to make a good cup of coffee these days? Damn hard, if you listen to the lackeys of Big Bean. Almost beyond the skill of man. Trust the machine, they say. The Automatic Drip. The Electronic Espresso. The $20,000 Japanese Laboratory . Whatever crap the barrista can pull from that ginormous Italian Industrial.

No. Here is how to make a good cup of coffee:

Place two heaping tablespoons of grounds per mug in the bottom of a French press. Pour in the necessary amount of nearly boiling water. Stir the grounds until you get a layer of foam. Wait one minute. Press the plunger down halfway and pull it back up. Wait two minutes. Press the plunger all the way down, pour, and drink. Simple. Rich. Thrifty. Yes.

* You know, Eliot Ness — leader of the Untouchables. As Agent Cooper (the guy in the photo) was to Twin Peaks, so Ness was to Chicago. And Cooper knew his coffee.

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