Thanks, Robin! (Did you understand it? Did anyone understand it? This is a key issue here. My editor tried to cut down my use of big words as much as possible.)

I have taken a French press camping.

I bought my present French press expressly to take camping. It's stainless steel. I had one made of Lexan that was designed for camping, but I used it as my home coffee maker for a year and it broke.

We had to finally get rid of the magical coffee maker with a timer that would actually grind the beans for me in the morning. It was lovely, but it was better at making larger amounts of coffe than smaller, and if I make a whole pot of coffee, I'm drinking it 'til it's gone. Stashed it in a fairly inaccessible cabinet for a long while, and pulled it out when we had houseguests. Imagine our horror when it completely failed to work even a little bit. I think I broke its poor little mechanical heart, putting it in that cupboard.

P-C, I think you know my stance vis-avis tags and the announcing thereof. Nice article, I feel more informed for having read it. (eta: I understood it as i was reading it, but I wouldn't pass a pop quiz)

I think lori has (or showed me) a french press travel mug. Pretty sweet.

Or I could be hallucinating the whole thing.

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Real shame "Cranky" has six letters.

I think lori has (or showed me) a french press travel mug. Pretty sweet.

Like so? [link]

That [link] thing has made me so lazy about prettifying my links.

Very much like so. Pretty cool, provided you can clear the grounds in a timely fashion.

My bro has french press travel mugs for camping. He loves them.

Did anyone understand it? This is a key issue here. My editor tried to cut down my use of big words as much as possible.

I understood it, but I am perhaps not the best person to ask. Though, I admit, I had no idea what COX-2 inhibitors did that made the heart do the bad funky. So I learned something. Knowledge!

Nice article, I feel more informed for having read it.

Thank you!

Though, I admit, I had no idea what COX-2 inhibitors did that made the heart do the bad funky. So I learned something. Knowledge!

Yay!

I like the phrase "made the heart do the bad funky." I want to retroactively work it into my article so my editor can slash it out.

We no longer have a coffeemaker. I boil water in the kettle and filter 3 cups of DH's more mellow preference, directly into his thermal carafe, and two cups of my darker roast into my carafe. I got tired of wiping up spills when the coffeemaker urped, and arguing over which coffee we were going to use, and decanting from the coffeemaker decanter to the thermal ones. This takes less time, is neater, the coffee's hotter, and we each get exactly the amount we want.

You people claiming to be the true queen coffee addict of the world make me laugh.

Me too. This whole conversation is making me laugh, since my power was out this morning, and I am now considering a) either getting some of the really bad coffee in our kitchen, or making an emergency starbucks run, and b) if I can leave early enough to buy a french press on my way home.