Five days a week, I drink coffee out of an automatic drip coffee maker. Mr. Coffee brand, even. And there’s nothing wrong with the coffee; as a matter of fact, it’s pretty good. I grind the beans the night before, set the timer, and there’s hot coffee waiting for me when I wake up. As we all know, coffee makes school possible.

Two days a week, though, there’s time to make a really great cup of coffee, so I do. I heat up water in a kettle, grind beans and use one of those manual drip coffee filters that sits on top of your cup. Pour hot water on the grounds, and the coffee flows directly into your cup!

I add half and half and a teaspoon of honey. And now I have a cup of coffee that tastes different than my regular 5-day-a-week coffee, and still gets the job done, and the only additional expense is the $2.50 manual drip thing.

There are plenty of other ways to do it, but for here and now, this is mine. You’re encouraged to leave other coffee suggestions in the comments.