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Brewed coffee is almost completely made up of water, so it goes without saying
to use good tasting or filtered water. But don’t use a filter that softens the
water, very soft water does not extract the oils properly.
Brewing Tip
#1
Never pour hot water in a drip brewer, always use cold, preferably charcoal
filtered water. Many coffee makers have built-in
filters.
Coffee in its pot, sitting on the burner, will scald the coffee really quickly.
In fact, the taste changes so much that most reputable coffee houses will pour
the coffee out after it has been on the burner for only 20 minutes!
Brewing Tip
#2
If you are the type who takes a while to drink your coffee in the morning, get a
coffee maker that will brew into a thermal pot or carafe. Since constant heat is
not applied, the coffee will not cook and will taste good for an hour or more.
A given amount of coffee only contains so much of the flavorful and aromatic
oils. After those oils have all been extracted, the water will extract acids and
other bitter tasting elements. This is called over-extraction.
Brewing Tip
#3
If you think that black coffee tastes bitter, or you just like weaker coffee.
Make the coffee full strength (2 level tablespoons per 6 ounces of water or 2.5
- 3 level tablespoons per 8 ounces) and mix hot water into the strong coffee.
The result will be a smoother coffee without the bitterness. Try it, you may not
need cream and sugar anymore!
Drip coffee machines brew the coffee to the proper strength a little at a time
because they rarely get up to the proper temperature quickly enough. Therefore
the coffee at the beginning of the cycle is weak and it gets more full flavored
toward the end.
Brewing Tip
#4
Wait until the full pot has brewed before pouring your cup. In other words,
avoid the Pause and Serve feature on your machine. Some machines have a 1-4 cups
button for when you only want to brew a few cups instead of a whole pot. This
will cause the machine to wait until the water is the correct temperature before
starting the brew cycle.
The water jets on your coffee machine can blast holes in the grounds, causing
the water to follow the path of least resistance. This will over-extract the
grounds surrounding the holes and under-extract the rest of the coffee. For best
results, the water should flow evenly through all of the grounds.
Brewing Tip
#5
If you’re shopping for a
coffee machine, buy one that uses a cone shaped filter.
This helps with this problem.
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