Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Best Solution For Brewing A Single Cup
By Nathan Foster
Simple, well built, and really works to make the concentrated coffee, with no grounds or bitterness, that is ideal for such a drink. The Aero is the best and most inexpensive option I have found.
Fineness of the ground definitely impacts how much force you have to exert on the plunger. This thing works with a very fine grind, which means you can get the most out of your beans, and because it has a really great filter there's zero silt.
Even better the multitasking Blendtec saved me $90 for a fancy milk frother. If you like to go camping, this is the holy grail of coffee makers. I love it so much, I now own two: one for the travel kit, one for the kitchen counter. After many fine years of service, it unexpectedly stopped working about two years ago, so I bought a new fancier Keurig, Unfortunately, the new model really sucked - the coffee was very weak and drop size inconsistent.
This unit does everything as good and as easy as I had hoped. You then have to place the Aeropress on top of a cup to use it, exert a pretty good amount of force, and then, if you're making two or more cups, divvy the espresso up into other containers and add water or milk, if you want.
As a result, most folks who worked there (including myself) became insufferable jerks who won't suffer a lousy cup of coffee and will barely tolerate a mediocre one. The whole system breaks down to really only two parts, the plunger and the reservoir with filters. They take up to much counter space, are expensive, and are fussy in the way of complex technology made cheaply. Also, use filtered water, a Brita filter will do.
Start the slow plunge.
Anyone complaining about the level of difficulty is really stretching to find something negative to say. Its made entirely of plastic with a rubber stopper, making it durable enough for camping and travel.
First, the negatives: It makes an excellent, strong cup of coffee. I think it tastes just as good as some of the best espresso's I have had.
Besides, when the zombies attack & sabotage your gas/electricity, you can build a fire, boil some H2O, and use this wonderful contraption to make your final cup a truly good one! Still it's my favorite coffee maker for traveling or work as the cleanup is simple and I only need somewhere to microwave the water and a cup to make it in (and of course the coffee maker and filters). The Aeropress makes coffee that is roughly four times the strength of an automatic drip machine, so it is perfect for making iced coffee and iced mochas.
The combination of the freshest very strong coffee and very low acid/bitterness is euphoric. You know how caffeine-deprived people can be. It's truly the most consistent part of my day. Recently I considered that maybe I had only imagined that the AeroPress made better coffee than my standard 12-cup coffee brewer, so I ground up some beans from the same bag as I was using for the AeroPress and made a pot of coffee. I'm one of those people who can't make it out of bed, never mind out the door, without a nice, strong cuppa.
Fineness of the ground definitely impacts how much force you have to exert on the plunger. This thing works with a very fine grind, which means you can get the most out of your beans, and because it has a really great filter there's zero silt.
Even better the multitasking Blendtec saved me $90 for a fancy milk frother. If you like to go camping, this is the holy grail of coffee makers. I love it so much, I now own two: one for the travel kit, one for the kitchen counter. After many fine years of service, it unexpectedly stopped working about two years ago, so I bought a new fancier Keurig, Unfortunately, the new model really sucked - the coffee was very weak and drop size inconsistent.
This unit does everything as good and as easy as I had hoped. You then have to place the Aeropress on top of a cup to use it, exert a pretty good amount of force, and then, if you're making two or more cups, divvy the espresso up into other containers and add water or milk, if you want.
As a result, most folks who worked there (including myself) became insufferable jerks who won't suffer a lousy cup of coffee and will barely tolerate a mediocre one. The whole system breaks down to really only two parts, the plunger and the reservoir with filters. They take up to much counter space, are expensive, and are fussy in the way of complex technology made cheaply. Also, use filtered water, a Brita filter will do.
Start the slow plunge.
Anyone complaining about the level of difficulty is really stretching to find something negative to say. Its made entirely of plastic with a rubber stopper, making it durable enough for camping and travel.
First, the negatives: It makes an excellent, strong cup of coffee. I think it tastes just as good as some of the best espresso's I have had.
Besides, when the zombies attack & sabotage your gas/electricity, you can build a fire, boil some H2O, and use this wonderful contraption to make your final cup a truly good one! Still it's my favorite coffee maker for traveling or work as the cleanup is simple and I only need somewhere to microwave the water and a cup to make it in (and of course the coffee maker and filters). The Aeropress makes coffee that is roughly four times the strength of an automatic drip machine, so it is perfect for making iced coffee and iced mochas.
The combination of the freshest very strong coffee and very low acid/bitterness is euphoric. You know how caffeine-deprived people can be. It's truly the most consistent part of my day. Recently I considered that maybe I had only imagined that the AeroPress made better coffee than my standard 12-cup coffee brewer, so I ground up some beans from the same bag as I was using for the AeroPress and made a pot of coffee. I'm one of those people who can't make it out of bed, never mind out the door, without a nice, strong cuppa.
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