I've wondered where my AeroPress came from. Now I know.
The AeroPress was conceived at Alan Adler’s dinner table. The company was having a team meal, when the wife of Aerobie’s sales manager posed a question: “What do you guys do when you just want one cup of coffee?”
Read the rest of the article: The Invention of the AeroPress. Link via @theotherhilary
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