OXO Coffee Contraption
Sometimes, your favorite thing is not the fanciest or even the best. For me, this is the entirely too much plastic and acrylic OXO pour-over contraption.
I found a blog, Low-Key Coffee Snobs, that did a complete review of this coffee toy, so I don’t have to do the deep dive. Head there and read about it.
I promise I’m not bragging, just giving context. I am an award-winning (just once) coffee crafter. I won a open invite coffee throw-down in our local third-wave shop a few years back. I brought home shirts for the family and a nice coffee scale I used for years until “the breaking.” We won’t talk about that.
With that context, this device isn’t fancy. It doesn’t scratch that “crafted coffee by hand” itch. It’s a set-it-and-forget-it type device. With it, I use Starbucks Italian roast. I know! On top of that, I pour some Premier Protein, a premade protein drink, into it as creamer.
You know what? I love it, and it makes me happy to drink this smoky, fake chocolate-tasting, cheap, and quick cup to get my morning going.
Yeah, it ain’t fancy or the best, but it’s kind of my favorite. Unless I’m with my coffee friends, then it’s the hunk of plastic hiding behind my coffee mugs on a high shelf.