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Look No Further
OK, there are plenty of other reviews to tell you how to use this thing.
Let me tell you what I started using it for - motorcycle travel. But now I use it everyday, even at home.
Its indestructable, fast, and a breeze to clean. If you can source (1) ground coffee and (2) boiling water, you're good to go. If you like to go camping, this is the holy grail of coffee makers.
Note that you don't use boiling water with this, but since you need to use water at slightly less than boiling - about 175, you have to have a way to get it that hot. When I'm on the road in Mexico, I use a JetBoil.
I don't like hotel coffee or their coffee makers, so I throw my Aerobie into my carryon bag. I buy Starbucks breakfast blend whole bean and grind it myself using a burr grinder (more on that somewhere else, I found the best in the world here on Amazon).
The best thing about the aerobie is not to get wound up about being precise. I don't measure the coffee or the temperature of the water, or how long I press down (they say about 20 seconds) - just play around with it and get it "in the ballpark", and you'll be fine.
As I type this, I am sipping a cup of coffee made with the aerobie. I get up, put the pot on the stove, and grind some whole bean. With a few scoops placed into the press, I wait until I hear the water in the pot stir to life, but before it makes the pot whistle. I pour a little out of the pot into the sink to observe how steaming hot the water is, and then I fill the tube on the aerobie. Honestly, I dont pay attention to the markings on the press, as I said, I do this all by the "pinch of this, pinch of that" style of kitchen management.
Once you press your coffee into your cup (and it better be a strong cup, since you will wail down on the plunger) you'll have a few ounces of really strong european style coffee - just add more water to fill your cup to your likeing/strength. Once again, I do this all at 90 miles an hour, so to speak, and I don't fret about getting the measurements the same every time.
Hands down, this method will be anything you can buy in the store, hotel, interstate truck stop, airport, or even your use-to-be favorite coffee percolator.
[Wednesday, August 27, 2008]
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This thing is the best thing since sliced bread... seriously!
This is one of my favorite purchases in a long time, right up there with the iPhone. I use it everyday, usually more than once, and have stopped my daily starbucks trip because of it. So it really pays for itself in a couple of weeks.
It makes the best tasting Americano's and Latte's you could imagine. Just love it.
[Wednesday, August 20, 2008]
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yumm
