good coffee, less french

Continuing the trend of Andrle's appliances at work (let's hope I don't leave this job for a while...), today I'm briefly (we hope) heralding the greatness of the french press. Let's call it just a plain old coffee press. French just makes it sound too fancy. And french.

Anyway, since I have recently been quite naughty, making an outrageously expensive purchase (can't.... can't think about it right now), I realized that I need to put myself on a money-diet (among many kinds of diets, but this is the only one i'll dwell on right now). One of many spending sacrifices I now plan to make is a cutback of coffee purchases. Therefore, no more bi- (or tri- or...) weekly visits to a Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks. No, no, no.

But what to do? I so enjoy some tasty roasted-bean liquid throughout the workday, especially during the summer when I'm here for about 11 hours (8-6:45 or 7... that's too long!). I have an abundance of coffee waiting to be brewed at home, but trying to get hot beverage to work via my commute on the T is not at all convenient. I debated getting a small coffee maker for work, but I felt like having something that would plug in and make noise would be a problem.

Then, I visited my friend Kyla, and she uses (or has started to use) a coffee press. I had shied away from them during my freshman year of college, when I tried one and it tasted terrible. Turns out, I was just young and stupid, and should have not been using pre-ground coffee grinds, since they're too fine for a press.

Anyway, what occured to me when drinking coffee from a press that didn't taste like sludge was that this was my solution for work-coffee! I'm totally delighted. I purchased a single-serve (ish) sized french press (Bodum brand) and am completely satisfied with my decision.

Do I still feel high-maintenance and strange? Yes. But at least this is more subtle. And the coffee tastes so incredibly good... I might even change my coffee ways at home once I burn (yes, burn) through my already-ground supply.