Pour-over brewing is a fun and easy way to enjoy great coffee at home. But if you’re on the road much, then you know the difficulty of packing all that paraphernalia. Having spent several months on the road in recent years, I’ve tried almost everything under the sun. What follows are my two favorite ways…
Everybody loves espresso, but not everybody wants to deal with an espresso machine. There’s no denying that the end product can be great. But the cost is significant, the maintenance is nothing to sneeze at, and dialing it in is not easy. So when you see the AeroPress’s plunger design, you might think, “Hey, that…
Coffee may be the healthiest part of your diet. With how much I consume, that’s great news. Almost no caloric value, yet chock-full of antioxidants and associated with lower risks of some horrifying diseases. Now, loading yours up with creamer and sweetener is another story. But reasonable amounts of pure, black coffee will almost certainly…
The AeroPress is like nothing else on the market. It’s part immersion brewer, part French press, and–kinda sorta almost–part espresso-maker. It’s also the only device that’s so appealing to fellow coffee geeks and totally casual users at the same time. The AeroPress’s quirky design opens up all sorts of brewing possibilities, some of which are…
If you’re wondering whether to take the plunge (pun totally intended) on an AeroPress, then this is for you. The AeroPress is similar in price to most manual brewing methods, but much cheaper than any good machine. It’s easier to use and clear than most brewing methods, too. The AeroPress brews as consistently as anything,…
If you’re newer to specialty coffee (“the good stuff”), it probably didn’t take long to realize that pour-over brewing is the method of choice. Compared to filling up the old Mr. Coffee, pour-over brewing is cumbersome and finicky. All the gadgets–scales, grinders, and such–can get a little expensive, too. Yet all of us coffee nerds…
The best way to enjoy coffee more is to enjoy more coffee. What do I mean by that? Just like good wine, good coffee contains more flavors than perhaps any single person could pick out. There are hit-you-over-the-head obvious flavors, like the chocolates or nutty ones. Then there are subtler flavors like specific berries and…
True or false: making great coffee at home requires either a finicky pour-over coffee set-up or a fancy, expensive automatic brewer? For most people most of the time, the answer is false. That’s good news if you’re just getting into brewing coffee at home, or you’ve struggled to get consistent pour-overs, or your cheap-o coffee…
If there’s anything better than the smell of that first cup of coffee in the morning…mankind has yet to discover it. But if you’re new to brewing coffee at home, then sometimes the flavor doesn’t quite hold up to the aroma. Watery cups, excessively bitter brews, or just totally inconsistent batches are the bane of…
Brewing coffee looks so darn easy at your local hipster café, doesn’t it? Just grind a bit, pour a bit, wait a bit…and there you are. A fresh, complex cup of coffee from some exotic origin you’ve never even heard of. So, naturally enough, you want to save the $5 a cup and create that…