Simplicity Saturday: Coffee is Life
Coffee. That warm liquid that gives many of us life. There seem to be just as many different ways to make coffee as there are roasts of the bean. You can go with the old traditional drip method, or the single use pods that are pierced by magicians living in the machine. I was a drip girl for most of my life. I came from a family of drips. There was an occasional percolator while camping, but for the most part, it was drip coffee. The science and mechanisms of use were rather straightforward, which is a good thing, because complex procedures prior to coffee would not bode well. About 10 years ago, I switched from the tried and true drip method, in favor of the even MORE simple method of using a French press. I use an electric tea kettle that is close to 10 years old and it’s still going strong! We use the kettle at least twice a day, one for my morning coffee, then for our evening tea. It boils rather quickly too, so the part of the process that is the most time consuming is the s