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Coffeemaker

The other day I decided to pull out my mom's coffeemaker.  It's just your standard run of the mill Mr. Coffee brand coffeemaker.  One of those drip brew ones.  Nothing fancy.  It turns on, and off.

I ran some water through it to see if it even worked.  it seemed to work.  I then cleaned it out using vinegar, and then ran water through it again.

Then I made a cup of coffee this morning with it instead of my usual French press.  It's a totally different taste.  Way smoother.  I like French press a lot... But this was good too.  I'll probably end up switching up my mornings.

Sometimes I go with tea as well.  I mean, it all depends on the day.

The thing about French pressing though, is that I don't use specifically course coffee like you're supposed to use.  I use a regular fine grind.  Then I wrap a filter around the mesh plunger part and slowly press down with that.  It does eventually press.  You just have to keep at it and do it slowly over the course of a minute or two.  When you just use the wire mesh part, you can just push down.

It makes for a STRONG brew though.  When you use a fine drip brew blend in a French press... Be ready for it.  It's pretty strong.  I'll then sip that at work pretty much all day.

What's interesting about the drip brew was, I really drank it fast.  I was done that by about lunch time.  I then switched to tea.  I guess because it was much smoother and a way more mellow flavor than the usual french press steep, I just kind of drank it much faster.

I think overall, I prefer French press.  The thing about using the coffeemaker though is, it's just quicker.  It's a lot easier to just toss a coffee filter than it is to clean out a French press.  Even though I use a filter on the press too, I still have to clean it out after the brew.

I might just end up switching to drip brew and then maybe save French press time for the weekend or when I really want a slowly steeped enjoyable cup.

I was considering going and getting some kind of fancy coffeemaker, but the thing about this one, even though it's just your bottom of the line Walmart coffeemaker, is that my mom used to use it to make her coffee.  So, it just has that connection to her.  Which is much more meaningful to me than some kind of super fancy coffeemaker.