9
Tips to Brew Good Coffee
Quality coffee comes from quality
ingredients. For the best coffee, you
should
start with freshly ground
coffee
from freshly roasted beans.
The beans can be purchased and
stored in an airtight container. Just
prior to brewing, remove the amount
needed and grind the beans. Once
the bean is broken, the intense, rich
flavor begins to deteriorate.
If the beans are ground too finely, it
will produce a bitter taste. If ground
too coarsely the coffee will taste
weak and watery.
Some
specialty coffees
recommend
using more than one tablespoon of
ground coffee per cup. Your new
coffeemaker is designed to brew
good quality coffee using less
amounts of ground coffee. One level
tablespoon of ground coffee per
cup is recommended. Of course,
the amount of ground coffee used
depends upon your personal
preference.
The
quality of your drinking water
will affect the flavor of your coffee. If
you do not drink water straight from
the tap, do not use it to make coffee.
If your water has an off-taste or
smell, or if you have extremely hard
water, use bottled drinking water or
filtered water to make coffee. If the
water is from the tap, it should be
freshly drawn and cold for the best
coffee flavor.
The
amount of coffee
to water
depends upon personal preference.
One tablespoon of ground coffee per
cup is recommended.
Automatic coffeemakers generally
use a
5-ounce (150 ml) cup size
.
The coffeemaker’s Carafe and
Reservoir are marked in “cups” for
easy measuring.
Try different
flavored coffees
and
flavored creamers available at super-
markets or specialty coffee stores.
Regular coffee can be flavored at
home. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon*
or a drop of a pure extract–like
almond, vanilla, or mint–to the
ground coffee before brewing. For
a mocha flavor, stir a spoon of
chocolate syrup or instant cocoa
mix to each cup of brewed coffee.
* (Too much cinnamon may clog the
filter causing Filter Basket overflow.)
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