<p>katliamom, thanks for the bow! It’s surprisingly easy (once you have the equipment and settle on your preferred settings) but don’t tell anyone, then it’ll weaken my bragging rights. The flavors can be quite different depending on the bean, roasting times, and temperatures, but yummm… now we’re completely hooked. And yes, I know how obsessive-compulsive it sounds. (so I don’t admit it to just anyone)</p>
<p>My cholesterol level is apparently unusually low, so I’m not going to worry about that for me, though dh probably should be tested again.</p>
<p>jasmom, you’re my hero.</p>
<p>I really like the Aero Press. It’s a pretty cheap coffee maker you can buy from specialty kitchen stores and the coffee’s never bitter.</p>
<p>For the best coffee you can use one of these or just go to one of the many coffee joints with one.About $4/cup</p>
<p>[How</a> the Clover could change the way we think about coffee. - By Paul Adams - Slate Magazine](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/id/2185655]How”>How the Clover could change the way we think about coffee.)</p>
<p>I will say that while my H likes his Mr Coffee, because it is easy, over the french press, the quality of coffee makes a huge difference. ( he gets up @4am so he doesn’t even want to boil water)
I splurged and bought some of this on the way home from school the other day & it was really good
[Espresso</a> Vivace Roasteria](<a href=“http://www.espressovivace.com/intro.html]Espresso”>Espresso Vivace Home)</p>
<p>Wow–$11,000 for a coffee machine!!!</p>
<p>We’re big fans of the gold filters for our Braun machine. Read something sometime about the white filters having formaldehyde in them or something. Anyway, we bought a gold filter then & have never gone back - coffee seems crisper / cleaner. Could be our imagination, but at least we save money not buying filters all the time.</p>