1. Posted by Puffle on Mon, Jul 21, 2008, 4:06 pm PDT

Wonderfully informative.

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2. Posted by Swag Valance on Thu, Jul 24, 2008, 8:24 am PDT

Wonderfully duplicative of 30,000 other similar articles on the net.

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3. Posted by mamafelt on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 4:06 am PDT

and im supposed to get to work on time????

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4. Posted by Karate Sensei.M.71 on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 4:30 am PDT

Your Dad's a genius. The coffee bean is basically a fruitt. Coffee trees produce berries, called coffee cherries. These fruits are first green before turning red, and each fruit usually contains two beans. As others have stated, treat coffee beans like bread, they do go stale. I use a french press at work where they have a filtered hot water dispenser, works great!

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5. Posted by longdrive300plus on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 4:36 am PDT

French Press: $139.00 Bottled Water: $5.00 Burr Grinder: $289.00 Stove Top Kettle: $29.00 Getting Up at 4:15am to make coffee so you can actualy make it to work by 9am: PRICELESS!

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6. Posted by docnannie on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 4:49 am PDT

Store bought, off the shelf Folgers, well water, porcelain cup 10-12 ozs. I tablespoon half & half, 1 teaspoon sugar. Ahh... the perfect cup of coffee, .22 cents per cup, 5 minutes.

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7. Posted by ohakasei75 on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 4:51 am PDT

I like Folger's! No muss or fuss, good any time!

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8. Posted by gonnaroam on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 5:03 am PDT

French press coffee is always sick and full of sediment - I recommend using a Melitta style coffee filter. And grind the coffee - very fine - on Turkish grind. The result is delicious.

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9. Posted by gonnaroam on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 5:05 am PDT

French press coffee is always sick and full of sediment - I recommend using a Melitta style coffee filter. And grind the coffee - very fine - on Turkish grind. The result is delicious. And you can drink it right away - not wait a lousy four minutes!!!

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10. Posted by Randall B on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 5:19 am PDT

Get a cuisinart coffee maker and just add a pinch of salt to the coffee grounds, it will take out the slight bitterness of the ground beans. going through this B.S. 7 steps is ridiculous!

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11. Posted by dizzyboncoverdale on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 5:20 am PDT

Nice use of "duplicative", Swag Valance.

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12. Posted by gwbigdaddy on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 5:25 am PDT

After making the coffee in a french press, I put a paper towel in a funnel, insert the funnel into a beaker and filter the sediment out of the coffee. The best coffee you ever drank!

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13. Posted by Xaeber on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 5:33 am PDT

The perfect cup of coffee is subject to ones own taste. I, myself happen to enjoy Maxwell House 100% Columbian. It has a deeper, richer slightly more bitter taste that gives me a good kick first thing in the morning. Water is the only real big difference in making a great cup. Great water makes great coffee no matter what type you drink. When it comes right down to it when I'm staggering into the store or my kitchen at seven AM the last thing I'm concerned about is the perfection of my morning caffeine boost.

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14. Posted by mandalee65 on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 5:45 am PDT

Starbucks Sumatra coffee beans in my cheapie Wal-Mart grinder and cheapie 4-cup coffee pot work just fine for me.

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15. Posted by sarita on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 5:49 am PDT

I live in Scandinavia so our tab water is pretty okay. I use already grounded coffee (=not the cheapest nor the most expensive brands) and then I brew it with my classic Moccamaster. Very good, basic coffee. I've sometimes tried grouding my own beans, but I think my coffee machine makes such good coffee as it is, that the money spent on beans is somewhat wasted.

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16. Posted by Paige on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 6:02 am PDT

longdrive300plus...... love it! :)

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17. Posted by on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 6:04 am PDT

simply go to tim horton's, and if'n u ain't from da country of canada, too bad soooo sad !! me no habla da inglishiess very wel come to the jung gle

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18. Posted by flo on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 6:05 am PDT

Ha ha! I'm not that industrious to get that perfect cup of coffee. I use good old prepacked local coffee powder. (Malaysian) Boil the water ,pour over the coffee packet,Stir and throw away that packet and my purfect coffee is ready.My friends like my purfect cup of coffee.(I add sugar/milk for those who want that)

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19. Posted by patriot_of_america on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 6:09 am PDT

I like camp-style, percolated coffee. I grind at the store to a very coarse grain that's fairly large compared to pre-ground, but works better in a percolator, and use a camping percolator on a hot plate at home to brew. Not the same as heating on a white-gas powered Coleman Stove, but close enough without keeping such a stove in the kitchen.

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20. Posted by Starburst on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 6:12 am PDT

Using a french press takes no more time than a conventional coffee maker. I started using one about a year ago so I can have my coffee one cup at a time instead of making a pot and having it sit on the burner. Takes the same amount of time as making a cup of tea! If you try pressing too soon then you will get the sediment, but if you wait the 4 minutes then it settles and the press should keep most of this away. If you havent tried the press then you really should give it a try!

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21. Posted by divascaramouche on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 6:16 am PDT

One of the best coffees I've found is the Pathmark arabica. Consistently fine, tasty, full-bodied pots. Maxwell House is good, too. Both are better than the pricey coffees from Gourmet Garage.

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22. Posted by jo on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 6:29 am PDT

if you grind the coffee to fine then it will leave a sediment but if made right not bad does not taste good with your every day folgers and maxwell house but i have used dunkin donuts that was coarse and it was good

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23. Posted by mlf004 on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 6:38 am PDT

Wow, I didn't realize people took to coffee in such extreme measures. I might have to pursue this...something to look into as usually the coffee I drink at work tastes as good as a gym sock.

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24. Posted by frankiquilts on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 6:50 am PDT

Best coffee is at the Ciao Bar in Comiso, Sicily, Italy. Illy Cafe coffee brand. But, since I can't be there, my perfect cup is true Kona or Peet's Sumatra with a bit of sugar and Mocha Mix. Pre-ground and using a drip coffee maker. Using a coffee press is a bit pretentious. I've travelled all over Europe and the only place I've ever seen them is here in the U.S. Like I said ... pretentious.

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25. Posted by coffeedude on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 7:18 am PDT

Dennis is right and wrong. A filter is much more enviromentally friendly than bottled water, no contest. But, a drip with a paper filter is not even close to a french press (even with heating an extra 2 ounces of preheat water) in terms of being green. In fact, I can't think of any normal coffee making method that would be more green than a french press.

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26. Posted by Warren's Images on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 8:03 am PDT

FYI: French presses cost about $20 to $40 depending on size. Not "longdrive300"'s $139.00

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27. Posted by freethelizards on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 8:22 am PDT

For those that drink the likes of Folgers and Maxwell House I'll give you a little tip - if you want water go to the faucet, it's cheaper.

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28. Posted by kenlassen on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 8:28 am PDT

For about $250 you can buy a reverse osmosis (ro) under sink water filter. Pretty easy to install and will pay for itself rather quickly.

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29. Posted by b_cris2007 on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 8:36 am PDT

add a little cinnamon and milk.

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30. Posted by Max on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, 9:32 am PDT

This really only applies to people who enjoy coffee after work. The average person can't go through all this hassle in the morning. And I'm assuming that the author of the article wrote this with that in mind. This is a smarter way that going to Starbucks for $4 a cup of coffee, in the afternoon.

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