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That's pretty much how a french press works, if anyone wants to try it. Loads of cheap french presses available everywhere. It's very portable too if you need t
by dgunay 1y ago
That's pretty much how a french press works, if anyone wants to try it. Loads of cheap french presses available everywhere. It's very portable too if you need to make coffee and have nothing but water, heat, and ground coffee.
- alabastervlog 1y agoIKEA sells a very cheap steel (i.e. your kids won't break it when they knock it off the counter—ask me what happened to my first three of these, which were all ceramic) pourover cup with integrated fine-mesh metal filter (so you can still make coffee if you run out of paper filters—though there's some evidence the oils that paper filters remove are bad for heart health, and it does affect the flavor, too). I think it's like $10 or something. Same external requirements as a French press, which can be as little as "a way to heat water" if you grind your beans at the store (which, don't, but on the other hand, if you want to, sure, go for it) By far my favorite coffee-making device I've got. I'd just do drip but cleaning the machines is a PITA (lots of people don't bother and their coffee all tastes like mildew, it's disgusting) and they all expose hot water to lots of plastic, seems like. I have a French press but it's a bigger pain to clean. Pourover cup takes up less space than any of that, too.
- mc3301 1y agoAlso the Vietnamese "phin" is an excellent coffee maker.
- rgoulter 1y agoFor the quality of the coffee, the Vietnamese phin is simplest/cheapest device.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 1y agoI have a reusable cotton filter that I use in a metal mesh pourover. Seems to work and is easy to clean.
- quickthoughts 1y agoPlus one for the IKEA pour over. Its cheap and functional, perfect for travel too.
- werdnapk 1y agoAn aeropress is really an amazing piece of coffee making gear. I used to use one when I was on a budget and found it to be the best method of making coffee for little investment. There are a few tips and tricks worth looking up, but once you have things sorted out, it brews great coffee.
- tiltowait 1y agoThe Aeropress almost feels like cheating. The Clever Dripper is similarly very nice and easy to use.
- DrillShopper 1y agoAll of those things are true, and I'd like to echo them as a longtime Aeropress owner and enjoyer. One other factor that matters for some, including me, is that nobody else in my family drinks coffee, and the Aeropress is an incredibly great way of doing coffee for one that with maximum results and minimum cleanup. Other people in my family drink tea, so we keep a teapot and the Aeropress immediately next to the kettle and it works out great for us.
- KingMob 1y agoThe Aeropress is great, but makes too little coffee. One day I'll have to try the XL version.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoOut of curiosity, what is "too little coffee" for you? I can get about 250ml out of it.
- nkrisc 1y agoYep, though I like a brewer that lets me easily remove the grounds when I'm down brewing, as I don't want it steeping any longer after that as I find it negatively affects the taste if I come back to top up my cup a little later.