"And with the French, what's up?" I posting to a friend and I, given the priesthood of the sommelier, answered on the air: Brunch today (Sunday, 11 to 13 Metro 95. 1), Genealogy of French coffee. O Bodum, by brand, has already become generic and, of course: gala. Gourmet appliance is present in almost every house but no less professional scale: in fact, is what is used in coffee tasting. Scientific description: a glass or porcelain cylinder, inside which a piston is composed of a perforated metal plate. First check is thick and textured coffee (ask at the office a grind to 2. 5). Is poured over boiled water (80 degrees). It pushes the piston down and, with the pressure, the coffee flows upward through the holes. The dispenser should be checked early anxiety: for optimal infusion will have to wait 4 minutes (measured by stopwatch) before lowering the plunger and then be a matter of hand with a little cream, something it will espresso baptized unplugged. A world without time, or time or weather. In the room where there are no clocks or windows, the inexperienced player looking for incentives to stay awake and here, on my first visit to a casino in Las Vegas, even fascinated by the neon lights and drunk on whiskey environment, I'm sold . . . a coffee. Seriously, buy a "French press" or "piston" or "piston" or generic brand has already become, "Bodum" the compulsive timbero take you to the wheel to stay awake without cables or plugs. Clinker box. The premiere of the comedy "What happened yesterday? me back to those times of panic and madness in Las Vegas. Happens in life happens in movies, where a good early shot of caffeine can prevent future bad shot. A little French love: the press is the gourmet appliance with a presence in any casino, I say, well stocked kitchen, but no less professional scale. In fact, it is the one used in the tastings of connoisseurs, for its fidelity to the original taste and because it allows preparing the drink on the table. The barista vocational note: it is always a cylinder of glass or porcelain, which houses a piston comprising a perforated metal plate. The birth of an infusion is given to the disposal of coffee grounds, should be thick and textured (ask at the office a grain to 2. 5, consistency similar to rock salt). Pour over the water without boiling, about 80 °, as in the material, removal of fire in the time prior to the emergence of bubbles. After pushing the piston down and, with the pressure, the brown liquid rises through the perforated plate, leaving the dregs at the bottom. As in other arts of life, the dispenser should be checked early anxiety: for optimal infusion, before lowering the plunger will have to wait four minutes, precise and measured by stopwatch (in commercially available is sold on a timer seteado right time). Ready to serve? It's all about how you have been on hand: the volume in the foam of coffee depends on the pressure you will have spent. There where a mater take the thermos under his arm, the compulsive drinker will do the same to take a shot of caffeine on the go. I stayed awake until I swallowed all currencies. And if you ever held Elvis Presley "Viva Las Vegas!" And the table next to see the famous musician play his last letters, the slogan of the portable coffee sold as souvenirs me sums up a spirit casino rockin 'Espresso unplugged. ".