Friday, March 11, 2011

Ne Plus Ultra

My thirst for a better, and a more refreshing cup of coffee bumbles me to a whole bunch of websites, blogs, and videos; let me not start out about the cookhouse tryouts, which are a pinch of this, a dash of that. There is no real method, and mainly just madness to my preparation (I blame it on my busy work schedule).
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I sometimes boil the water in a ceramic cream ewer, over a hotplate or just set it up for brew in my Cappuccino Maker; use a filter sometimes, or just let the unfiltered particles settle down.
Reason given by Stumpdown Coffee Roasters has led me to believe that I may be doing it all wrong. Their 8-step process for How to prepare the perfect Press Pot relies on precision tools like a timer et al.
I can hardly imagine myself adopting such restraint, yet enjoy its fruit of labor. I prefer working towards the elusive beau idéal, celebrating the element of surprise every time.
What do you prefer - perfection or the unexpected?

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