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Presso Lets You Make Espresso Shots In The Wild

Confident you can survive the Armageddon, save for the fact that you can’t live without espresso?  Since Starbucks will probably come down along with the rest of civilization, you’ve got a serious problem on your hands.  Really, really serious.  Our suggestion?  Hoard sacks upon sacks of ground espresso in your basement, learn to start fire (so you can boil water) and get yourself a Presso machine.
Since the electric grid will likely go offline during the end-of-times, those expensive and convenient espresso makers will be nothing but useless junk.   The Presso, on the other hand, works by using physical pressure, requiring no electricity to operate.  As such, you can sit inside your bunker, sipping on a concentrated coffee beverage, while the rest of the world try to survive while subsisting on substandard cups of java.  Hah.

Made from hand-polished aluminum, the manual espresso machine is small enough to make space both in [...]

Hourglass Brewer Takes 24 Hours To Make Your Coffee – Better Be Damn Good

Anytime you leave coffee in the pot for a couple of hours, it usually tastes like stale crap.  That’s why the Coffee Hourglass is so odd, as it promises great-tasting coffee that “brews” for up to 24 hours.
Using an unusual hourglass frame, the contraption is designed to coax pure, concentrated coffee from coarsely-ground beans over that time.  As it uses no electricity, the whole process happens naturally and very…..very…..slowly.
Each Coffee Hourglass weighs just under 2lbs.  It measures 14 inches tall, with a 5.75-inch diameter.  According to the instructions, you’re supposed to combine 2.25 cups of ground coffee with 3.5 cups of water on the brewing chamber (one end of the hourglass).  Leave the concoction to mix and soak between 12 to 24 hours (the longer you leave it, the better it’s supposed to taste).  After that, you’ll need to turn the hourglass over to get to the 16 ounces of [...]