Maszman Speaks!

I’ve never liked the cof­fee at work and they don’t allow things like cof­fee mak­ers any­where other than des­ig­nated areas. I’ve been drink­ing mostly instant for a while now and hat­ing it. Last week I remem­bered an online dis­cus­sion of some­thing called the Aero­press, made by Aer­o­bie (yes, the folks that make the fly­ing disks). Here’s what it looks like:

It’s basi­cally a tube with a fil­ter at one end and a plunger. You fill the tube with ground cof­fee and hot water then use the plunger and air to force the water through the fil­ter into your cup. Since it essen­tially makes espresso, you need to dilute the result­ing cof­fee with hot water if you want reg­u­lar cof­fee. The result is excep­tion­ally good cof­fee, bet­ter than you’re likely to make your­self with­out spend­ing a lot more money. It’s also easy to clean since you can pop the used grounds right into the trash. I haven’t had it long enough yet to know the real eco­nom­ics but it should be more than price-competitive with most work cafeterias.

I got mine at Ama​zon​.com but lots of other places sell them too.

15 Things Worth Know­ing About Cof­fee — The Oatmeal