Drop These Frozen Coffee Pods in Water and You’re Done
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For nearly a decade, my morning coffee-making process has involved Dunkin’ beans and a straightforward machine, either anelectric oneor astove-top percolator. Then, about nine months ago — maybe because I follow a lot of chefs likeDavid ChangandGabe Kennedy— I started getting served Instagram ads from a company called Cometeer. The product looked strikingly similar tosingle-serve coffee pods.Huh, I thought, but I wasn’t ready to switch up my routine.
When a publicist sent them to me a few months later, I finally decided to give them a try. Here’s how it works: The capsules are filled with extracted coffee made from beans the company sources from some of the bestroastersin the country (likeCounter Culturein North Carolina,George Howellin Massachusetts, andGo Get ’Em Tigerin California). They’re brewed at ten times the strength of anormal cupand flash-frozen in liquid nitrogen to lock in flavor. When the pods arrived, I peeled back the seal of one to reveal a small solid puck. I pinched it into amug, topped it with eight ounces ofhot water, gave it a stir, and proceeded to sip a beverage as full bodied, well rounded, and smooth as any I’ve had at a serious shop.
Because the recyclable pods ship frozen — and are meant to bestored that wayuntil you use them — they’re ideal forcampingand for making iced coffee, which I did alllast summer(just let the pods melt before mixing with water). I still buy full bags ofbeansto use most mornings, but I’ve become dedicated to having Cometeer around at all times for when I run out of my regular stash, or for afternoons when a caffeine fix strikes and I can’t be bothered to brew another full pot. At this point, they’re not unknown — writer Hua Hsurecently mentioned themas something he can’t live without — and they won’t exactly replace my well-established ritual, but they are a welcome addition.
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