Had a hard time falling asleep last night, woke up early around 7:50 but lamped in bed for another 20 minutes. Got ready, then had a turkey mayo lettuce sandwich for breakfast. Had some almond flour crackers as a snack. Tested the Flow Control Cap again and made another iced Americano, though it didn't taste as good as yesterday. I appreciate the convenience of not leaking, but I can't help but feel like it's a solution looking for a problem. When do you really need full immersion? You use it for coarse grinds, but my Fellow Ode 2 tabletop coffee grinder and 1zpresso Jx hand grinder can grind fine enough for AeroPress, so I'm not limited there. Also, is faux-crema exclusive to the Flow Control cap? I'll have to test tomorrow to see if I can get some foam out of the regular cap (I think I can). The main benefit of the Flow Control cap is to avoid the admittedly dangerous inverted method, but inverted method is only mandatory for espresso-style coffee (making a partial vacuum with the plunger expresses out 1/3rd of the slurry) and brewing tea (pouring water into a chamber of loose leaf may run/leak faster than fine coffee grounds).
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