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The best coffee you will ever have. I promise.

I'm too lazy to do vac. I have a melita grind and brew. beans and water in, coffee out.

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Ghetto Siphon Coffee

Several months ago I read an article in New York Times about a $20,000 Japanese siphon bar at Blue Bottle Cafe in San Francisco.

A siphon bar or vacuum coffee maker uses vapor pressure & vacuum force to brew coffee. Many believes this would give coffee a cleaner, crisp, rich & smooth taste.

As a coffee aficionado myself, I believe the attraction to siphoned coffee is purely based on placebo effect.

To prove my point, I have built my own vacuum coffee maker for using only a moka pot & a glass salt shaker. Of course, you can also purchase a Bodum Santos for less than $100, but where is the fun in that?

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My total cost was much lower than $20,000. Granted, I did not have fancy glass globe as the water reservoir.

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After filling moka pot's boiler with water, I placed empty salt shaker over the top & coffee ground around it.

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Heat.

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Similar to regular siphon coffee maker, water has expanded after heating & traveled upward into the upper chamber.

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After removing the moka pot away from heat source, brewed coffee siphons back into lower chamber as it cools.

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Voila! Now you can also enjoy the same kaleidoscopic beverage all the pretentious hipsters are raging about.
 
I'm gonna have to try the salt shaker trick.

Do a blind taste test.
French press and vacuum pot. Pick which one you like the best. you'll be suprised at the results.
 

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