I don't drink instant coffee (Oh, alright if you invite me into your van I'll take one to be social). So I've been wondering what to do in the van for proper coffee.
I think I've found the perfect thing! The Aeropress coffee maker -http://www.aeropresscoffee.co.uk/. It's small, unbreakable, self cleaning, pops the ground coffee out as a solid puck so no messy grounds everywhere and it makes decent coffee, even expresso. And it is reasonably priced.
It's a pretty clever idea too, it's just a large syringe. To make coffee remove the plunger, unscrew the base of the outer part, add a paper filter, add scoops of coffee into the top, stand on top of your mug and add hot water. Stir, leave for 30 seconds, and then neat part. Insert the rubber sealed plunger and slowly, slowly press down. The air above the water compresses and produces a high pressure which forces the water under pressure through the coffee, just like a real expresso machine.
Keep pressing and the plunger carries on down to compress the spent coffee grounds. Unscrew the base and the solid puck of coffee grounds drops out into your waste bin. Now the rubber seal of the plunger is protruding and a quick wipe cleans off any tiny grounds still sticking to it; pulling it back up through the chamber then cleans the inside of the chamber. No mess, no cleaning, neat. And a very good cup of coffee too.
Only downside I can see is that the device needs to sit on top of your mug so needs a reasonably wide mouthed coffee mug, a couple of our bone china mugs in the house are tall and slim and not a good fit. Not really a problem - most mugs are plenty wide enough anyway.
Should this review tempt anyone I got mine here http://www.creamsupplies.co.uk/index...ss&act=viewCat
I mention the website above because I was very impressed, I ordered mine 8:30 pm on Thursday evening and was using it Saturday morning so must have been immediate dispatch.
So drop by for a coffee when you see Brian The Snail (he sits on top of the dash).
Brian
I think I've found the perfect thing! The Aeropress coffee maker -http://www.aeropresscoffee.co.uk/. It's small, unbreakable, self cleaning, pops the ground coffee out as a solid puck so no messy grounds everywhere and it makes decent coffee, even expresso. And it is reasonably priced.
It's a pretty clever idea too, it's just a large syringe. To make coffee remove the plunger, unscrew the base of the outer part, add a paper filter, add scoops of coffee into the top, stand on top of your mug and add hot water. Stir, leave for 30 seconds, and then neat part. Insert the rubber sealed plunger and slowly, slowly press down. The air above the water compresses and produces a high pressure which forces the water under pressure through the coffee, just like a real expresso machine.
Keep pressing and the plunger carries on down to compress the spent coffee grounds. Unscrew the base and the solid puck of coffee grounds drops out into your waste bin. Now the rubber seal of the plunger is protruding and a quick wipe cleans off any tiny grounds still sticking to it; pulling it back up through the chamber then cleans the inside of the chamber. No mess, no cleaning, neat. And a very good cup of coffee too.
Only downside I can see is that the device needs to sit on top of your mug so needs a reasonably wide mouthed coffee mug, a couple of our bone china mugs in the house are tall and slim and not a good fit. Not really a problem - most mugs are plenty wide enough anyway.
Should this review tempt anyone I got mine here http://www.creamsupplies.co.uk/index...ss&act=viewCat
I mention the website above because I was very impressed, I ordered mine 8:30 pm on Thursday evening and was using it Saturday morning so must have been immediate dispatch.
So drop by for a coffee when you see Brian The Snail (he sits on top of the dash).
Brian
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