This Website Could Save Your Life

Well, it at least saved my second cup of coffee. See, I've been using this French press for several years now but was always frustrated about how bitter the coffee got on the second cup or if it stood around too long. Even if drip brewed coffee didn't taste as good on the first cup, at least it stayed pretty much consistent if you kept the brew in a caraffe.

Coffeegeek gave me the pointer that the problem wasn't my stirring method or the amount of coffee I was using but it was the GRINDER I was using. Seems the cheaper Braun grinders don't give you a consistent size of grain and its important that your coarsely ground coffee be consistent with the presses.

There's some other stuff on here although its a bit sparser than you might think and one gets the sinking suspicion that its some there's some sort of evil coffee accessory cabal behind the whole thing. However at least one recent article recommended that you don't get into trying your own expresso since its too much trouble and expresso is best experienced in a cafe, preferably with another person. Makes sense to me.

Nevertheless, there's still plenty of good information written by people who actually drink coffee and are very, very, very enthusiastic. Although, that must might be the caffiene typing.