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Last weekend, during the Fourth of July,the girlfriend and I decided to go on a little camping trip up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, kind of by Truckee. I also saw this as a great opportunity to try out my newly purchased toy from Sweet Maria’s: the Clever coffee dripper along with the Coleman camping stove that I found at a rummage sale for ten bucks.

The girlfriend just rolled her eyes when she saw me packing up my new clever coffee dripper and bag of ground Tanzanian Blackburn estate along with all the other camping essentials such as the marshmallow roasting sticks pictured in the background. She has learned to live with my obsession as best she can, even accepting the fact that this perhaps the only picture I took during the whole trip.What a woman.

Anyways, this little setup was definitely an upgrade from my previous excursions into campfire coffee, especially the propane stove which makes boiling water on hell of a lot easier then using the campfire.  I almost did buy one of the kitschy little coleman campfire percolaters to try out (the Finn in me happens to like percolated coffee) but then decided that this was a better way to go.

Okay, enough meandering about, and let me get to my newest little toy.

Being the sort of guy who likes body along with smooth taste, I figured the clever coffee dripper was just the thing for me. The folks as Sweet Marias raved about this new fangled coffee filtercone contraption that combines the best of both infusion and drip coffee making  making for one great cup of coffee. The way it works is that it is like a normal filter cone except that is has a neat little stopper device on the bottom that keeps the brew from coming out until you place it on your cup.

Wow, neat huh?

This allows you to seep your brew like a french press for a few minutes to get that body that you crave while at the same time filter it out so you do not get your teeth speckled with grounds. It works with pretty much any coffee cup allowoing me to make a quick mug of joe before I run off to work.

Last week, I also discovered that using Chemex filters in the device makes for a even better cup of coffee (although it will never truly replace the Chemex maker which is just to damn pretty) since the filters will give you a smooth tasting cup no matter how long you happen to let the brew seep. I made a cup of India Kattehollay Estate peaberry that just blew me away.

It is also microwaveable, although I have trouble figuring out how much time I need to nuke it for to get the water temperature right.

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