Hello my highly alert coffee followers!
We've reached the really fun steps in brewing that perfect cup of cffee!
Everyone knows you can go to any corner store or coffee shop and pick up a ready made cup of coffee, but I'm here to save you that trip and prepare you to prepare that satisfying cup at home, and probably in your slippers.
Before you brew, you need to grind your coffee first. If you listened to my advice in the last post, you bought coffee beans from your local roaster, not coffee grinds! Coffee is freshest right after it is ground, leaving with with potentially flat and stale coffee to "enjoy" later on.
You can grind your coffee to coarse, medium, and fine. Coarse has been described by the National Coffee Association as to feel "like potting soil." Medium can be described as having a sea salt consistency. The fine consistency can be described as having a sugar consistency, and can get even finer depending on the needs of the coffee drinker. The different consistencies are appropriate for different brewing methods.
Coarse Grinds should be used in the following methods:
French Press
Vacuum Coffee Maker
Percolator
Medium Grinds should be used with Drip Coffee Makers with flat bottomed filters.
Fine Grinds should be used in the following methods:
Stovetop espresso pots
Drip coffee makers with cone shaped filters (may be medium/fine depending on personal taste)
Super Fine Grinds should be used in espresso makers and to prepare Turkish style coffee
Burr Grinders (left) are the best way to grind your coffee beans, they
are precise and allow you to preset the amount of coffee you need to grind. Blade grinders (right) are cheaper, but they don't grind the bean, they pulverize. They aren't the best at reaching a very fine consistency, if you need a fine consistency, and can get very messy.
1.5 tablespoons of ground coffee per cup of water is a good rule of thumb to make an average strength cup of coffee. You may go up to two tablespoons, or down to one tablespoon depending on how strong you would like (or need) your coffee to be.
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