Pour-over ritual gone, now I'm a French press convert after 9 months

I used to babysit my pour-over every morning, standing there for 5 minutes with a gooseneck kettle in Austin, timing every bloom like a mad scientist. Then I broke my ceramic dripper in a clumsy sink accident, and my backup was a dusty French press from a garage sale. Now I just dump coarse grounds in, wait 4 minutes, and press, it's so much less fussy and honestly tastes fuller, has anyone else ditched a fancy setup for something simpler after an accident?

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blair5972d ago

My buddy Marcus went through almost the exact same thing, except his Chemex broke when his dog knocked it off the counter during a thunderstorm. He was so mad he just grabbed this old metal press his dad had in the basement and figured he'd use it for a week. Nine months later, he still uses it every morning and even joked he'd throw a party if his Chemex replacement ever arrived. He says cleaning it is way easier too, just rinse and dump the puck outside. I keep telling him to give me his fancy dripper if he's done with it, but he just laughs and says nostalgia isn't worth the wait.