Brewing Perfect Coffee

Released on 2012-03-15 by Emily

I just love coffee. Well who doesn’t? And the best way to say it is knowing how to brew a perfect cup. You can’t go to a café for every cup of coffee. To get all your daily fixes, you need to know how to brew coffee at home. But whenever you brew coffee at home, it’s just not the same as the one you get at cafes. So how can you brew the perfect cup?

Everyone has different ways to brew their favorite kinds of coffees, but I will tell you what I like. Well one thing is for sure: all the good cafes use best coffee beans and high tech machines. So you can’t get the same level of quality they serve there, but you can be close enough. Keeping that in mind, let’s begin.

1. Get the best beans. They don’t really have to be expensive, but the good ones aren’t cheap. So you’ve got to lose some weight from your wallet and get some high quality beans. You might pay more, but it will be worth it.

2. Get coffee that is freshly roasted. Some people think that freshness starts at grinding. But that’s a myth. That’s like thinking freshness of the bread starts when you are slicing it. Coffee freshness starts at roasting.

3. Don’t buy a lot of coffee. Buy enough to last you for a couple of weeks max. This is because in a week or so, coffee will start losing its flavor. In good cafes, they always have fresh coffee. That’s how they are able to serve the best coffee all the time. If your coffee stock is lasting for several months, that’s another reason why your brews aren’t good.

4. Your coffee:water ratio should be right. This has a huge impact on intensity and taste. On an average, it is best to have about 2 tbsp of coffee for 6 oz of water.

5. Use good water. Coffee is about 98% water. If your water doesn’t taste good, your coffee will be bland. It is best to buy filtered water from the market and use it to brew coffee.

6. Do you grind beans yourself? If yes, then make sure you grind them correctly. Don’t get $10 grinders. They are more like shredders and give really bad consistency. You need to spend a few hundred dollars to get a decent grinder that will shave the bean, fracture it and crush it. Or you can buy ground coffee.

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