Morning cup of joe
Gotta have some coffee.
I’m not like Ron and Don who drink the stuff all day long, cup after cup. All I need is two, maybe three cups in the morning to start my day off right. That’s just enough caffeine to perk me up, but not so much I’m fidgeting in my seat.
I like to enjoy a nice cuppa while I read my overnight email and my RSS feeds. Those freshly ground beans brewed in my cup are a calming counterpoint to the daily grind ahead of me.
For only two cups of coffee, brewing a whole pot seems like a waste of both time and beans.
Yeah, I know there’s a coffee shop on every corner: McDonald’s and Dunkin Donuts are both upgrading their coffee to push Starbuck’s off the top of the coffee food chain and every gas station along the road has a brew station, but I don’t want to go out before I’ve had my coffee, so I need a way to brew just a little of my own good coffee.
I’m disappointed with the coffee made in most coffeemakers. The drip, drip, drip method takes too long and over-extracts the beans making for a bitter, acidic drink. An alternative, the French press, doesn’t over-extract but the gritty debris left in the cup spoils the experience.
I’ve found that the Aeropress works best for me.
The AeroPress is a small, portable plastic coffee maker that produces smooth, low-acid and great tasting coffee in less than a minute.
Plus, it’s got that mad scientist thing going for it.
High-tech and just a little weird, the Aeropress makes a honest cup or two of coffee in less than a minute.
- Pour in hot water
- stir and let it steep for 15-20 seconds
- press out the espresso-like coffee
I dilute it 50-50 with water for a Café Américano.
The Aeropress sells for about thirty bucks online, which sure beats the price of those pod coffee makers.
