Worst pot of coffee ever!
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Worst pot of coffee ever!
| Thu, 09-16-2004 - 10:17am |
Since Im not smoking, I have taken up to drinking coffee or lattes from Starbucks. But Im not saving any money from the quitting smoking if Im hitting up Starbucks once or twice a day to get a cup of joe. So I remembered that my MIL had bought a coffee pot and left it here for when she visits us...I decided to make a pot of coffee this morning. I planned to make enough for 4 cups (just in case) and when it was done...I took my first sip and it tasted like gasoline or something LOL It was STRONG!!!!!!! The directions on the can said that one rounded TB equaled 6 oz of brewed coffee. So I figured 4 cups of 6-8 oz coffee (filled water to the 4 cups line on the pot) would need about 4-5 TB of coffee....TOO STRONG!
So any coffee advice from you pros? I need CoffeeBean....she was like the Coffee Goddess!

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~~Linda
~~Linda
Furry and I are very into coffee, and here is what I do.
Shawna - First, what kind of coffee are you using? If it canned crap like Maxwell House, toss it and get soething in a bag, like Starbucks, and some supermarkets sell it in bins that you can buy by the pound. Cheaper canned coffees tend to be dry and bitter.
How old is the coffee maker? Does it need cleaning? Are you using paper filters?
Tell you what, chuck it, buy a new one at walMart and get a gold-plated filter for it instead of paperfilters. A gold filter is $4 or $5 bucks, and they are worth it. They let the natural coffee oils come into the brewed coffee instread of being partially absorbed by a paper filter.
Get a bean grinder, or if that is impractical, buy ground coffee, or do it at the store.
Don't over grind your beans. it can burn them. Pick beans that are oily, smell good, and not overly sour.
We have a coffee maker, bean grinder and gold filter, and buy whole bean Starbucks. Together, the maker, filter and grinder cost us less than $40 to get, and I go thru a pound of coffee in two weeks, sometimes faster..So it is more practical to make at home. The two of us would spend $40 a WEEK at Dunkies.
I am the Super-Anal-Coffe-Queen and I know my stuff!
Seriously, the maker is probably two years old and I have a pretty red one that I want on my Amazon wish list. I might get it soon but not right now. I also buy the bagged coffee from Starbucks and have a grinder since I have a Krups cappiccino machine. I would just make lattes since I like those better but Im missing a piece for my machine.
But this morning I just used a paper filter and some coffee in the can that she had left here from a few weeks ago when she was here visiting (MIL).
Now real coffee can only be made from real coffee beans ground fresh just before you make the coffee. I buy my beans at Caribou Coffee (I love Costa Rica). Keep your unground beans in the frig in a freezer bag so they stay fresh and clear.
A coffee bean grinder is like $6 at Walmart. New coffee pot is a must. Replace your coffee maker like every year or so ---- I buy cheap one so no problem. They work just as well as expensive ones.
Use a real filter not paper filters.
Right after you make your coffee pour it into a sealed caraffe - coffee left in oxygen will become bitter very quickly.
It was amusing this past weekend during my doctorate classes, on of my fellow students brought in her coffee maker and I brought in beans and grinder.
Coffee making is an art - it takes a seasoned hand or a professional. Good thing is that you can quickly become a seasoned hand with the right stuff and a little practice.
furry
Hee hee....
I am Super Anal Queen and furry is Anal Empress...wait..
Never mind.
Amy
I fill mine to the 10 cup line in the morning and I use 3.5-4 scoops (my coffee scoop was .98 at Walmart, it's 1/8 cup).
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