Our lives are a series of compromises. Most of these compromises go unacknowledged even as they pile up like compound interest. In this machinery of give and take, there is one thing I can't compromise on - my filter coffee. Everyone has that one thing they can't compromise on. Of course, most have us have more than one thing that we don't like to compromise on but there is one thing that stands out more than the others, like a prodigy of prodigies in an ivy league class. All things being equal, I can't compromise on my coffee. It has to be filter coffee. I have long since abandoned vending machine coffee. I have also abandoned having filter coffee in over priced coffee shops as they don't taste like filter coffee in the first place. Outside of homes that revere and give filter coffee its due, there are very few places where you get good, respectable filter coffee. My filter coffee has to be strong. Really strong. The milk just plays the supporting r