Coffee!

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I'm not a coffee nut but I like my 1 morning cup a day and won't give it up.

My wife is a coffee-aholic and cares a lot more about coffee. Thanks to my buying coffee beans by mistake on sale it led to a conversation where I got my wife a Conical Burr Coffee Grinder.

I bought the OXO BREW Conical Burr Coffee Grinder for $99.95. My wife has found good deals on beans and slowly but surely this pricey yuppy gadget is actually paying for itself. Probably will take 3 years to do so, but that is OK. Here's the thing, it makes great coffee. I mean really good. Even better brewed in our drip coffee maker with thermal pot instead of heat plate, the coffee is still great 2 hours later reheated in the microwave for 22-30 seconds.

I don't know the chemistry on why this is, but something about a fresh ground seems to make better coffee. I know those heat plate coffee makers just make coffee taste bad and smell bad quickly, I've seen Alton Brown explain the hell out of that one.

So my wife's Chanukah present has proven to be a great surprise as it is slowly paying for itself and makes superior coffee with the bonus of reheats better.

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OK, other coffee subjects. Anyone know why some people love Starbucks and at the same time many of us find their coffee skunky for lack of another word? I'm guessing it is some sort of body chemistry. Dunkin still has much better coffee as does even 7-11 in my opinion.

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French Press, my wife likes it as does one of my oldest friends. To me, not as good as a good drip coffee. Also seems like too much work. What do you think?