Subtle Rantings

I love coffee. Not to the extent many others do, but I do love it. My wife on the other hand doesn’t. She doesn’t like the smell, much less the taste. Kind of like beer, but that’s a different story.

Since I only prepare enough coffee for one, when I stumbled upon the AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker I was intrigued. Not only could I make individual coffee servings, I could use real coffee beans and not those awful instant coffee, single serving pods or bags. Plus, it also claimed to make coffee superior than your normal drip brewer. This I had to see.

As I had hoped for, I received one of these AeroPress’ for Christmas and I immediately put it to use. I have to say it appeared that it was going to be a little more complicated that I had hoped when I first opened the box. However, that was a mistaken impression. It wasn’t difficult at all when I was making my first cup.

When I’m done, clean up is just as easy as making it as I only have to rinse off all the components and dry them off. There’s no pot to clean or drip messes to clean up. And in my experience, I have found the coffee produced by the AeroPress to actually be far smoother and better tasting than any coffee I’ve ever brewed.

That’s great Jonathan, but I sometimes I want to prepare more than just one one serving of coffee. That’s OK, the AeroPress can make up to 4 servings of coffee! This will be plenty if you want to prepare coffee for two or three people.

Some of you may think this is just another type of French Press, but it’s not. While similar, it is different. Here’s what the manufacturer, Aerobie, has to say about it:

AEROPRESS coffee is micro-filtered. It so pure and particle-free that it can be stored for days as a concentrate. The concentrate can be drunk as espresso, mixed with milk for lattes, or diluted to make American coffee. French presses cannot make espresso or lattes.

Finally, cleaning the French press is quite a chore. The AEROPRESS chamber is self-cleaning. A ten-second rinse of the plunger is all that’s required.

The AeroPress is definitely worth every penny of it’s ~$25 price tag. I might even pick up another one to leave at the office so I don’t have to drink that corporate sludge they call coffee. If you get one or have one, let me know what you think about it and if you have any suggestions or tips to share with us.

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