6 Best Coffee Making Tips
Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. — Unknown
If a good cup of coffee in the morning helps set your mood for the day. Then it is time to make your own perfect cup of coffee at home every morning.
Coffee helps you stay alert, improves your mood, and concentration level, and increases the efficiency of your brain. Coffee beans may also provide you with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits that can cut down the risk of several chronic diseases.
Coffee Facts:
The energy you get from the caffeine will last around one hour, and will remain in your system for several hours afterward.
Coffee is a diuretic, so have 200ml of water for every cup of coffee you drink.
Darker roast coffee have a bolder flavor,and usually contains less caffeine.
6 Best Coffee Making Tips
Buy the best Coffee Bean and Grind It Yourself – Guatemalan coffee is complex while still being balanced in flavor and medium in roast. Arabica coffee has a superior flavor and is more smooth. The Robusta has a more bitter flavor that most people dislike. Go for 100% Arabica medium roast blend to experience a more well-rounded taste of coffee.
Bloom Your Coffee – Bloom is a quick bubbling up of carbon dioxide and coffee grounds that occurs when freshly roasted coffee is brewed Add a small amount of water at the beginning of the brewing process, and wait about 30 seconds for the coffee to bloom before adding more water.
Keep Coffee Beans fresh – Store them in glass canning or dark colored-ceramic storage crocks with rubber gasket seals
Use Good Water – The proper water temperature for brewing is 200°F or about 45 seconds off a full boil. Don’t use distilled water because it removes minerals that are essential for the coffee
Brewing ratio – If you are using a gram scale, start with a 1:16 ratio for grams of coffee to grams of water. The golden ratio is two tablespoons of coffee for every six ounces of water. If your cup of coffee tastes weak, try adding more grounds next time you brew. If you want a stronger cup of coffee, add more water when you brew the next time
Clean Your Coffee Pot Regularly – For deep-cleaning your coffee maker, just combine 1 part lemon and 3 cups of water.
To keep coffee hot longer – Pour some hot water into the mug you will be drinking from and throw the water away right before pouring the hot coffee in.
For a true barista-style coffee experience, stir pieces of chocolate into your coffee or top your coffee drink with whipped topping and ground cinnamon or nutmeg. Here are some coffee recipes you can make at home.
Make a great cup of joe at home without spending too much money. When it comes to coffee I think it is OK to splurge.