#679: Simon Coronel, World Champion of Magic — Quitting the Day Job, The Delights of the Magic Castle, Finding Glitches in Reality, Learning How to Use Your Own Brain, and Worshiping at the Altar of Wonder

This episode is brought to you by Aero Press. I love Aero Press. With more than forty five thousand five star reviews and customers in more than sixty countries, it might be the highest rated. coffee maker on the planet. Let's rewind just a bit, because back in twenty ten, twenty eleven, I tested the entire gamut of coffee brewing and filtering options alongside a former Barista world champion. This was four Research for the four hour chef. That concluded with a statement that the Aero Press was quote Bar none.

My favorite brewing method. End quote. I even mentioned it and made a cup of coffee on late night with Jimmy Fallon using the aeropress. Here is the backback story. Remember the A Robi, the amazing UFO like disc that you could throw farther than a football field. Alan Adler, a mechanical engineer and Stanford University lecturer, created that. Then, after conquering the nineteen eighties toy market, he began to obsess over one thing, coffee. The result was the Aero Press, which debuted in 2006. It was quickly adopted by the specialty coffee community and And it became so popular with the barista community that someone in Oslo, Norway started a world aeropress championship. Because the aeropress combines the best of three brewing methods You get a cup that is full bodied like a French press, smooth and complex, as if you were using a pour over method, and rich in flavor like espresso. Best of all

It's super small. You can pack it in your bag when you travel. It takes literally five seconds to clean. It is All practical, no fuss. And you don't have to drink mediocre coffee at your office or Airbnb.

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