Coffee press for a perfect evening
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I don’t know how many of you have discovered the delight of a coffee press. I’ve been through three now. Mainly because I broke one and had to reorder it. (No, it’s not a Donald coffee press… But that does make me wonder if I have an advanced case of break-ism.) I now have two coffee presses, one that’s a two-cupper, and the single cupper above in the picture.
If you’re unfamiliar with coffee presses, they’re wonderful inventions. Also known as the French press, it’s been around for a while. Basically, you put a scoop of fresh ground coffee (or if you’re lazy, Maxwell House) into the glass beaker, add hot water, stir and let steep for 2 minutes. Afterwards, you slowly “press” the plunger down, pushing the grounds to the bottom of the beaker. The result is a fresh, espresso-like cup of incredible goodness. There’s a good article here about how to achieve the best brew.
It’s become a part of my evening routine. It makes for a perfect evening, after the kids are in bed to press a cup or two of coffee, snatch up the book of the moment, climb into an easy chair and drink up the quietness of the evening. (Of course, the quietness is often interrupted by Caro’s favorite shows - Design on a Dime, Deal or No Deal, or Dancing with the Dorks.
So what’s your nightly routine look like? Post kids? Keep it clean, please! ;)
April 18th, 2008 at 8:33 am
We once owned a coffee press. Lou loved it. I’m not much of a coffee man but I enjoyed using for others. Our nightly involves scrubbing kids, tucking kids, then trying to clean up the house until we both collapse (usually doesn’t take long). So as you see our evening involves all sorts of dirty activities.
April 18th, 2008 at 8:57 am
clean? you’re no fun….not to mention boring.
i don’t care for coffee….LOVE the smell, hate the taste, so it’s perfect for me that tj likes it. my routine post kids usually involves some kind of vice, though. either ice cream or a reese’s cup and/or a coke. a little “thank you, lord, i survived another day” kind of prayer, and let’s definitely not forget the adult conversation! ever so important in a house of 6 little ones and very little quietness during the day. sometimes i just sit in the dark and revel in NO “wipe-my-booty-i’m-thirsty-she-took-my-_______” squeals.
April 18th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Alan and I drink a lot of coffee. We dont own a coffee press, but do however own a coffee pot which is good for making coffee. HA!
Our nightly routine (post kids) normally involes us watching the news @ 9 on channel 16 or an episode of AI that we have DVR’d. If you havent watched Fox News @ 9 you need to. Its sooooo funny!!! We dont watch for the news, we watch for the laughs!
April 19th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Is there any particular reason, Linda, why Fox News is so funny? I have never thought of the news being funny… Unless it’s about the Razorbacks… ;)
April 20th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
It would be like Me, Daniel Bryant and Derek Peters doing the local news. There are tons of pauses and blank stares deep into the camera, looking at the wrong camera for at least 45 seconds. Once I saw a reporter covering an election of some kind and he was at the candidate’s watch party. Once he realized the camera was on him 30 seconds later he said… ” Yes, we are here at (pause) Yes, we are here at (2nd pause) Now he begins to panic and looks around to see if he could see someone holding up an election sign…. with no luck he looks straight into the camera and asked …. “Where are we?” You just have to see it to understand.