I’ve shared many times before here on the Older Bolder Life that we really enjoy good coffee, particularly good cold brew coffee that we make at home. During the warm-weather seasons here in North Texas (roughly 9 months of the year plus) we go through a gallon of cold brew concentrate a week (give or take a day or two) pretty consistently.
I start my daily routine with a pre-workout cold brew with quality cream and a half scoop of collagen powder, before jumping right into my first otherwise fasted workout of the day (either a 45-60 minute walk at 4 mph pace, or a shorter walk + sprints). The day just doesn’t seem primed for action without that coffee…
We’ve used a host of different tools to grind fresh beans for hot and cold brewed coffee over the years, but starting last December we’ve been using the Peugeot Bresil Manual Coffee Mill shown above. French-made, it’s a delight to use, slow-grinding fresh beans to present their optimal flavors – the mill adjusts easily with a shaft mounted adjustment wheel. Using the mill is a step back in time, and frankly a pretty good workout when grinding a pound of beans for a cold brew run (about twenty minutes if you’re asking).
Kitchen gear should of course be efficient, well-designed, and durable; this mill is all those things and a work of art to boot. I’ve had a hoard of questions roll through lately about our favorite kitchen gear we use every day, and will be sharing now and again what works well for us; as it’s cold coffee season, this mill was a great place to start.
And as a point of disclosure – this isn’t a paid, cloaked advertising post; we reviewed coffee mills and paid hard-earned cash for this piece of kitchen gear back in December of last year.
