Coffee Lovers around the globe…
If you are reading this, I can only assume you are drinking CICR coffee… and rightfully so; you and I both know this coffee really is the best! How do you enjoy it?
Daily, I sit amidst the rich coffee aromas here at the Roaster Building on Camano Island. I love that smell, that coffee smell. To me, however, there is nothing quite like the smell of that first pot brewing early in the morning…
I prefer our Ethiopian coffee roast (with its smooth berry tones and deep rich flavor) brewed in my treasured french press. In my mind, the french press is a tool/toy that all coffee lovers should own and enjoy! I just love the process of making that first cup each morning: putting the water on to boil, grinding the beans, setting up the press, and putting just the right amount of whole milk in my mug. When the water is ready, I pour it over the freshly ground beans and take in the smell while walking it over to the coffee table to allow it the time to brew before the sacred plunge can take place. The process is complete – it’s just me and the steaming hot french press… with about 45 minutes before I need to be at work.
I am curious what you, our blog followers, prefer. Do you drink Espresso? Drip? French Press? Flavored? If you’d care to share with us here on the blog, feel free… it will be fun to hear how our coffee is being served and enjoyed.
We look forward to reading your own coffee experiences!
Matt – CICR
Well here at the shop, we drink CICR Honduras Dark in our drip pot all day long. Our long list of visitors frequently comment on the rich flavor and freshness of our brew.
But my secret to the perfect cup lies in the combination of CICR coffee, a high quality burr grind, and the latest addition to my kitchen, the Aerobie Aeropress. This revolutionary brewer has delivered consistently the smoothest cup of coffee I’ve ever tasted. It has the benefit of a low-acid french press paired with espresso’s full flavor extraction.
If you’re wanting a new experience from your morning cup try your fresh ground Camano Coffee with an Aeropress.
I wish the aeropress was made on Camano. I drink Camano Coffee which I grind with a Camano Coffee Mill, so the aeropress is the only element of my morning ritual that is from elsewhere. It’s worth it, though. In all honesty, I’ve lost a lot of my craving for espresso stands–saving me a ton, even though I only used to go two or three times a week–because it simply isn’t that different from my Aeropress.
I would say experiment with it. I’ve found that making two shots at once is a lot better than making one shot at a time. That might be my imagination, but anyway…
Get creative, too. I’ve made with my aeropress a number of the drinks available at espresso stands and find them comparable. For people who drink plain coffee, I’ve found that they really enjoy an Americano (adding hot water to your Aeropress shots).
I do kind of wish it looked better, as my Camano Mill is very attractive and then the Aeropress is just sort of a dense plastic thing, but I’m not sure what they could do about that. It’s very sturdy, the plastic is really dense–I’m not worried about it breaking or anything. It’s also seriously easy to cleanup afterward.
All in all, the Aeropress has been the final piece in my quest for the perfect cup. I feel like I’ll be making coffee the way I am now for many years to come. Now support the company so the filters are always available! I don’t want to find myself cutting circular filters out of bigger ones to fit it down the road.