varuscelli
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You know, despite being someone who likes a really good cup of coffee, I have never been very assertive about making my OWN good coffee. That is, from the standpoint of having a GOOD home coffee maker and coupling that with GOOD coffee.
Just a short while back, our old coffee maker finally went out (a basic off-the-shelf, consumer-level coffee maker) and I decided to get us a nice one.
After quite a bit of research on this site and others, I decided on a Technivorm KB741. I ordered it, but wanted to surprise my wife with it, so didn't use it right away.
In the mean time, not having the old drip coffee maker anymore, I dug through the cabinets and found my wife’s small press pot (a Bodum that she must have had since before we were married). After playing with it for a few days, I really started to find out what I had been missing. I was simply amazed at how good the coffee was -- and how good a coffee I could actually make when using a better method... :wink:
I must say that despite my usual ambivalent feelings going through the motions of making coffee in the old drip maker, I rather enjoyed the process of using the press pot. (And my 5-year-old daughter loved the sound of tea kettle whistling as the water came to a boil.) I think the enjoyment of using the press pot mostly came from the results and having a really good cup of coffee at the end of the process. Making the coffee didn't seem like a chore, but more of a "feel good" ritual. Hard to explain, but I'm sure folks know what I'm saying.
In any case, we now have the Technivorm up and going, too, and I have to say I'm missing the press pot just a bit. The Technivorm is a HUGE improvement over the old coffee maker, but I gotta say that the little old Bodum press pot sure made some nice coffee. I feel like I need to keep it out, too, and mix my methods when the mood hits.
Feels pretty good to be entering a new coffee reality for myself. Even my wife is saying "Wow!" to the coffee I'm making. A new door has opened, I must admit.
Next step: A nice grinder. :wink:
Just a short while back, our old coffee maker finally went out (a basic off-the-shelf, consumer-level coffee maker) and I decided to get us a nice one.
After quite a bit of research on this site and others, I decided on a Technivorm KB741. I ordered it, but wanted to surprise my wife with it, so didn't use it right away.
In the mean time, not having the old drip coffee maker anymore, I dug through the cabinets and found my wife’s small press pot (a Bodum that she must have had since before we were married). After playing with it for a few days, I really started to find out what I had been missing. I was simply amazed at how good the coffee was -- and how good a coffee I could actually make when using a better method... :wink:
I must say that despite my usual ambivalent feelings going through the motions of making coffee in the old drip maker, I rather enjoyed the process of using the press pot. (And my 5-year-old daughter loved the sound of tea kettle whistling as the water came to a boil.) I think the enjoyment of using the press pot mostly came from the results and having a really good cup of coffee at the end of the process. Making the coffee didn't seem like a chore, but more of a "feel good" ritual. Hard to explain, but I'm sure folks know what I'm saying.
In any case, we now have the Technivorm up and going, too, and I have to say I'm missing the press pot just a bit. The Technivorm is a HUGE improvement over the old coffee maker, but I gotta say that the little old Bodum press pot sure made some nice coffee. I feel like I need to keep it out, too, and mix my methods when the mood hits.
Feels pretty good to be entering a new coffee reality for myself. Even my wife is saying "Wow!" to the coffee I'm making. A new door has opened, I must admit.
Next step: A nice grinder. :wink:
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