I use one every morning. I found one at T.J. Maxx (haven't seen em lately) that pulls up instead of pushing down and locks the grounds in the top. ... snip ....
$9.00 at Meijer
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By the way, what is your avatar picture?
I prefer "cowboy coffee". The taste just can't be beat in my opinion.
If you have never had crunchy coffee, you are just a wannabe coffee drinker.
I used to eat chocolate covered coffee beans. They rock.
How about >18 mega-ohm, purified, Millipore, laboratory grade waterCoffee, coffee, coffee! And keep it coming.
I'm addicted.
Just a note about the quality of your coffee using your [FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]cafetière (or any pot, really); R.O. water is the way to go. Not just "filtered" or "purified". Reverse Osmosis water. I'm telling you, it's a whole different world.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=-1][FONT=arial,sans-serif]Trust the monkey. [/FONT][/SIZE]
Coffee don't care about the water, your boiling it anyway.
Coffee don't care about the fancy pancy coffee maker you use, it all ends up in the same spot.
Coffee should be strong. If you can't use it to die leather, then it it is tea.
Coffee should be black. When you pick the pot up and hold it into the light, you should see the light being pulled into the blackness of the coffee.
Coffee should have grounds in it. It builds character.
ANd finally and most importantly I am not european. Coffee is the flavor that I am wanting. Not some frenchy vanilla walnut crap!
Secondly, what we call "coffee" here, most of Europe laughs at. Allow me to give the example of the Americano. The Americano, most often made by diluting shots of espresso with water, was first made in Italy for American tourists. They would order "caffe" and get something that was much too strong for them, so the baristi would water it down so they could actually drink it, laughing the whole time.
That is espresso, not regular coffee. That isn't a fair comparison. That is like comparing beer to spirits. People were drinking coffee LONG before the invention of the espresso machine using methods much like the cowboy method.
Wouldn't know...haven't tried it. But I'm willing!How about >18 mega-ohm, purified, Millipore, laboratory grade water