What is the best way to drink coffee?

Question

I know from a mug, but what is the best way to make it?

Answer 1

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make your coffee in a clean pot with very cold water. Cold water holds the oxygen better. Use dark roast coffee - arabica beans, columbian, as long as it's dark roast.
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Answer 2

I'll spare you my creditentials Emma, sans to say they're lengthy. While coffee like wine is a matter of taste, there are ways to brew better or worse. The best way to consistantly make great coffee is in a coffee press-sometimes called a French Press or Euro Press. They are available at most specialty coffee shops and retailers. I like the old fashoined glass version, but the new insulated models do a great job of retaining heat

Start with your favorite arabica bean, I like Indonesian and east African in a medium roast. Grind them fairly course-if your having them ground at the shop ask the clerk to grind them for a perculator. Once you have your press clean and ready to use, get the old teapot out and start heating your water. A note on water, I don't recommend distilled or RO (reverse osmosis) water-coffee needs a little minerals to develop flavor. Use bottled water- filtered or spring or tap water is fine if it's been through some type of carbon filter (Britta, Pur, etc).
Anyway, heat the water to almost boiling (195-205 F) don't boil the water, you'll scald your beans and ruin the flavor. While the water is heating, remove the plunger/lid assembly from your press, meaure out the desired amount of coffee and dump it into the bottom of the press. The standard is 1 scoop (about a tablespoon) per 6oz cup. Most folks may find that a little strong- but it's pretty close. Consult the directions that come with your press for ideas. Again this is a matter of taste so some experimentation will be required on your part.

When the water is ready, pour directly onto the ground coffee. At this point, pull the plunger handle all the way to the top of the lid and carefully put the lid back on the press-be sure the plunger handle is all the way up. The coffee should like very similar to a drought Guiness in a pint glass. Let the coffee "brew" (steep is more accurate) for 4-6 minutes. Then SLOWLY (don't need to get burned or break the glass)-depress the plunger forcing the grounds to the bottom. Immediately serve and enjoy. I'd suggest not keeping any unused portion in the press as the water will cointinue to extract the oils from the bean causing a bitter taste- like drinking from a perculator or "running the grounds". Beacuse there is no paper filter to absorb the coffee oils, you'll be rewarded with a much richer, less acidic cup of coffee-you'll also have a little sediment in the bottom of the cup. Enjoy and experiment with different beans from around the world.

Answer 3

The trick to making really good coffee is actually very simple. you don't need real expensive coffee or even a fancy coffee maker.

1. Get a stove-top percolator. I use one that's stainles steel - this one... http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=33070&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults

2. Use good water - not tap water - if you have a reverse osmosis filter system you'll get the highest quality of clean nearly pure H2O. Otherwise you can get water in one gallon bottles from just about any store - Walmart has water that is created through reverse osmosis.

3. A good arabica coffee bean is best. I believe that arabica beans are grown at altitudes over 2000 feet with the better beans grown near 5000ft. See http://www.melitta.com/facts.asp

4. The rest is simple. Put the water in the pot. Put the ground coffee into the (whatever its called) and bring the water to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to a low simmer and let it percolate for about 20-30 minutes. It will be much too hot to drink right away but it will also cool faster in a cup....


This will produce a damned good cup of coffee.... You don't need to spend a lot of money on expensive coffee - folgers works fine. Pure water - and slow percolation is the key.

Answer 4

Oh, goodie -- I'm a HUGE coffee nerd. Like those people who go to wine tastings, 'cept with coffee. I've even hosted a public coffee tasting.

The absolute, without a doubt, best way to enjoy a cup of coffee is by making it with a French press: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_press

Purchase a grinder and coffee as whole bean, and only grind the ammount which you are going to use. Remember, too, that an opened bag of beans expires after one week, so transfer your fresh beans into an airtight container. After you've brewed your coffee, dress it however you like!

If you're going to use a standard coffee pot, use fresh, filtered water, and use two tablespoons per 6 oz cup of water. Some people who don't like bitter coffee will use less ground in their filter, but that will actually make coffee more bitter -- just think, more water has to pass through the same few grounds, and the result of that is weak, bitter coffee. If you make it according to recipe, and it's too bitter for you then, either add more hot water to the cup itself, or dress it with cream and/or sugar.

Good luck!

Answer 5

Just get a decent Gaggia expresso machine . Then buy decent coffee ,like Lavazza . Then let the machine an the coffee make sweet love = the best coffee this side of the Mediteranian .

Answer 6

Most mornings after being awake all night with a small baby I would say through an IV... just have to have that caffeine even if I don't have the energy to drink it. I think the first person to invent a coffee IV will be a very rich person

Answer 7

as a coffee lover ive enjoyed plenty of good coffees, most of which were from a coffee shop. the best ive made at home is with a bit of milo in it.
make coffee to taste add 1/2 spoon of milo and pour in hot water

Answer 8

l prefer capuchino with foam on top
i live in coffee country and the usual way here is pot coffee ,brewed in the pot ,served black
taste better than the coffee maker
a porceline cup is the best
or if it is with cream ,from a mug

Answer 9

Coffee maker is probably gonna be good. that tasamo 1 on tv look quite cool.
good old nescafe always does the job tho.

theres a coffee with gurahna in it thats quite good gives you a extra kick

Answer 10

Surely it depends on how you like it - weak, strong, what flavour - that is if you percolate it. As for coffee granules, or powder, I heard a guy from Tetleys say that it ought not to be made with boiling water, unlike tea.