Mmm, coffee.

[rikibeth]

I just had a terrific cup of coffee that I made in my own kitchen.

No, this doesn't sound like a big deal.

But, for the past year or so, I have not been making coffee at home at ALL.

No need to on weekdays. I get my coffee at work, for free.

And, on weekends, it seemed like a giant hassle when I was the only coffee drinker. So I made myself get up and go out for my coffee.

Not having coffee was not an option, as I discovered. Withdrawal headaches, lassitude, and general brainlessness.

At the old place, there were several purveyors of caffeine within walking distance.

Here, not so much. Or, anyway, a longer walk, and not one I was eager to undertake in pursuit of coffee.

I was absolutely resisting buying an electric coffee maker, though. I'm the only regular coffee drinker in the house -- I let melovechocolate have decaf froofy coffee drinks, but she clearly only likes them for the caramel and whipped cream, a cup of regular coffee is not what she wants. And while there are single-cup electric brewers, it seemed awfully wasteful of resources and counter space to have a whole appliance for that one cup of coffee two days a week.

French press, you say? Nope. I don't like the coffee that they make. Too chewy.

What I wanted was a single-cup Melitta cup-top filter holder. I could have sworn that they carried them at Bed Bath & Beyond, but nope. Not at Target, either.

Grr. I went ahead and ordered online. Two, so if a coffee drinker were to visit, there wouldn't be any waiting. Red, to go with my new kitchen - a theme developed when we bought a red microwave. They came with sample packs of filters, too.

So. Cup-top filter, shiny red teakettle on the stove, coffee grinder unearthed yesterday when I unpacked the kitchen -- shadowflyer? are you lacking a coffee grinder? did we used to have two? If you need one, I'll give you the black one, and use the red one I bought at Target, otherwise I'm returning the new one.

Green Mountain fair trade organic breakfast blend, bought on last grocery run.

Verdict: tasty enough to drink black.

Comments

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

This (http://www.rei.com/product/753146)?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

This, actually.