One Cup Coffee Brewing, Cheap (Free!) and Easy!

Step 7 Step Seven:

Voila! Coffee! Fresh brewed, and only enough for you, so no sharing necessary! Be careful! Since this brews so fast it'll likely be quite a bit hotter than you're normally used to (depending, of course, on the water you used). Cream and sugar as you like (or don't) and enjoy!

All told, I can fire up a cuppa like this in a minute or two. Beats the heck out of waiting for the machine, plus this way I don't throw away most of a pot of coffee.

Comments

[passerby06]

My understanding is that the Melita coffee maker (the original one-cup coffee brewer (?)) was originated by a German lady who, wanting a cup of coffee but not wanting to brew a whole pot, punched some holes in an empty tin can, lined it w/ a handkerchief and did what you've just described. Human ingenuity can be amazing, sometimes.

[knightsparkle]

Great idea - those little coffee "tea bags" taste nasty. One question though - can you use the paper cup small side down nesting in the mug and avoid the oaf issue or does this somehow screw up the brew process? Guess I could have tried it, but its past my caffeine curfew.

[malkie13]

Well, at least with my particular cups, if I just tucked it narrow end down into the mug, it would go nearly to the bottom. Kinda hard to drip brew when there's nowhere to drip to.

[mudgecko]

All good, and easy. Except for the "try not to be an oaf" bit!

[grimjoey]

This is one of those awkward "why the hell didn't I think of that" moments. Pure genius.