It's best to avoid the cheaper models, which feel as solid as a coffee stirrer.

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Also dropping off: Plaxico Burress (gun bust), Ndamkong Suh (dirty play), and Terrell Owens (all-around pot stirrer), memories of whom are fading quickly.

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Mr. Mazzola, for his part, says his brainstorm to add a stirrer to a brewer was inspired by his grandmother, who would always stir whatever she was cooking on the stove.

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Inside the cool Swrve Mussette messenger bag, I found a Porlex mini grinder, an Aeropress coffee press, paper filters, a stirrer, a scoop and a bag of Tonx Ethiopian Wottuna Boltuma fresh roasted beans.

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