Tuesday, Jan 06, 2015 at 21:37
Yep, that’s one of our two travel set ups. I’ve never really understood quite how it does it, but I’ve found that you can make your
coffee as strong as you like & it’s impossible to make it bitter with an Aeropress.
This set up is about as compact as you can get & have fresh ground
coffee. The porlex grinder is practical & efficient with it’s ceramic burrs, but I find it’s narrowness makes it a bit uncomfortable to use.
My second setup is a small stove top espresso (moka pot). Single normal cup size. This has a ledge to sit the cup on & the made
coffee spurts straight into the cup. With much use I have worked out how to get a decent cup of
coffee out of it. Getting the water too hot results in a burned bitter & metallic tasting brew which is pretty awful. The secret to getting a good tasting brew is to first boil the water in a kettle, & then as quickly as possible put the hot water into the moka pot, add the pre-pressed
coffee & screw the lid on (all done holding a tea towel to avoid being burned). Then onto the gas ring turned up, but as soon as any liquid starts coming out of the spout, turn the gas down to it’s lowest, avoiding overheating & too much steam spurting. Sounds like a lot of stuffing around, but the result makes it worthwhile. This set up has my preferred wood box type Zassenhaus grinder with cast iron burrs, a great 2nd hand buy on ebay a few years ago. I find placing it between my thighs when grinding quite comfortable but when doing so, sat behind a table, I’ve had a few odd looks in
camp grounds! :)
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