It looks as though I’ve forgotten about this blog. Not really…I knew it was here, I just didn’t have much of anything to say. My time has been consumed with my work. Consequently, my work blog (jonathanfowler.blogspot.com) has fared much better than this one.
Earlier this month, I bought a French Press for my coffee. I love it. The big 12-cup Mr. Coffee has been whisked away to the pantry shelf, waiting for company to come and the need for 12 cups of coffee at 1 time to be brewed. Truth be told, though, I’ll probably buy a 12-cup press for that.
I have taken a low-tech approach to many things…shaving with vintage (sterilized) DE razors, writing with fountain pens and vintage ink, and now, coffee. I have moved from a monster Mr. Coffee and Krups espresso machine to a Bodum press (two, actually) and a moka pot for espresso. The Krups gets used for steaming the milk, but I’ll find a better way soon.
Coffee from the press is one of those great things that you thought you knew but rediscovered. Beans I had used for a long time tasted different in the press–more crisp, more alive, more intense–and I chucked the Mr. Coffee after using the press just once. In the absence of machined mediocrity, I realized what the press had removed from my coffee. Plastic aftertaste. Burn, brought on by the warmer. Flat flavor. The press simply pushed these mistakes out of the way and allowed the simple process of water and coarsely-ground beans to come alive.
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