This past weekend my family and I visited my brother-in-law and his family in Rochester, NY. Before going I checked Craigslist to see if anyone in his area was selling a French Press or a burr coffee grinder. It turned out that someone in Buffalo (through which we travel on our way to Rochester) was selling a “Bodum Santos vacuum coffee maker” for $10. I immediately searched YouTube for vacuum coffee makers. It really looked like a cool way to make coffee. CoffeeGeek.com also had a really good article recommending the vacuum/syphon coffee maker and giving good step by step instructions on how to use it. So on our way back, adding an extra hour to our trip back home, I stopped to pick the coffee maker up. I made a cup of coffee in it this morning. Mmm, good coffee. Same impact of taste as the French Press, but without the grit.
Tags: bodum santos, syphon coffee maker, vacuum coffee maker
