If you understand just how important and elusive it is to find the "perfect" cup of coffee, you're a coffee connoisseur. An ordinary canned, ground coffee or a drip coffee maker will not satisfy you. You desire the best coffee brewed in top-of-the-line equipment. The following tips will help you achieve the perfect brew. It might just be simpler than you thought!
1. Ordinary drip coffee makers produce a bitter, weak brew, so use a gourmet coffee maker. Try to find a coffee maker with steeping time protection, thermal technology, and an insulated carafe. Stove-top espresso brewers also will work well to produce a delicious, strongly brewed cup of coffee. For the perfect cup, consider manufacturers such as Moka and Lacafetiere
2) Choose unbleached, natural paper filters or gold mesh ones. The white bleached filters can leave chemical residues in coffee that runs through them, which affects taste. The best option is the gold mesh filter, which usually comes built in to your coffee pot. If your coffee machine did not come with that type, purchase unbleached ones to retain the pure taste of your coffee.
3. Be careful with your water: most tap water is too soft for perfect brewing. In addition, it may contain minerals which will leave deposits in your coffee maker. Not only are these mineral deposits difficult to remove, but they can also leave "off" flavors in your coffee. Expert brewers filter their water or used distilled water to create the perfect cup of coffee.
4. This tip is a simple one, heat up your coffee mug. This may sound unusual, but doing this can make all the difference, as it not only maintains the heat of your coffee after pouring, but adds to the maturing of the flavor, which can continue after pouring. Before pouring your coffee at coffee time, just pour some hot water into your mug and give a twirl for a minute, preferably using boiling water, and not just hot from the tap.
Coffee time means you are anticipating the rich-tasting, hot brew. When you want your coffee time to be just right, take a few steps and make sure that it tastes as good as it can.
