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Was making coffee and considering throwing out my K-cup coffee maker because I almost exclusively use a French press now, and got curious what other people did
French press or double shots of espresso. Once in a while I'll do a pour over with my V60 if it's a new blend I really want to enjoy.
I just inherited old roommates coffee gear so I didn't choose it, but it was free so I upgraded a DeLonghi ECP3420 with an IMS competition basket and a bottomless portafilter handle off of ebay and I use a breville smart grinder pro, which lets me save 1 and 2 cup auto grind times which makes it easy to get the same amount every time.
I also got the normcore spring loaded tamper which is the only one I could find (at the time) with a spring loaded level keeper and a separate calibrated tamping spring. The other "spring loaded" tamper I tried only had spring loaded level keepers with the actual tamping head rigidly attached to the handle (like what the point if you still have to estimate the tamping pressure yourself but you now also need to estimate the feel of the spring loaded level keeper in addition to your desired tamping pressure). With the normcore one I can just hold the level keeper down and push the handle fully to get the same tamp pressure.
Now I just need to get a spirograph based wdt tool because my basic distributor and manual wdt is hit or miss.
Started out with milk and sugar at 13 or so. Then got real lazy and just drank it black. Then reddit /r/coffee rabbit hole happened after I had an Aeropress brew from a local shop. I eventually got into various pour over methods and roasting my own beans. Then got into teas for a while, got into yerba, then went back to percolator black coffee and been there since. Was a fun journey, if not a waste of money. I have a better respect for craft coffee and still get a pour over occasionally but kids make you busy and I'm willing to sacrifice good flavor over convenience at this point in my life.
Tldr: black becuase no time and lazy.