French Press Coffee

There’s a good article in the Atlantic titled Press Pots: Coffee Worth the Effort:

Nearly all the coffee I brew for myself is press pot or espresso. I love my espresso machine, of which you will certainly hear much more in the future, but an espresso or a caffé macchiato just doesn’t last long enough for the first awakening of my taste buds in the morning. I no longer enjoy the steamed-milk and espresso cappuccino, and I never liked the extreme dilution of a caffé latte.

The article is written by Jerry Baldwin. Who is Jerry Baldwin? He is the co-founder of Starbucks. After leaving Starbucks, he purchased Peet’s Coffee and Tea. Baldwin, along with Zev Siegel and Gordon Bowker, opened the original Starbucks  in Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, in 1971. And according to this article, Starbucks originally only sold beans and equipment, not espresso.