Coffee...

Where to start?... was it the longing for the way I drank coffee at home in Brasil? I guess it did start with it, because I went online and purchased the cone and the pot from Melitta over a year ago. Then, a few weeks ago, I was reading "Slow Death by Rubber Duck"... have not been able, as of yet, to enter the chapter on "coffee"-makers. That is right- think about it: what are they made of inside? Plastic, plastic, plastic. And the water heats up in that stuff. What kind of plastic is it? BPA? Other substances, perhaps? Why heat up water in plastic with electricity, anyway? Why not just heat it up with fire, and then pour it on the coffee, the way people have been doing for ages- and still are in Brasil, as far as I know. And let it slowly drip... and get that wonderful flavor and aroma? Coffee is a beautiful thing, when done right. All you need is a little of it, and you are so, so happy, first thing in the day...