab a quick cup of tea in the morning or my legs are aching too much after chemo to go downstairs, but once I'm downstairs I use the capresso exclusively.
I'm also a tea lover and buy a variety of loose teas and appreciate the tea basket on the capresso. No carryover of coffee flavor into my green tea. And without pods, more environmentally friendly.
As a little kid I was taught how to use the glass percolator on the electric stove (with a star shaped wire to keep the glass pot off of sitting on the burner directly). It was for my father, not me, but I learned how to measure it and time it and judge by the smell and color.
Then we moved on to drip. That was ok but the real difference in a pot of coffee is the quality of the coffee itself. I can't stomach the maxwell house my parents would drink.
From there, I moved on to a French press, small one, since now I'm the only coffee drinker in the house. I took that camping, too. And used my favorite coffee beans from an independent (non-chain coffee roaster) I drink flavored decaf.
Since I couldn't drink the real caff at work, I experimented with a drip cone and filter positioned over an insulated carafe. That was ok, but just ok.
Then I got a Keurig for home. In 18 months I went thru four of them- very unreliable machines. Even though I de scale regularly. I grew to like Newmans own organic decaf. Good stuff. Plus I used the reusable filters with my own grounds.
Now I have a capresso that I really love. It uses steam and mesh baskets for my own teas and coffees, large or small single cups. And it has a carafe too so I can brew a pot if I have company. I moved the old Keurig upstairs so I can grab a quick cup of tea in the morning or my legs are aching too much after chemo to go downstairs, but once I'm downstairs I use the capresso exclusively.
I'm also a tea lover and buy a variety of loose teas and appreciate the tea basket on the capresso. No carryover of coffee flavor into my green tea. And without pods, more environmentally friendly.
