So I broke down and got yet another Bodum french press ... or is it French press? The internet's version of the AP Stylebook – and I have no idea why it's one word; if I were copy editing that, I'd make it "style book" – is Wikipedia, and Wikipedia says to capitalize "French," so henceforth I say as it is written, so shall it be.
Anyway. I got an eight-cup French press last night at Target; I went with the Brazil model because it's sleek, clean and with just a small landing strip of ... Wait a minute. That's the wrong internet search.
After drinking two mugs of coffee from it, I must say I feel as light as that bubble above ... A press is the only way to go, if you have the patience to wait for the water to boil and then for the grounds to steep. I guess I could go with an electric water kettle, as Alton Brown does, but add that to the cost of the press and we're in replacement coffeemaker territory pretty quickly.
No, I can wait a few minutes for water to boil ... then a few more for the coffee to brew ... because, to be honest, this is the best tasting coffee I've ever had at home.
The best coffee I've ever had outside home? A tie between (1) a little bistro in Worthington, Ohio, where my old friend Adam and his father took me for brunch one sunny weekend morning, and (2) the Paramount coffee brewed at the Sonny Boy restaurant in Lansing, Ohio ... I hear the Sonny Boy isn't as good as it used to be, but when I was just out of college, they brewed a mean cup of diner coffee.
3.14.2009
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Pressed coffee is the best. When your carafe breaks (and it will) you might want to check out the stainless steel options. Bodum makes a couple. I have one made by Frieling. Best 60 bucks I ever spent.
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