How to Make GOOD Coffee
It isn't hard to make GOOD Coffee. Any coffee lover can do it. All you need is the right equipment and the best ingredients to make a REALLY good pot of coffee. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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CHOOSE THE RIGHT COFFEE - Start with the best tasting coffee. You don't have to spend a lot of money to get a really good coffee. Some of the top rated coffees available are: Gevalia (more expensive than the rest), Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Dunkin Donuts, and supermarket brand Eight O' Clock. Gevalia and Green Mountain Coffee is available online. You can pick up Dunkin Donuts at one of their stores, or at the supermarket. Any of these will give you a great cup of coffee.
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USE THE RIGHT COFFEE MAKER - I have thrown out every drip coffee maker I owned (and I had several of them). I now use, exclusively, a PRESTO percolator to make my coffee. I bought it on eBay for $10. Now that I know what real coffee tastes like, I will never go back to a drip coffee maker again. The brew they make is immature and makes coffee taste raw and bitter. The percolator brew method brings coffee to it's full flavor, as it re-bubbles up and through the grounds. You won't believe how smooth and flavorful coffee can be. Most modern percolators brew in about the same amount of time as a drip machine. Some are even faster! Mine brews 12 cups in about 7 minutes. They also have automatic shut-off and warming features.
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USE GOOD WATER - The water that you use to brew your coffee GREATLY effects it's flavor. If your tap water is treated water it is laced with chlorine and other chemicals that can make your coffee taste awful. You don't have to buy bottled water, but you should invest in a good filter system, like Britta. Or install a Reverse-Osmosis system. This is what we use. We know that all of our drinking water is pure and free of off-flavors, and we only have to change the filter occasionally.
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USE GOOD FILTERS - To keep your coffee clean and free of grounds...even in a percolator, use a coffee filter. I put a basket filter in my percolator basket. I just make a small hole in the middle for the stem to go through. Some people use another filter on top as well, like a sandwich.
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Tips & Warnings
I didn't give specific amounts of coffee to use, I think everyone should play with amounts to find out what works best for them.
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I hate drinking black hot water!!!!
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I love my baby French press myself, but just about anything is better than an auto drip.
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Yes, perked coffee is best! The percolator pot is great, like the one mentioned above. I have one from the 1950's that I still use and it never disappoints. What I do like better, though, is the stove top Pyrex, all glass, pot that I use most of the time to perk my coffee. I have many friends and family members that absolutely love the coffee I make with my Pyrex pot. They say it takes them back to the good old days when sharing a good cup of coffee with their friends or family members was one of the most enjoyable and memorable parts of their day. This Pyrex pot goes back to my early childhood and has many happy memories surrounding it. It goes back to the '60's and there is no better, cleaner tasting coffee out there, no matter what other method you use. I guess the all glass pot has something to do with the clean flavor. I don't enjoy drinking drip coffee...It has to be perked. It really is not hard to make and it takes me just as long to make drip. The one thing that I would suggest is to make sure you have your coffee beans ground for the perk pot. The canned coffees from the store are not really ground for percolators. So...no matter what your flavor...just be sure to have the beans ground specifically for your percolator type to get the best flavor possible. Stove top percolate your coffee and truly ENJOY!
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Maureen I remember you never had to ask her for anything! She was so persistent until you left with a full stomach..lol..good times! :)
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I say if you want the BEST cup, go with a Pressure Brewer. By far the best I have ever had. And I used ALL methods. So in my opinion, get a pressure brew system. They are kind of expensive, but you get what you pay for. Also, it can make cheap coffee taste like the really good stuff. So when you use the really good brand of coffee, you will be quite happy with the result. Either get a Senseo pressure brewer, or better yet a Keurig pressure brew machine. Both make wonderful cups. You can either go with a single cup brewer which makes a full cup in less the a min. or you can get one that holds more water and makes up to 10 or so cups before changing the filters. Also, you can use either pods, home made pods, or get a basket to use grounds. Either way, all come out tasting wonderful. Again, if you love coffee forget the DRIP ONE! They suck! I would say the percolator is the second best. However, go with Pressure Brew always if you have the choice. Its the same form that Star Bucks and a lot of other coffee shops use. It brews fast, and makes it taste amazing.
