Regrettably I need at least a minimum of 3 coffee's a day to pass the day without feeling a little sleepy. Why is coffe sold everywhere if it's so addictive.

oddly, i really don't drink coffee for the caffeine. i love the taste imo. at least, that's what my caffeine addicted brain has been tricked into thinking?

Chips and other salty snacks are sold everywhere and if you define "addictive" loosely they might qualify (e.g., they aren't good for you and it's hard to keep a big bag around, eating only a few chips each time you open it. Many consume more and more as time goes on) .

OTOH coffee is a traditional drink and a mild stimulant if used in moderation.

That said, there was a time when I drank too much. But the Aeropress combined with a thermal cup I've been promoting here has cut down on my over-drinking (of coffee ) by making one delicious cup that lasts my morning and stays warm. And once you get older you stay away from coffee after dinner if you want a shot at sleep.

~ Rick

This. I usually make one 3-scoop mug per day. Sometimes on saturdays I'll have a second, but even that is pretty rare. Lower consumption means I don't feel so bad about buying the fancier coffee on occasion. A 12-oz bag lasts me a little over a week.

Is this all there is to it?

I mean ,what if I just want to make more for just one cup? Like, if I fill I put in 4 scoops of coffee, and then fill it up to the 4 level, it takes very long to get all the coffee out, and is difficult to press. Are you saying I need to just do 2 scoops, press it, put two new scoops of beans in, and press it again? Or, use the old grinds that are in there from the previous press, and just add water again?

AA is actually refering to bean size.

New scoops always, never repress old ground.

Yum black coffee. Yum.

I LOVE COFFEE

Love black coffee.

Filter > Espresso?
Espresso > Filter?

ARGGGGGGH

NEED MORe COFFEE

Glad I stumbled on this thread.
You guys got me really interested in the aeropress. I've been using a french press every morning at work for a few years (the coffee there is almost undrinkable).
I wonder if the aeropress is noticibly better than the french press but for $30 I guess its hard not to at least try it out.
I do wonder how some office folk will react to a bong like device on my desk at first...

Ive had my aeropress for months and I hardly use it, though check out Brew Methods and I think you will probably find a better way to brew it than the default that is advised.

If you have access to a grinder I'd say give pour over/filter coffee a shot, similar to french press but much cleaner and tastier.... and much more frustrating to get right

lol...too many measurements in all those links.

Here's my method:

Put water in a small pitcher in the microwave for 2 minutes.
While that is going I grind the beans for 10 seconds. Then I wash the aeropress's rubber bottom part thing. Then I grind the beans for another 10 seconds. Then I pour the coffee into the aeropress and then add the water up to the "2" mark. And then I stir for 15 seconds, and then press.

And it comes out amazing every time.

Anyways, this is what I did when I could afford coffee beans Now I use instant

any suggestions for an inexpensive user friendly espresso machine??

aeropress.

Who knew what I've been doing had a name!

My Pour over method:
Nuke 16oz good water for 5 minutes.
Add coffee and stir.
Pour through paper filter into another cup.

Different coffee requires different amount of stir time, but it's very simple once you get it down.
I tend to use disposable paper cups, so almost no clean up.

Thanks for the link. It wasn't till I looked up some brew methods that I realised that I was grinding my beans too finely. Simply reducing the time I grind for has significantly improved the taste of my brew, and also resulted in less "gunge" at the bottom of my mug.

If you can find it (it seems to be widely available in the UK), I highly reccommend Indian Monsooned Malabar beans. It's a dark roast coffee with an almost burnt/chocolatey flavour. Rich, heavy and satisfying!

Right now I drink either Tim Hortons which I think is gross but gets addicting and I can acquire a taste for it after drinking it for a while, or instant coffee such as Nescafe, Maxwell House, ect. that I actually like quite a bit but I'm trying to not use milk or creamer now because of my diet.

What coffee would you reccommend if I want to drink it black and I could get kinda easily in Canada? Tim Hortons black is absolutely horrible and so is the Van Houtte K-cups that are used in the Keurig machines...well the K-cups are horrible even with creamer.

http://shop.squaremilecoffee.com/ For people in the UK, or rest of the world for that matter. These guys are amazing.

If you're in canada check out http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/ which is american but from what I gather ships quickly and easily all over.

Both top notch.

Wait a minute. So you let the coffee sit in the water for longer....thus giving you a stronger cup. This seems ****ing brilliant.

The way my folks do it (and thus the way I learned to do it) is to put the filter over the pot, put beans in, add hot water,water drips through. But IMO this doesn't give the beans enough time to mix with the water so the coffee isn't strong enough.

Am I reading your isht right, I'm gonna try it tomorrow.

This is my local tea and coffe shop. They've been roasting coffee in the same place for nearly 200 years, and even their roasting machines that they still use are over 50 yrs old. Going in there is like stepping back into Victorian times. When they're doing a roast, you can smell it for miles, absolutely fantastic!

omg, i need to get some money so i can fuel my Kenya AA addiction.

http://www.pouredover.com/2010/01/ha...io-v60-im.html

Get a somewhat finer grind/pour the water slower, at intervals.

I, for one, welcome our new robotic barista overlords.

God thats amazing.

Find a local roaster and just try some stuff until you find one you like IMO.