Coffee should be interesting

I ran out of coffee and Sarah (who doesn't drink it) decided to help out and pick something up.

After several years in the Navy, I can and will drink anything (we used to call coffee after 3 AM 'coffee on a stick' for a reason). At work I have to live with decent through awful (and worse) coffee unless I brew my own (it's on my mind fairly often when I am getting coffee). At home, I usually have interesting coffee and this time around I'm stuck with a basic French Roast.

I like to make strong coffee by putting in less water and a lot more beans. After a trip to a friends a while back, I wondered if a French Press might not be the better brewing method, but it's far too labor intensive. Being lazy as usual, I want an ePress.

I don't really have a recipe, which is good; every time out is different. I find it more interesting to try different varieties of beans and usually wind up with a collection of four or more varieties. Every once in a while, I buy a combination so bad that I throw it away; slightly more often I create one that drives me back the next day for an alternative. Eventually, I need to start over (I'm there now).

There is an exception (of course!) Every chocolate and coffee combination I've ever tried is too good. I think it awakens a taste for the coffee, milk and sugar combination that I liked as a youngster, so I stay away as much as possible. Perhaps that makes it even better.