1. Starbucks is expensive. Yeah that doesn’t exactly count as quality coffee but it’s convenient. Anyway, to buy a latte every morning adds up.
2. My poor little overworked espresso machine, as loyal as it’s been, isn’t quick either. The warm-up then pulling a shot then warm-up then milk steam….
3. All I really want is good coffee, nothing fancy, just a good cup of coffee.

So what to do? Blue Bottle has the answer, filter drip. Now a new problem, where to get the gear? Actually the bigger problem was that the solution was too easy so I had to make it difficult. I had to have a porcelain one and must have Chemex filters.

After a long search I came across Sweet Maria’s. Though they seem to focus on micro-roasting and selling roasting gear they have a pretty good selection of other coffee items. I picked up a plastic #4 cone filter holder and a porcelain one (of course).

The result? A cup of coffee that made me say g’damn… so I had 3, back to back, leading to my most productive day of work in quite a while. I highly recommend the solution but cannot recommend having 3 cups in 30 min.

And yes, I use Blue Bottle coffee.

G’DAMN!