3 easy, affordable, utterly low-tech methods for brewing a barista-worthy cup.
Not to hate on the 12-cup automatic drip coffee maker taking up approximately a quarter of the counter space in your kitchen, but there are far better ways to make coffee at home. When we want a superior cup of that good brown morning medicine—especially when we spent good money on
that we took the time to grind ourselves—we turn to a handful of low-tech brewing methods to get the most our of the beans.These are our three favorite affordable, small-batch coffee brewing devices and what we like about them.No paper filter, no problem—and no waste! The French press brews by soaking ground coffee directly in hot water rather than letting water pass through the grounds and then a filter.
Coffee brewed in an Aeropress boasts a super-quick brew time and is generally a very smooth cup of joe with very low acidity. Some people claim that the Aeropress can brew coffee that’s as strong as espresso, since you are technically brewing it under pressure, but that’s not actually possible. No matter: It's compact and lightweight enough to bring just about anywhere you go, and is the ultimate hedge against arriving at your Airbnb to find out the coffee maker is broken.
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