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If a wet fart floats in the air and gets caught in a jet stream traveling 113 miles per hour leaving Salt Lake and lands as a huge steaming pile of shit in the Bronx does the stench of failure cross the Atlantic and reach England before January?
 
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If a wet fart floats in the air and gets caught in a jet stream traveling 113 miles per hour leaving Salt Lake and lands as a huge steaming pile of shit in the Bronx does the stench of failure cross the Atlantic and reach England before January?
Nicely done!!!
 
If a wet fart floats in the air and gets caught in a jet stream traveling 113 miles per hour leaving Salt Lake and lands as a huge steaming pile of shit in the Bronx does the stench of failure cross the Atlantic and reach England before January?
Maybe. However someone periscopes their reaction to it so people in England have an idea of what to expect.
 
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Coffee preference?
French press; aero-press; k-cup; instant or standard coffee maker?

Since BXLio is a self-described not a big coffee guy I'm gonna take a swing -

All coffee methods have their merits -

Personally I have 9 brew methods at my house because I am a big coffee guy. In my humblest of opinions drip (standard) is shit. You are using a great deal of coffee beans brewed fairly inefficiently and then some of it needs to sit - which sadly makes it worse by the minute (having nothing to do with heat and everything to do with air.)

I also can't stand K-cups - we have them at my job. Super environmentally terrible, and poor quality beans. For these reasons I have pretty much pushed for it's replacement with something almost as easy and infinitely better ... (details to come) - that being said people on the go-go still enjoy it's ease and quickness - but will we all like living in K-cup igloos after the apocalypse?

I have enjoyed french press coffee many times, and have a big one at home. I occasionally use this to make coffee when I have a few guests over. Not a bad method - but the actual pressing can lead to some grit and some bitterness that is not intended so i prefer the Sowden Softbrew - also what I have brought to work to replace the K-Cup. Plus it makes great cold brew overnight in your fridge!


Although the Sowden is an incredibly low acid high flavor brew - the tastiest brew method for me is the Chemex and that is my go-to for multiple guests coming over since I don't have a solo or two cup one, only the big 8 cup version. It does require a filter which neither of the previous methods require.

Other interesting methods are the pour-over styles, namely the hario and kaleda (I prefer kaleda)

Lastly you mention Aero-press!

I love me some aeropress - when I have time, and just want one cup for myself i often reach for the aeropress - the coffee ritual for me, weighing and grinding the beans, measuring out my portion, brewing etc. is made even more fun with a little assembly of the aero-press - but again I say when I have time because if you do not clean your aero-press before enjoying your cup it can be a real pain to get apart and clean. My favorite travel piece (light) great for camping and at one point you could even use one while flying in an airplane - damn terrorists ruin everything.

So to answer your question

Best low-skill ease of coffee-making - Sowden Softbrew
Best replacement for French press - Chemex
Great single cup options - Kaleda or hario-style pourover
Delicious but requires more skill and time - Aero-press.

Obviously all this should be done with beans ground to the correct format and that have bean sealed in an airtight container. These beans should be no older than a month past roasting date.

Thoughts?
 
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Personally I have 9 brew methods
Jesus. How big is your apartment?

you do not clean your aero-press before enjoying your cup it can be a real pain to get apart and clean.
Annoying, but it takes like 15 seconds to clean.

could even use one while flying in an airplane
My aero is plastic, trying to figure out why you can't use it on the airplane? (Aside from where you're getting your water from, which I don't think is terrorism related)

I mostly drink cold brew at home, and pick between a french press and an aeropress if I need to make something else.
 
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Personally I use the Keurig with the basket adaptor that allows me to use my own coffee. Quick, convenient and a helluva lot cheaper and better than the K-Cups.
 
Jesus. How big is your apartment?


Annoying, but it takes like 15 seconds to clean.


My aero is plastic, trying to figure out why you can't use it on the airplane? (Aside from where you're getting your water from, which I don't think is terrorism related)

I mostly drink cold brew at home, and pick between a french press and an aeropress if I need to make something else.

three different pour-overs take up like no space, a big chemex in the cabinet, same with aeropress, 2 sizes of softbrew and scales on top of the fridge, espresso machine in a corner on the counter, and a clever press (i've used 1 time) pretty much sits in a cabinet in it's box - i used to work at a coffee shop so I had lots of discounts and access.

My aero is also plastic - saidly the FAA decided that having hot water in a thermos that you bring on board is dangerous - and requesting hot water to then brew looks too much like you are making a bomb or something. I'm half serious.

for more info please read here ... http://sprudge.com/faa-bans-brewing-devices-on-flights-54687.html

and yes you are right it isn't terrorism related - but kind of a soft reasoning - i mean if I am drinking their hot coffee next to someone and the plane hits turbulence then i spill hot coffee on them ... if i have hot water and am moving it through a tube aeropress into a mug how is that any different?
 
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