Clever Coffee Dripper- (Java)

Simple and it makes GREAT coffee!
I've bought a few french press coffee makers over the years and love them until it's time to clean them. You end up spending more time cleaning that metal mesh than you do drinking the coffee you made with it. This combines the parts of the french press I like (more control over the brewing time, better flavor, variable strength of the brew) and eliminates the mess. Another thing about this device I appreciate is that I can take it to the homes of people that don't drink coffee and make my own there; several members of my family prefer tea but I still love them despite their being wrongly wrong in their wrongness about tea.

I put in a #4 filter, wet it so it stays in place, scoop in the coffee, add the water a bit at a time (get the grounds wet and sit for a few seconds so they won't float to the top as much), wait several minutes and then put the dripper on the mug. There's a recessed plate that the rim of the mug hits that will open the valve at the bottom of the dripper...

Better than the cheap Mr. Coffee drip machine
I've been having a terrible time lately with coffee. I blame my in-laws, who I visited in Germany recently. They had a Bosch coffee machine, well beyond my means (something like 1000 euros!) that made the best coffee. So I came home seriously depressed over the state of our terrible drip coffee, made in a cheap Mr. Coffee machine. (I should say I know this machine sucks, but before that we had a cuisinart that leaked. then a melitta drip machine that made good coffee but broke in 9 months. We have bad luck with machines, and since my husband brought home the Mr. Coffee machine, I've just been using it. He doesn't mind it--he drinks folgers. *shudder*)

I wasn't willing to buy yet another coffee maker that wasn't going to last or work or make good coffee. I pulled out my old french press and started using it, and the upshot was this: I don't like french press coffee. I don't like the grounds that invariably get in there. I don't like cleaning the press. It may be...

Just what I needed.
I have a cabin in the woods with no electricity. This was the perfect solution to making great coffee. The best part of the Clever Coffee Dripper is that you can brew your coffee for as long as you want before pouring it into your cup.

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