My latest obsession is electricity-free gadgets that will still work in the event of an apocalypse and utter destruction of the electricity grid. In the event the apocalypse should come in 2012 and I survive, I think I should be at my most alert state in order to determine how best to survive. To achieve this, I will need caffeine.
Now, I’m not a coffee drinker – my caffeine source of choice is tea. But my girlfriend is a coffee drinker. And when we survive the apocalypse, I want her to be alert and non-cranky as well (Is there anything worse than waking up in a nuclear winter with a cranky girlfriend? Probably not).
So, I’ve been checking out manual coffee grinders. The tried and true box grinders and hoppers (such as the Zassenhaus walnut closed hopper above) are cute, but not really my style. For those of you who like the vintage look for yourselves, this site seems to have a regular selection of vintage coffee hand mills.
Here are a few that are bit closer to my aesthetic:
[images via Moritasse, Red Rooster, Amazon, Sweet Maria’s]
