Tips and tricks for making better coffee
Here are some coffee tips from our readers!
If you have a good coffee tip or recipe and want to share it on this website, please send it in to us!
Here are the two essential things about a great cup of coffee
- Use enough coffee and choose a dark or French roast. If you use a standard coffee measure, use one HEAPING measure per cup of coffee.
- And here's the kicker . . . the coffee secret that nobody knows: Sprinkle enough salt on the top of the coffee grounds to just sparingly cover them.
I don't have an exact measure but for 4 cups of coffee, about 1/4 teaspoon will do (a pinch or two per cup).
The salt enriches and smooths the coffee flavor. Without it, most home-made and restaurant coffee tastes like dishwater . . . too weak and no salt. All of your other coffee instructions are fine.
By Doug from www.doogles.ca
The best coffee I've ever tasted
I have found a way to make the best coffee that I've ever tasted. It most closely resembles the coffee press. I use a small ceramic pitcher (creamer), the small melitta manual coffee maker (less than $5) and a coffee mug. I put three level tablespoons of a good, freshly ground coffee in the little pitcher with a tiny dash of salt (not necessary but it really seems to make a difference.
I pour boiling water into the pitcher (the ceramic pitcher absorbs some heat
and leaves the water at a perfect temp). I stir once and let the coffee brew
in the pitcher for exactly three minutes. I then pour it into the melitta filter
on top of my coffee mug (9 oz. mug). It takes about another minute to completely
filter through. The result is incredible coffee. It may be too much work for
some people but it's no more trouble than a press and there are no grounds
in the coffee.
By Jeff T.