How to make good quality coffee?
rockability asked:
Whenever I make coffee it comes out to be either bitter tasting, or tasteless or too strong. Even if I buy starbucks coffees they won’t come out the same at home.
Whenever I make coffee it comes out to be either bitter tasting, or tasteless or too strong. Even if I buy starbucks coffees they won’t come out the same at home.
What am I doing wrong? The biggest nuisance is that my coffee often has a bitter taste.
Tags: Bitter Taste, Nuisance, Starbucks
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:22 am
Go to Starbucks
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
knock knock—-dont make coffee at home and dont boil water either
June 26th, 2009 at 11:57 am
use bottled water. put 4 tablespoons for ten cup machine. should be gooood
June 29th, 2009 at 2:22 am
get a coffe press, it is this cylinder with a handle you push down, which grinds the coffee immediatley, so fresh…yumm
July 1st, 2009 at 7:14 am
You may need to flush out your coffee maker, put 2 cups of pure vinegar throught it.
July 1st, 2009 at 2:47 pm
run vinegar through your coffee pot and then flush with water for three or four times.
July 4th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I know Maxwell House has those pre measured packets for your coffee. That’s easy enough to follow. Read the labels.
July 5th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Too strong or overbrewed/ burnt it.
Try making it quicker, and weaker next time.
Or try a medium roast instread of dark.
Try columbian beans for good flavour – or a blend with them.
July 7th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Get a hand operated coffee bean grinder and ground your own coffee this tastes much better than instant. Filter the coffee after grinding it.
July 8th, 2009 at 7:29 am
It sounds like you may be using too much coffee. Try reducing the amount given the amount of water you’re using. You should also try a more mellow blend, which will provide a smoother flavor. Another thing that can help minimize the bitter taste is to add a little ground cinnamon to the fresh coffee grounds. When storing your ground coffee, make sure to keep in a sealed container and store in the freezer.
July 9th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
at some gas stations, they have a coffee machine than has a good amount of coffee grounds that already comes with the filter and automatically pores down enough water to make it taste good.
Do forget the sugar or creamer!
July 12th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
First of all, Coffee Beans start going stale after a couple of days. Try keeping your beans in an airtight container in the freezer. Next, invest in a coffee grinder that uses a burr instead of a blade. Blades chip and bits of them wind up in your grounds and can alter the taste when you are brewing. Only grind enough for you to use that time. Third, there are SO many blends of beans! Experiment and find the roast that suits your tastes the best! I love smooth rich coffee, my fiance loves the strong bold beans.
July 14th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Hello rockability,
It is not just the coffee, but rather a number of things that determines the final product. Having been in the restaurant biz for over 2 decades near the coffee capital of the world – Seattle – believe me I know.
So no one, without more info, can tell you what you might be doing wrong (if anything).
Please read about coffee and brewing coffee at the link below. I nelieve it will help you.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:15 am
First, make sure to follow the directions on the coffee package. Have you tried putting 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon in the filter before adding the coffee grounds? Also, when is the last time you cleaned your coffee maker? Soak your coffee pot with vinegar, and wash your mesh filter with soap, if you have one. While you’re doing this, you might as well do some aesthetic touch ups on the outside of your coffee maker and the heating element at the base. Do this with vinegar as well. The reason I soak the coffee pot is because I own a particular kind of pot that functions as a thermos, rather than constantly heating the coffee while the coffee maker is on. I soak it for about 15-30 minutes.
Fill the coffee pot with the vinegar and run the coffee maker. Now, if you haven’t gotten the chance to clean the filter, what you can do is take the coffee pot out from under the filtering mechanism so that the hot vinegar collects in the filter and cleans that as well. The acids in the vinegar should clean away the scaling and mineral deposits that eventually clog and strain your coffee maker.
After the coffee maker has run once through, remove the coffee filter and rinse it off. If you have a mesh filter, you may notice a whole bunch of junk that came through the machine. That’s the stuff you’re trying to get rid of: pieces of old coffee beans, residue, oils, and minerals built up from the repetitive evaporation of non-deionized water.
Remove the coffee pot and pour out the remaining vinegar. Once you’ve done that, rinse out the coffee pot a couple of times to make sure you’ve gotten rid of all the particles that came through the coffee maker. Now, you’ve completed the first in a series of three cycles you’re going to run before your coffee maker is clear for inspection.
Refill the coffee maker with vinegar and run the cycle one more time. Because the vinegar works at the lime and mineral build up by a chemical reaction, there is a possibility that without scrubbing the machine you didn’t get all of the grime. Repeating the process one or two times more will ensure a good, clean coffee maker. Then, for your final cycle, run pure, deionized water through the machine to make sure you get all of the vinegar out.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:07 am
First, I buy whole beans and I keep them in the freezer until I grind them, usually the night before (auto start coffee maker). I grind the beans not as fine as recommended for auto drip coffee makers as I use a gold filter and if you grind the beans too fine, they will be bitter. Next, I use a PUR water filter for my water.
I avoid Starbucks coffee as they over-roast their coffee (at least in my opinion). I usually make a blend of hazelnut and vanilla nut coffees with just a touch of French roast, or at least a medium body roast. If all of this doesn’t help, email me and I am glad to see if I can help somehow.
July 18th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Two possibilities, one your coffee maker needs a good cleaning or two the amount of coffee is incorrect. The ratio for coffee is for each 8 ounces of water you use one tablespoon of coffee. Try it . Hope your coffee taste better.
July 20th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Buy your own coffee beans. Grind them fresh.
Buy a new good quality coffee machine and follow the instructions.
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Start with really good coffee,not from Starbucks because those beans are burned a little during the roasting process. Try something like Seattle’s Best. If you can, grind at home. Mr. Coffee makes a good Blade grinder for about 15.00 that you can get in the grocery store or target. Use 1 rounded tablespoon of beans per cup of water.
Do NOT use a paper filter. takes the oil out of coffee and increases bitterness. Here, you have two choices. Either get a gold filter for your drip coffee maker, or buy a French press. Gold filters cost less than 25.00 and last forever. Some grocery stores have them,or you can look on line.
Follow the advice others have given about using vinegar to clean your coffee maker at least twice a month, no matter whether you use automatic or French press. Also filter your water or use bottled. It will make a difference.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
check out Alton Brown on the food channel web site for his coffee brewing tips