i just wanted to tell somebody about this coffee carafe. i can't find a web site for the company that made this product - they appear to have been broken up and re-acquired and changed names many times since this product was purchased in the mid-1990's - and i'm sure this particular design has been long discontinued.
but as you may know i am an insane high-end specialty or "gourmet" coffee fanatic, French press method all the way, preferably small batch roasted that week. i almost always throw coffee away if it's sat unconsumed for more than a few hours.
yesterday i brewed a press pot of Trader Joe's Dark Roast Sumatra - not a bad product for the price if you can't get something better and you're on a budget - and i immediately decanted it into my thermique. i had time to drink one cup before i had to be off on business about town, and forgot that i had coffee left over.
this morning, on a whim, i poured off a cup of that same coffee. it had remained hot enough to steam for 24 hours, and it still tasted palatable, if not quite just-brewed fresh. it was drinkable. and that, my friends, is what might be called a fookin' miracle.
if you find one of these on eBay or at a garage sale - buy it. it works.
