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French press this morning, reading a most excellent special edition of the Harvard Business Review.
Can't fault a French Press; it must be the most forgiving way with which to prepare coffee (with the possible exception of the Hario style dripper).
Enjoy.
Enjoy your coffee too.
There is something magical in the combination of coffee (or even tea) and reading. It’s like they are made for each other, a marriage made in heaven.
A perfect combination, agreed.
The only danger is of the coffee going cold if you lose yourself in an article, or chapter of a bok.
Actually, I love those old style European cafés, where you slowly sip a coffee, read the paper, or a book, and watch the world go by. Or meet someone for a chat, or proper conversation. Usually they are both spacious and comfortable.
They are the opposite of those horrid hurried places, (okay, I make an exception for a train station coffee or espresso stand) where a coffee is gulped as you dash for your train.
Absolutely. My favorite local cafe, owned by a friend of mine, is one of those cozy places with sofas, tables, books, etc. in which one could spend hours. They also prepare fresh food, cooked to order, all organic and flavorful. Sometimes my wife and I spend entire days there (we probably spend a little fortune there), and we meet interesting people. It’s one of those places in which one can get lot in many activities, from reading, to writing, or just as you say watch the world go by. (Plus: their brewed coffee is bottomless, so it never gets cold. $2.50 and you can drink as much great freshly brewed coffee as you want).
It’s truly the little things that make life charming.
Sadly my coffee reading is often while browsing this forum. Well don’t get me wrong I enjoy it I used to browse the news pre-COVID-19 but am not the news junky I used to be. This and an X-plane forum or some excellent YouTube channels. Although I have several unread paper books beckoning.
And finally, these months of pandemic work (no regular meal hours, some days I barely eat, some others I feast, not sleeping, rotating shifts, 2-3 nights at the hospital per week, 50-70 workhours per week, lots and lots of coffee) have caught up with my 40+ years, and now I have high blood pressure (I gained 5 kgs in the last 8 weeks).
I have kept exercising, but with these hours, and the lack of sleep, it was a given. I have to cut back on coffee.
Damn you Coronavirus!
I have kept exercising, but with these hours, and the lack of sleep, it was a given. I have to cut back on coffee.
Damn you Coronavirus!
I have several French Press's but haven't used them in a very long time. At one point I switched over to the V60 for a while. Then I went with the Chemex and have been using that ever since.
So in the mornings, at home, I make espresso with the la Pavoni and the HG-One. At work a few hours later I make a regular cup of coffee with the Chemex.
Most mornings, I use the V6 (the Hario style dripper); however, on the (very rare, these days) rare occasions I have a guest, I may prepare coffee with either my (Le Creuset) French Press, or with my moka pot.
However, any time I have had coffee prepared with a Chemex, it has been incredibly smooth.
I also now use a Hario Dripper (V6) for my coffee. I stumbled on the perfect grind and have kept the setting on my grinder ever since. I’ve also found some delicious Ethiopian beans (thanks Scepticalscribe) form my local coffee shop and when I find something I like I tend to stick with it.
I’d also like to get one of those copper drippers (also Scepticalscribe (I think you have one?)). Whether it improves the taste or not I don’t know (or think so) but it looks nice.
I’d also like to get one of those copper drippers (also Scepticalscribe (I think you have one?)). Whether it improves the taste or not I don’t know (or think so) but it looks nice.
Yes, I have a copper dripper, (bought in an upmarket coffee shop that sources their own coffee) in addition to the standard (but lovely) porcelain one. And a plastic one for travelling, should I feel the need to have one accompany me.
Very comparable, and I will blend it with my Kenyan coffee, 60%, to 40% Rwandan.
I spotted a Ugandan coffee today, (and was informed that "it is highly specific and quite intense" in terms of taste profile); however, for now, I have Ethiopian & Kenyan coffees, and shall hold off purchase of the Ugandan for a while, though I don't deny that it looked extraordinarily interesting, and was strongly recommended by the small, well regarded coffee shop where I saw it.
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Enjoying a lunch time Kenyan of coffee with organic, full fat, hot milk in my Le Creuset mug.