Coffee Tips
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The quality of water can result in a strange taste in your espresso. Make sure the water is fresh and clean. Use a water test kit to check if need to. Always use a good water filter to remove the unwanted substances such as magnesium traces, chlorine etc from your water.
If you’re buying high-quality coffee, you’re probably getting it from a reputable coffee shop in a bag. That bag may be handy, but when it comes to long term storage it’s not the best solution.
The biggest advantage the French Press has to offer is that it allows users to make a cup of coffee according to their own individual taste. Users can vary the amount of time that coffee grounds are steeped, the type and size of grounds used, and the temperature of the water.
The Ole Brew & Snooze. You can sleep 5 extra minutes or get going 5 minutes earlier if you pour water and coffee beans into your coffee maker at night, not in the morning. Read More
The heating plate of your coffee maker can give your coffee an unpleasant burnt aftertaste. Try to brew only in small batches or pour your coffee into a thermal carafe after brewing.
Freshly ground coffee undoubtedly gives you a better coffee experience than ground coffee from the shelf. If it's too much of a hassle for you to grind your beans manually, get a coffee maker with an integrated grinder, preferably a burr grinder.
If you asked me what my first step to better coffee would be, I'd say, stop buying ground coffee from the shelf and start grinding whole beans from a local roaster at home right before brewing.
If you like flavored coffee, make it yourself at home instead of buying artificially flavored coffee. Add cinnamon sticks, crushed cardamom, cocoa, nutmeg, allspice, pumpkin pie spice or gingerbread spice right into the coffee grounds before you start the brewing process.
You should always preheat your coffee mug with hot water before pouring in the coffee. It makes a huge difference in how long your coffee will stay hot.
If you manually brew your coffee, remember the finer the grind of your coffee the shorter should be the contact time with water and vice versa. You have to find the sweet spot: Under-extracted coffee tastes boring and weak while over extracted coffee is overly bitter.
If you manually brew coffee using a French press, the water temperature should be 195-205 degrees Fahrenheit. If you don't have a thermometer available, simply let your water boil, then remove from the heat for about 30 seconds to cool before pouring over your grounds.
Coffee best practices include always drinking coffee while it is fresh and only keeping it hot through insulation, not through reheating.
If you preheat your thermal carafe with hot water, the coffee will stay hot for much longer. Just don't forget to dump the water before you pour the coffee in.
Adding a pinch of salt into the coffee filter before you start the brewing process may reduce the bitterness in coffee.
Adding egg shells to coffee grounds before the brewing process may help to reduce bitterness in the final brew.
If you manually grind your coffee beans with a blade grinder, there will often be inconsistency of grind size, which results in a boring or bitter coffee in your cup. Read More