March 8, 2017

Decent Drip Coffee/まともなドリップコーヒー

I've been staying at my parents' house for more than four months now, and one of the things I miss is a cup of coffee that I used to brew from freshly ground coffee beans almost every day.
Yesterday, I went shopping and found this product.
実家に住み始めてからもう四か月以上経ちます。恋しい物の一つは、ほぼ毎日挽き立てのコーヒー豆で淹れていた一杯のコーヒーです。
昨日、買い物に行き、この商品を見つけました。
 
 "19 yen per cup..., I might as well give it a try," I thought. This is not the first time that I have tried such a product. I know that it can produce passable coffee. 
「1杯19円か...。試してみようか...」と思いました。このような商品を試すのは初めてではありません。そこそこのコーヒーができるのは分かっています。


Just tear off the top of a bag, and place the bag inside a mug.
袋の上の部分を切り取って、カップにセットします。
Pour a small amount of hot water for blooming, leave for 20 seconds or so, and pour the rest of the water.
蒸らすためお湯を少量注ぎ、20秒ほど待ってから、残りのお湯を注ぎます。

The resultant coffee was not bad. In fact, it was quite good!
出来上がったコーヒーはまずくはなかったです。とても美味しかったです!
 
Note that such products have been around for decades, and are nothing to write home about. I would not write about them if I had not viewed YouTube videos such as this and this.
このような製品は何十年も前からあるもので、特に珍しいものではありません。これこれなどのYouTubeのビデオを見ていなければ、このような製品について書こうとは思いませんでした。
 

5 comments:

Khash said...

As a fellow coffee lover, I sympathise with you, nothing like freshly ground and properly brewed coffee.

I use these two equipments when I am away from my coffee machine and I get really good results:

http://www.hario.jp/seihin/productgroup.php?group=MSS-1B
And
http://www.aeropress.com/product/aeropress/

Hiroyuki said...

Khash: Thank you for your suggestion. I do have exactly the same model as yours, given to me by someone called Dan. As for aeropress, I know how it works, and I have always thought it's too much of a hassle for just a cup of coffee... Matsuya's wire-frame dripper is, on the other hand, almost maintenance-free.

I hope I can start roasting, grinding, and brewing coffee exactly as I used to in the near future. In the meantime, the "on-the-mug-drip coffee"
http://www.kunitaro.co.jp/english/products_01.html
keeps me satisfied!

Khash said...

Good coffee is the one you enjoy. I hope you get back to roasting and grinding soon

Sissi said...

Oh, I know this kind of "travel" coffee! It's not bad at all in case of emergency.
I don't know how long you'll stay at your parents, but last year I went to Yamamoto shop in Shinjuku (I bought there my first ceramic Hario filter, so I have fond memories.... and the people are very patient there) and saw this tiny thing:
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/smartkitchen/item/10003565/
I used it for the rest of my stay in Japan (the coffee in ours usual hotel is the only awful thing at breakfast buffet....), bought of course their freshly ground coffee and since then I bring it on every single trip anywhere! The coffee is maybe not as great as carefully weighed and filtered through Hario (and similar systems), but wonderful when one thinks of the size and the result (and the price I paid). Perfect for travels. (Just before leaving I bought another one in case I break the first one.... I don't think I'll ever find it here).

Hiroyuki said...

Sissi: Thank you for your suggestion and the link. I have just checked the reviews of that particualr product on the Amazon site, and found it may be a good option for travelers.

I don't know how long I will stay here myself! I have to be here to assist my parents, both of whom are in their 80s.