Monday, May 9, 2011

The Art Of Coffee Making - Best Tips

Who doesn't love a hot cup of coffee? First thing in the morning, it is just about the only thing that can kick start your day and on a cold day, it is the perfect beverage to warm you up and keep you going. It gives you a boost in the afternoon, and completes an evening meal.

Coffee is consumed more than just about any other beverage in the world, and the choices that you have are almost limitless. Flavored, regular, Columbian or Arabica beans, hot, iced, latte or espresso, there are so many different ways that you can prepare the perfect cup of coffee. You may be astounded at actual amount of choices that you have.
You can purchase your coffee ground or whole bean, however for the freshest flavor, it is recommended that you purchase whole bean because coffee looses its flavor slightly after it is ground. It is also recommended that you store your coffee beans in a cool dark place however not in the freezer.

Along with the choices that you have in choosing the perfect coffee, you may also be astounded at the many methods of brewing the perfect cup of coffee.
Percolator, automatic drip, single cup, multi cup and gallons at a time are just some of the choices that you have when you brew your coffee. There are many different coffee brewers on the market today and many people think that you have to have an expensive coffee station with fancy attachments that do everything under the sun to brew the perfect up of coffee. When in reality, it is all in the preparations that you use to brew your coffee.

There are guidelines that you can follow to brew the perfect cup of coffee every time, and the amount of coffee that you use differs with the type of coffee you purchase, and most coffee stations have the capacity to brew twelve cups of coffee at a time.

Water - ALWAYS use cold spring water to brew your coffee
Flavored coffee - use 3/4 cup of fresh ground flavored coffee beans for a twelve-cup pot of coffee
Regular coffee mild roast - use 3/4 cup fresh ground coffee beans for a twelve-cup pot of coffee
Regular coffee medium to dark roast - use 1/2 cup of fresh ground coffee beans for a twelve-cup pot coffee

There are many ways to prepare your coffee, whether you like it black or with cream and sugar, the perfect cup of coffee is not the difficult to make.

No comments:

Post a Comment