Sean Carroll

Um, I think there, I am convinced that grinding your beans right before you brew the coffee, uh, makes it a little fresher than if you bought the pre-ground beans.

And then I just do a pour over.

I just have a big old mug and a plastic cone that I put a filter into and I put the beans in there.

Sometimes I'll put some Turkish spices in with the ground beans and I'll pour hot water right over it.

Um,

How many cups a day?

Always at least one, as many as three, not a huge number, really, like usually two, two or three, maybe.

As far as the kettle situation is concerned, you're completely right.

Americans generally don't use kettles.

And our household is an exception to that.

We love the electric kettles.

It's just super duper useful.

So we have a kettle.

And when I pour my hot water over the cone to make the pour over coffee, it is from an electric kettle.

They're super convenient.

But look, I don't think that they're so convenient that it's some kind of disastrous mistake that they're not that common in the United States.

You can microwave water and heat it up.

You can put a tea kettle over the stove and heat it up that way.

You know, I've done it both ways.

It's just not that bad.