In more ways than one, I grew up in a fussy coffee home. My parents didn’t want me drinking coffee until I was 16 because they were concerned the caffeine would stunt my growth. Who knows. My home was also fussy about coffee because my dad only ever brewed with a french press. I grew […]
Zachary Crockett wrote a profile of Alan Adler and his story of inventing the Aerobie Pro disc and the AeroPress: This is the story of how Adler and Aerobie dispelled the notion of industry-specific limitations and found immense success in two disparate industries: toys and coffee. And you’ve gotta love this line, when comparing the […]
The 2012 winning recipe is the one I’ve been using the most ever since I tried it over a year ago. I haven’t tried the 2013 winning recipe yet, it’s a bit more fussy — apparently it’s all the rage to hold your AeroPress at a 45-degree angle and slowly rotate it during bloom and […]
This morning I brewed a cup of coffee using the recipe that Charlene Debuysere used to win The Gold AeroPress in this year’s World AeroPress Championship. It was delicious. It was also a nice change of pace as it’s quite different than the espresso-like cup that I normally brew with the AeroPress.
Who doesn’t love the AeroPress?
This is the same method that most of the world-champion AeroPressers use. (Via Nick Schaden.)
As I write this sentence there is a hot cup of coffee sitting next to me, brewed using an AeroPress. I own a drip coffee maker, a Turkish coffee maker, two french presses, a stove-top espresso maker, a siphon, and now an AeroPress. The stove-top makers never get used; the drip maker is only for […]
A few months ago I bought one of the best drip coffee makers in the world. Truly, as I was walking out of the store with box in hand, four — (4!) — different people stopped me to say how excited or how jealous they were that I was taking this coffee machine home. Long-time […]
Unknown to both my wife and I, our coffee grinder was losing its edge. Nearly four years ago, Anna bought me a Bodum Bistro Grinder for my birthday. It was an awesome little grinder for a great price. I used it every single day. Until one day, it broke. We replaced it with the king […]
This year I’m giving away something different. Over the last several months I have personally collected a stash of awesome items, and put them together to make seven unique gift boxes, each with its own theme. Anyone who signs up for a [membership](https://shawnblanc.net/members/) by midnight CST on Sunday, March 2 will automatically be in the […]
Yes! Welcome to the Fourth Annual Membership Drive and Giveaway. Everyone loves winning free stuff and I love giving it away. Yesterday I kicked off this year’s membership drive with a heartfelt note. If you haven’t yet read it, please take a minute to do so. The annual membership drive kickoff note is one of […]
Good marketing can get customers in the door the first time, but it’s a great product that keeps them coming back (and bringing their friends with them). When someone tells their friend about a great gadget they’ve been using or a non-profit they’ve been supporting, that word-of-mouth marketing carries far more weight than a hundred […]
It’s a good one this year. Some returning champions — such as the Kindle Paperwhite, the AeroPress, and the Apple TV — along with some new toys, such as the new B&W P7 headphones, the Spyderco Sage pocketknife (thanks, Ben!), and one of the nicest iPad cases I’ve seen.
A short NPR segment with Oliver Burkeman from The Guardian, talking about some of the highlight points found in Mason Currey’s new book, Daily Rituals. (Via my sister.) Things like time management, focus, the tyranny of the urgent, ego depletion, etc., seem to endlessly fascinate me. I haven’t read Currey’s book yet — I just […]