{"id":198,"date":"2013-02-15T00:37:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T07:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2013-02-15T01:12:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T08:12:05","slug":"the-best-home-brewing-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/the-best-home-brewing-method\/","title":{"rendered":"The best home-brewing method"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have tried (and failed) many times over the years to produce an excellent cup of coffee at home. I’ve tried various drip brewers, many different timings and ratios with a French press, and at least a hundred attempts with an Italian moka pot, including the Brikka, which includes a pressurized cap. That one actually made some good tasting stuff – about 15% of the time. Arg! For several years I had given up. Only the espresso at the shop was good enough to drink.<\/p>\n

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Ah, but no more. This past year I picked up an Aeropress. This is it! It’s simple to use, easy to clean (very important!) and CONSISTENTLY produces are really great-tasting cup, bringing out the nuances of the bean lot. I can’t recommend it highly enough and at only $30, it’s the best piece of brew gear to be had anywhere for under a thousand. For a couple years, some friends have been telling me to get one. I should have listened to them earlier.<\/p>\n

The exact brewing method is up for debate, but the instructions on the Stumptown website here<\/a> are pretty good. For maximum effectiveness, you are going to need a quick-read digital thermometer and, of course, a burr-grinder. I have found through many brewings that if I try to guess on the water temperature, it doesn’t turn out near as well. My thermometer was out of batteries for a couple weeks recently and everything went south. Do yourself a favor and get one of these for the bean lover in your life – perhaps even yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have tried (and failed) many times over the years to produce an excellent cup of coffee at home. I’ve tried various drip brewers, many different timings and ratios with a French press, and at least a hundred attempts with an Italian moka pot, including the Brikka, which includes a pressurized cap. That one actually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/coffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}