Last year, we asked the staff of the edge To tell us about their favorite coffee and tea makers, grinders, and other gadgets. A year later, we thought we’d discover other caffeine delivery systems used as our journalists worked during their days.
If you’re excited too, we hope you enjoyed checking out some of the tools we enjoy using for our daily injections.
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Zojirushi Micom Kettle & Heating
The idea of having pre-boiled water on the tap in a machine may be sacrilegious to some, but I can’t imagine my life without my life, especially in the winter. I drink iced coffee all year round, so I use it to make tea, oatmeal, rice porridge, and anything else that needs hot water.
These are ubiquitous in every Japanese home – I remember my grandmother having at least three in different rooms. It holds a lot of water, and its multiple temperature settings mean you can adapt to whatever you’re making. I’ve had an older model of the Zojirushi kettle that was 135 ounces warm for over five years, and it’s still going strong. It’s a good option for people who refuse to heat water in the microwave for tea (messy folks) but are too lazy to use the kettle every time (me). I’m bad at remembering to actually refill it – pressing the button and the last remaining drops appearing is very sad. Don’t be like me!!! – Mia Sato, Platform and Community Reporter
This 4.0L (135oz) kettle and heater features a panoramic window for checking water levels, comes with four “warm” temperatures, and has a quick temperature mode that will heat the water without letting it boil.
Infiniti cappresso conical grinder
Last year, I recommended the Cappresso Infinity Conical Burr as a relatively low-cost coffee grinder that worked so well in helping us brew our morning coffee to the French press. Well, it’s been a year and we’re still happy with it. As I wrote before, this is not a top-notch grinder – it uses metal instead of ceramic burrs, for example. Cleaning still isn’t that easy, although I’ve learned that sprinkling a few drops of water into the beans before I start grinding will severely reduce the static that makes all those little grinders cling to different parts of the grinder. (Try it; it works!) But it still grinds our coffee beans to a good coarseness, and a year later, we still happily use it to make our morning coffee. – Barbara Krasnoff, Review Editor
The solid steel conical blades grind your beans for a range of coffee makers, from ultra-fine for Turkish coffee to coarse for French coffee.
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Mr. Coffee – 5 Programmable Cups
I make my daily cup of coffee with as basic a machine as you can get it – you pour ground coffee into a filter, add water, and push a button. There is not much thought or scope for making choices that can drastically change the type of coffee experience you will have. I’ve already philosophical polish about this approach for far too many words, but TL; Simple DR: In the morning, I want coffee to make me less tired, and if I’m tired, I don’t want to be fussed with something that requires me to set timings or temperatures.
In some ways, Mr. Coffee is more a device than a tool, but that’s okay. There is room for both my heart and my kitchen. For those who like to practice the art of making coffee, everything else on this list is totally worth it. (Plus, there’s no shame in drinking Mr. Coffee from an East Fork cup; I do it every day.) But if you’re looking for an easy, economical way to fix your caffeine, this machine is hard to beat. – Mitchell Clark, news writer
If all you want is a good, basic and easy cup of coffee, Mr. Coffee is as traditional as you can get. The programmable coffee maker makes 35 ounces and can be used immediately or programmed to start while you get out of bed.
Bodum Cafetera 3 cups French Press
I don’t know, man. I’m not interested in discussions about “best” coffee or anything else. Being able to drink trash coffee is a job skill for me – I don’t guarantee good coffee for reporting on trips, especially to conferences. I just have an addiction, you know? I’ll definitely go microwave the half-drunken cup of coffee I forgot to take and sip the rest of it.
Anyway, I bought a French press from Bodum about a decade ago, and I still use it. You don’t have to buy this one in particular; I only recommend getting something simple and sturdy that you can run before your coffee. However, the forest green color is very beautiful. – Elizabeth Lobato, Senior Correspondent
This basic French 12-ounce capsule makes great coffee without filters or capsules: simply pour in ground coffee, pour in hot water, wait a few minutes, press down, and pour.
Look, sometimes I pride myself on how basic I am. I adore the AeroPress for its simplicity, even though I use my 14-cup Cuisinart coffee maker a day. The AeroPress has intrigued me since the first time I saw it used in a coffee shop in the Netherlands. It’s super simple, yet can make a great cup of coffee, and the process is half the fun. It gives me the slightest feeling that I’m doing something by hand, sort of like a ritual of developing your own film. And like this process, it is horribly inefficient and overcomes a small mountain of inertia and laziness to get it done. But she is fun, and when I don’t screw it up she is able to make the best coffee in my house. It’s a lot of fun out of some plastic and rubber staple tubes, and I love it even if it spends most of its time in the kitchen cupboard. – Antonio C. Di Benedetto, commercial writer
The coffee maker that became popular among enthusiasts for its exquisite brewing process.
Bialetti Express Mocha Bowl
I love AeroPress and everything, but Bialetti espresso pots are a curse Institute This is near and dear to my heart. Learning to use one of these rites is a small rite of passage in many Italian families. I started using one to make espresso for my parents, aunts and uncles when I was about seven years old. Every birthday, anniversary, or unannounced visit that calls for cake and coffee inevitably means my siblings or siblings will be tasked with making espresso for adults—and since I was younger, menial work responsibilities shifted.
On the stovetop espresso makers come in a variety of sizes, and my mom owned nearly a dozen of them (she would receive them as gifts and would be happy to gift one to anyone who wants or needs to spread the love). You can have it as small as 1 large cup or 12 large cups. It’s not entirely foolproof, as my memories of a dining room full of grumpy old Italians complaining about coffee burnt under their breath can attest, but the learning curve is far from steep. There is a treasure to these coffee makers beyond the great espresso they make. Yes, one small delight is the adorable mascot of L’omino coi baffi (the little man with the mustache) on the side of the pot, but Bialetti brewing is usually a shared event. Wear it after a big meal with guests and get a fun dose of caffeine while sitting around the table for an exciting conversation. Pair it with some sambuca or grappa to make people really feel good, and don’t forget to talk with your hands. – Antonio C. Di Benedetto, commercial writer
Want a traditional Italian coffee? This is what should be in your kitchen. Bialetti Express is made in Italy and will serve you great coffee for years to come.
AeroPress and Bialettis both make great coffee, but for the past couple of years I’ve settled on the Hario V60 as my brewing method. When I make one cup, I use Hario’s ceramic mini coffee freezer, but recently, I got one of the Hario glassware, which can make up to three cups at a time, and looks really cool when sitting at the breakfast table.
I like the V60 for several reasons. First, it obviously makes great coffee, but it’s also important to me that it looks nice. These items are on my kitchen counter all day, every day, so I prefer that they aren’t sore in the eye. Finally, and a little counterintuitively, I kind of like that the V60 is more difficult to brew than both the AeroPress and Bialetti. There’s more skill in that, whether it’s learning how to slowly pour boiling water over coffee (a gooseneck kettle is helpful here) or trying different grind sizes (consider choosing a flat or conical rotary grinder for the job).
But you don’t have to be a bit geek like me to get a nice cup of coffee from the V60. At first, I’d use a cheap blade grinder and a standard electric kettle and get delicious results using YouTuber James Hoffman’s V60 coffee method. Start there, and feel free to experiment if you like the results – John Porter, news reporter
This classic ceramic drip machine is designed to produce an evenly brewed cup of coffee.
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I didn’t do this on purpose, but the Silver Yeti Rambler Mug became my official coffee mug. I have a lot of mugs, which I never use because I make 20 ounces of coffee every morning in my Chemex and pour all 20 ounces straight into the Rambler. It’s large enough to hold a load of coffee in the morning, insulated enough to keep it hot all morning, and strong enough to withstand the occasional drop of stress or the daily hits in my bag. It is dishwasher safe.
I bought two lids for the Rambler as well – one with a magnetic slider for sipping and keeping coffee warm and one that holds a straw for iced coffee days. My only regret: not getting the one to hold the handle, which adds an element of comfort to everything. – David Pierce, itinerant editor
This large insulated mug is advertised on the manufacturer’s website as perfect for beer gardens, but let’s face it, it also holds a lot of coffee.
As a number of my colleagues may remember, a little less than two years ago on our team’s Slack channel, I was highly critical of buying a $100 cup of coffee that did nothing but keep your coffee (or tea, hot cocoa, or any other liquid) you like to drink hot. ) at the temperature you set it to. Perhaps this was a case of a schoolyard bully ignoring a kid who had a crush to hide their true feelings because I had been looking forward to one of Ember’s fancy mugs for years.
And when Best Buy put its exclusive blue Ember Mug V2 on sale on Black Friday, it finally did. Reader, this mug is awesome. It keeps my coffee hot no matter how long I take to consume it, I never have to microwave it in a room-temperature mug, and I can even tweak its settings depending on what I drink from it (coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon, usually). I even occasionally enjoy updating the firmware on my coffee mug, a sentence that only made sense to anyone a few years ago.
To be clear, this is a completely trivial product that no one actually needs. It makes something a little more annoying, and its drawbacks (cost, can’t put it in the dishwasher, did I mention cost?) are likely to outweigh those benefits for most people. It’s a little embarrassing how much I love it, which is why it’s the perfect guilt-free pleasure. I’m enjoying it, I feel a little embarrassed about it, and I’d like to never talk about it again. Dan Seifert, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
The Ember Mug 2 is a smart, temperature-controlled mug that keeps drinks hot for up to 80 minutes while on battery or all day when sitting on a plug-in vessel. Companion iOS and Android apps let you dial in at a specific temperature, from 120 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit.
from San Jose News Bulletin https://sjnewsbulletin.com/more-coffee-and-tea-favorites-from-the-verge/
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