Friday, August 3, 2012

Black Coffee Yeah!

Just to get you in the mood.

This is my official review of the aforementioned Aeropress.

Moka Pot


The Moka Pot is a stovetop espresso maker and makes a decent espresso like drink.  The aeropress too makes an espresso like drink. The coffee is very dark and very concentrated.  The aeropress, however, is easier to clean after use, and I think its easier to use.  The aeropress also allows for a much better control of the water temperature, since the moka pot just sits on your stovetop burners.  You are able to make coffee at the ideal temperature and your not in danger of letting it sit on the stovetop long after your drink is ready to enjoy.

French Press


The French Press is great.  It fully immerses your coffee grounds in that sweet ideal temperature, just like the aeropress.  The french press is great because it makes great coffee and its already in a nice pitcher.  An advantage of the aeropress is that it runs your coffee grounds through a microfilter, so you dont have to worry as much about the size of your coffee grounds or coffee grounds ending up in your coffee.  In addition, the french press makes coffee, not the strong espresso like drink that the aeropress is capable of.  

Aeropress

I am totally endorsing the aeropress.  It is a great easy to use design, with virtually no cleanup.  It makes a great espresso drink thats filtered and probably the least acidic of any other coffee brewing method.  In addition, you can add hot water to make a regular cup of coffee. I would, in the future, recommend not getting the moka pot and just getting an Aeropress, to be honest. I still love the french press and believe the aeropress and french press serve different purposes.


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4 comments:

  1. RyDubAugust 3, 2012 at 10:23 AM

    Awesome song and awesome review. I love my french press because I can easily brew loose leaf tea in it in addition to coffee. I wonder if the aeropress would be any better for tea.

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  2. SawsheezleAugust 3, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    Very cool. I actually have been thinking about drinking coffee for its digestive regularizing benefits. I just can't stand the taste though.

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  3. capital_prototypeAugust 3, 2012 at 3:20 PM

    Saw: You could try adding half and half to light roast, but the cream is really bad for you. I try not to drink a lot of dairy products.

    Dub: I dont really think uber strong tea is a thing but you could definitely make tea with loose leaf tea leaves and thin it out with hot water. Not a big tea drinker so couldnt tell you if there would be any point to using the aeropress for tea.

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  4. SawsheezleAugust 3, 2012 at 3:59 PM

    I think the concept of using the aeropress for "ultra-tea" is not inline with traditional tea thoughts. I had a similar idea for using this with hops for infusing beer with a lot of flavor, but then I remembered that Schlitz got it right and they only add "just the kiss of the hops" to their brew.

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