Freshly Brewed

Monday morning seems like an exceptionally appropriate time to discuss coffee, its accoutrements, and my obsession with all of the above. I brew my own with this Cuisinart machine and occasionally use a Bodum Press when I want to feel like I’m indulging. My favorite blend is the Purusha Reserve from local roaster Elemental Coffee right here in Oklahoma City. (It’s actually the only coffee I can drink black!) And like all things I’m obsessed with, I’m constantly on the lookout for new gadgety things and ways to prepare my brew.

Pourover is the latest trend when it comes to coffee, basically you pour hot water over your coffee grounds and let it drip through on its own accord to brew. Clive Coffee teamed up with Carthagh Craft & Design for create this beautiful salvaged Oregon walnut drip stand, and Pigeon Toe Ceramics for the cone.

Another Portland-based cafe, Coava, designed a metal Kone coffee filter to work with the Chemex glass pourover carafe. Completely gorgeous and waste-free. People in the Pacific Northwest take their coffee seriously, no? {via bltd}

The Clever Coffee Brewer is another pourover variety. As long as it’s sitting on the counter it stays closed, but four minutes later when the timer dings and you set the Clever on top of your mug the valve releases. Clever indeed.

The Kapu coffee scoop, designed by Teemu Karhunen, functions as both a coffee scoop and bag sealer. Let’s here it for multifunctionality.

I’ve never been a fan of flavored coffee, give me regular or give me none. But then I saw this post about naturally flavoring your coffee and it has me second guessing myself, maybe it was the fake flavoring that I didn’t like. I’m definitely trying this at home to find out once and for all. {photo/link via Design*Sponge}