Aeropress Joys

I am an avid coffee drinker, although I have recently changed my intake to exactly two aeropress cups per day. Naturally, I add an additional amount of hot water to make it last a bit longer, but two cups seems to be the perfect amount to provide some energy without going overboard. I enjoy coffee in all its forms, from a bitter cup mixed with old grounds, to a smooth robust coffee made in an Aeropress. Although the Aeropress is convenient, I still tend to bring instant coffee when camping to make things even easier. I just enjoy being able to stay on the go and not having to deal with the extra garbage.

I think my favorite cup of coffee is that from a diner, where you sit for at least an hour and have unlimited refills while drinking what must be at least an entire pot. This is best enjoyed in a small American town where the coffee remains on a hot plate in a glass container the entire time. It isn't necessarily the best-tasting coffee, but it has a charm that makes it the most enjoyable. It gets double points if it is in a random town while on a bike tour.

One of the greatest joys of owning the Aeropress is how easy it is to screw it up. Traditionally, coffee can only really be screwed up by doing something awful, like forgetting to include grounds or leaving the water tank empty. Filtered coffee for a pot means only one chance to screw up per day, while Aeropress provides one chance per cup. Today's disaster was met when something happened to the filter paper, so there was no resistance when adding water. On it's own, this would not have been too bad, but rather than do stop pouring after I noticed that the water passing through quickly, I just poured faster and ended up with a lovely mess of grounds and hot water to clean up. Then, I still had to make a cup of coffee to be able to start the day.