Evolution of Coffee
Posted by shughes Thu, 16 Jun 2005 03:20:08 GMT
The future of coffee is here, and it’s bit more bland than I expected.
I really enjoy the taste of the coffee I get out of my French Press, especially if I’m using fresh beans. I’m not pretentious enough to actually have a favorite bean or anything. But the only downside to the French Press is the clean up afterwards. It takes a lot of scrubbing to get those coffee grounds out of every crevice it’s filter creates. On a weekend morning, though, it’s quite worth the extra effort.
Then there’s the pod coffee maker. It’s hard to beat the convenience of this thing. You just drop a tiny “pod” of coffee, already wrapped in its own filter, into this thing and tell it to brew 1 or 2 cups of joe. It doesn’t taste as good as the French Press, but it’s faster and easier to clean. The advent of the pre-flavored pods with some flavored creamer offsets the blandness of the coffee flavor a bit. It’s really excellent if I decide to have a quick cup with my breakfast before work.
Now, my latest discovery, is the self-heating canned coffee. So far, I’ve only tried the French Vanilla latte flavor… And it is quite bland. Too much milk for my tastes. But how in the hell can you beat this product in the convenience department? You pull a can lid off the bottom, pop a plastic container to create a chemical reaction, and wait 5 minutes… And it’s literally too hot for me to drink. I picked up a 4-pack for $4, so it’s a bargain compared to other “on-the-run” coffee solutions (like Starbucks).
The self-heating can is designed by a California company called OnTech. It apparently took them 7 years and $24 million to perfect the design. Presumably, more products will follow and, hopefully, these products will taste better. I can see oatmeal, soup, hot cocoa, and even melted chocolate for dipping being quite a success.
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