On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 9:31 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree about the burr grinder. An old room mate had one and they do a > much better job than the blade grinder like I use. They're expensive, though.
FYI: when I finally tire of repeatedly repairing my present one I plan to get the Bodum Bistro, $95 at Amazon. Very highly recommended as the best inexpensive one that's available. http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00430AXLE > I think I'll stick with the cone maker for now. It's much faster and > easier than the press. In the morning speed is important. I agree, but I try to avoid any soft plastic coming in contact with hot foods, eg coffee. Those cheap plastic drip cones tend to accumulate oils that go rancid after a while. I do keep one for emergencies though. Recently I got a cool Japanese ceramic cone, the Hario V60. It makes great coffee, better than from the Melitta drip cone thingies when used correctly. It takes special conical paper filters but I found that my cheap Melitta 02 filters could be given a single fold to get the right shape. It takes a little longer to make coffee with it if you completely follow the directions, but not too much longer and it is worth it. Plus you are using gear that you can make _completely_ clean, and that's a major part of getting good coffee with no bitter flavours. http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/hario-v60-ceramic-coffee-dripper-white/ > Those cheap presses are mostly made in China and as near-impossible as it is > these days I try to avoid Chinese-made goods. Yeah, I know. It bugs me too, but with presses there's close to zero choice. :-( > I do have an old (1950s) Silex vacuum coffee maker for slow weekends. > Makes a wonderful cup and it's more entertaining to watch than TV. Ah, yeah. I have a Bodum updated design of one of those. It makes awesome coffee but takes forever and is a chore to clean. Haven't used it in many years, but I should really get it out again. I have a small stainless steel stovetop espresson unit as well that I use once in a while for a treat. It's not really espresso that I get from it, but I like what it makes anyway. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
