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More on the French Press Technique

After the last post there was a bit of discussion about this method. One big question was:  “Why break and then skim?  Why not just skim?” This seemed like a pretty good question to me, so today I decided to do a few quick tests. I took two identical presses, the same dose of coffee,

The Roadtrip – Vancouver

Well, I confess I have been very quiet of late. It is a mixture of traveling a lot, taking a lot of pictures, having no laptop (until the Macbook I acquired today – I do love a weak dollar!) and generally being a bit of a burnt out mess. Thankfully I have been keeping a