So when I was reading this thread, I assumed the Aeropress was some large expensive piece of equipment and that cleanup would be a real PITA.
Hence my earlier post:
After seeing the pic
FlatFender posted, I looked it up. It's only $30, takes up less space than my drip coffee maker and from their promo video, looks easier to keep clean (my coffee maker gets pretty nasty before I can be bothered to clean it).
And I do have an electric kettle gathering dust in a cupboard (and meat thermo and heat gun, so I can dial in time to get to the proper temp), so color me intrigued.
Would this be an upgrade in taste over drip coffee if I continued to use ground coffee (I use Harris Teeter brand ground coffee)? Is store bought ground coffee the correct fineness of grind to work with an Aeropress? I'm sure that as
bigfelipe noted earlier, freshly ground beans is the way to go, but I can't be bothered (or maybe I can be eventually, since I do have a coffee grinder - though I have only ever used it to grind oats and flax seeds).
So for a stubborn fool who insists on using pre-ground coffee, is an Aeropress a significant upgrade in taste over drip?