At my work we have a Mr Coffee, and it works great. We've also got a $5,000 espresso machine, it too, works great. Sometimes though, I just want one damn cup of drop brew coffee. Late in the afternoon, when the Mr Coffee has gotten to the scary 6 hour mark, or like these past two weeks, when I've been the only coffee drinker around, it's just not worth brewing a whole pot.
Sure sure, they make single cup brewers, as well as over the mug doodads that do exactly this. This, however, was FREE, made of stuff sitting around. Figured I would share. This is my first instructable, be gentle with me.
Materials:
Coffee Mug
Two toss-away coffee cups
Paper coffee filter (basket type is probably easier to use than the "wedge" style ones
Coffee (whatever sort you'd use to brew drip coffee, in my case, Folgers is what we keep in the cupboard, and since this is all about being cheap, it'll do)
Rubber band or paperclips
HOT water (a little more water than you want of a final volume of coffee)
Knife or other cutting instrument
Sure sure, they make single cup brewers, as well as over the mug doodads that do exactly this. This, however, was FREE, made of stuff sitting around. Figured I would share. This is my first instructable, be gentle with me.
Materials:
Coffee Mug
Two toss-away coffee cups
Paper coffee filter (basket type is probably easier to use than the "wedge" style ones
Coffee (whatever sort you'd use to brew drip coffee, in my case, Folgers is what we keep in the cupboard, and since this is all about being cheap, it'll do)
Rubber band or paperclips
HOT water (a little more water than you want of a final volume of coffee)
Knife or other cutting instrument
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was looking around and came across this. my question is why bother wasting a cup and cutting and all that when you can just put the filter over the mug itself and secure with the rubber bands.
i think youll save the time cutting and wont waste a cup either
I made 2 improvements:
1. Avoid the balancing act: cut the end of the paper cup that sits on the mug shorter, until the diameter is small enough so it acutally goes a little INSIDE the mug. This works probably on most coffee mugs, especially if it flares open a little wider at the top.
2. instead of rubber bands, try 2 small binder clips - faster and easier.
I've heard Tea is better for the environment (less water to produce), than coffee. I inherited to canister of coffee, so this is how I'll use it up. But if you're sticking with coffee, why not use a bit of reusable cloth, like a handkerchief, like some people have suggested, and skip the filters.
I've made my own 'coffee bags' ahead of time, and they work alright, although I don't ever know how much extra room to allow for grounds expansion. It's a guessing game. A cloth that would work well would have to be tight enough weave to prevent the grounds/fine powdery residue from seeping through, and it should be a dark color - visual aesthetics.
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This is a great idea for those times! I've tried other methods, but didn't have much success. I'll definitely use this in the future.