it's fine. and I can have it hot or cold, and using it as an ingredient in anything else is a cinch.
Have you tried pour-over coffee? It requires ground beans, a kettle, and a sort of funnel with a coffee filter in it. Grounds go in the funnel, boiling water is poured through the funnel into a cup. Cheap and minimal space required (if you already own a kettle.) Mine is a $20 plastic oxo one because I'm a klutz.