Coffee question: How do the standard prep methods stack up? Which is best and which is worst?
Depends on how you like your coffee. However, as others have said, percolator coffee is NAST.
Like Brenda, Deb loves her paper-cone drip thingy, although I think Deb uses it only for travel now, because she has a one-cup pod coffeemaker at home and adores it.
I've heard good things about the one-cup pod coffeemakers, but you're limited to the coffee pods, and I don't know that (for instance) Blue Mountain is available in pods.
My preferred method is French Press, but I'm generally running late in the mornings and also lazy, so I default to my old workhorse Mr. Coffee. I just get my coffe ground very VERY fine (standard drip coffeemaker grind tends to be medium), which makes a BIG difference in Teh Yum.
I've been assuming that French Press isn't high on the list, because a) I use it and b) not that many other people seem to. It doesn't
feel
like more effort than most machines (excluding the pod), but I am coffeemaker phobic. The pod looks hella cool, but it does seem to limit the coffee choices.
The promo for this week's ER was quite misleading, even for them. The promo for next week's seem to have gone over the top into self-parody. The ominous voice is more gravelly, and they've laid filters over the video. Someone please stop the madness.
My preferred method is French Press
I tried a French press, but they're a PITA to clean.
I say BOO-teek.
I make coffee with a French press. It may or may not be the absolute best, but it has the advantage of not needing to be shut off. And it's not like I let my coffee sit around to get cold. There are drip coffee machines that shut off after a pre-set time. Our office coffee maestro has one in his office. Unfortunately the timer's on the fritz and shuts the machine off about 5 seconds after the coffee's made. So the maestro and his Brethern in Caffination hover around the machine with cups at the ready, like cats outside a mousehole.
I tried a French press, but they're a PITA to clean.
Yeah, that's my big issue with the press.
I've been assuming that French Press isn't high on the list, because a) I use it and b) not that many other people seem to.
French Press makes fabulous coffee! I think not that many people use it simply b/c it seems like more effort compared to a coffeemaker.
The pod looks hella cool, but it does seem to limit the coffee choices.
Exactly. Plus, if you drink a lot of coffee, the pod is inconvenient. (Or, it would be, for *me*.)
A PITA to clean? Loosen the bits on the plunger, swish through soapy water, wash the bottom like a coffee cup, and you're done. Well, I'm done.
I am very low volume with the Bean, so there may be something I'm overlooking.
I take my caffeine in pill form. Unfortunately, coffee and caffeinated tea are never going to taste good to me.
