I used to be a pour over snob, now I just use a French press at 6am

For 2 years I was that guy with the gooseneck kettle and V60, timing every pour and weighing beans to the gram. Then I had a baby 8 months ago and now I just dump coarse grounds in a French press with boiling water and call it good. Am I the only one who gave up the fancy stuff because life got in the way?

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umam952d ago

The pour over life is a phase, like having a pristine white couch. Then reality hits and you're just trying to get caffeine into your face hole before the tiny human demands your soul. I went from weighing my beans on a scale to eyeballing it while holding a screaming toddler on my hip. My French press is basically a glorified coffee bucket now and I'm not sorry. The only thing I'm measuring these days is how many minutes until my kid naps again.

irisg572d ago

My French press is basically a bucket of dirt water at this point too. @umam95 is right though, it's not that deep - caffeine is caffeine regardless of how fancy you get with it.