It all began when I received a nice message on Thanksgiving saying that my gifts had been ordered. My Santa told me that the filters would be delivered first and I spent a few days wondering what types of filters. Fish tank filters? Camera filters? Cigarette filters? Unfortunately they never arrived and I later learned that lots of packages have been stolen from my building lobby lately.

So I was still wondering about the filters when a very useful solar charger (for charging my kindle while camping) and a totally awesome camera lens mug (I'm a photographer) arrived. I brought the mug to work that day and everyone loved it!

A few days after that, a very fancy Chemex coffee brewer showed up! I quickly ran out to buy the filters and brewed a tasty cup of coffee. Then my fiance and I did a blind taste test of the Chemex coffee vs. our old drip machine coffee...and of course we both chose the Chemex! It really does remove all the bitterness and make a much more smooth cup of coffee.

Thank you mystery person for making my first Reddit gift exchange so perfect, tasty, and caffeinated! Sorry about the stolen filters...at least they didn't get the Chemex!