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I would enjoy one of those, except my wife doesn't drink coffee, so I can't justify making an entire pot at a time. At home I use a Clever Dripper instead, which I like, but I find myself missing lousy office coffee.

My equivalent object would probably be my parents' old 70s-era Crock Pot, earth tones and all. I've heard that the newer ones don't conduct heat as evenly.

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> I find myself missing lousy office coffee

What do you miss about it? It sounds very contradictory :)

Not OP, but I get what they mean..

In a world of Americanos, Flat Whites, and Espressos, I often pine for a cup of "plain old coffee", something having likely stewed for hours, to hit that spot.

The ability to drink it by the mug, not too strong etc..

Bad coffee is just nice in its own way. Like ordering coffee at 3 AM in a diner.

Airplane coffee falls into that bucket for me. Back when I was traveling a lot for work, there was something about getting on a plane from Chicago back to Raleigh, late at night on a Friday night after a long week of work, and getting that first cup of coffee on the plane after takeoff.

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