This little plunger I couldn't pass up at a 40% discount. It's 600ml but I'll only be making one cup in the morning for myself. I bought this last month and this month I was so excited to add some ground coffee to my shopping list...but I made a dreadful mistake it seems.
When I was a child I remember visiting a small coffee merchant with my parents. The shop was tiny and could barely squeeze a handful of people into it, but you could smell it a mile away. Every day they would grind coffee beans from all over the world to make various blends and even though I wasn't allowed to drink coffee at the time, I loved that smell. It was glorious. I couldn't wait to be a grown up so that I could sample the delicious taste that would obviously accompany that aroma.
That particular coffee shop was one of the first ones to become established in the Western Cape of South Africa and from humble beginnings they expanded into an empire. They are one of the most well known coffee makes around and I should have gone with my gut instinct and bought that brand .... but I'm a moron sometimes and I ignore what my senses tell me to do and then I do stupid things.
I bought the most economical ground coffee thinking "How bad could it be right?" This morning I was excited to start my plunge coffee morning ritual and I warmed up the beaker before hand. LL was also excited and wanted to know what this new kitchen contraption was, so I showed her and let her plunge the first coffee.
This beautiful brown liquid was poured with a smile and then I eagerly lifted it to my lips expecting the taste to resemble the fantastic coffee smell that had wafted up to my nose when I first opened the vacuum sealed bag
What trickery is this? It didn't taste even remotely close to it's smell. It was bitter as all hell and had a really sharp edge which was almost caustic, catching in my throat. I struggled to not spit it right out and the expression my face must have looked desperate because LL asked if I was alright.
I added more milk. A LOT more milk and a quarter teaspoon more sugar. It was almost bearable now, but colder than I would have liked. What an absolute fail for a first cup of filter coffee.
Perhaps I need to adjust the quantity I add. Maybe it had to do with having brushed my teeth just before? I'm really hoping that it was one of these things. Tomorrow I will try it again. I love my new plunger, but perhaps I should have gone with the coffee brand that I know.
