At home I have a hand-me-down coffee maker with the feature set of "on and off". It makes coffee, which is exactly what I need it for. I did a quick search and on how to make better coffee and of course I got lots of hits like this one. Most of them say to use a french press and bottled water. Oh, and don't forget to use a specific grinder, measuring out your ingredients down to the gram. Oh, and have the water in a specific 5 degree range.
Riiiight. I like good coffee, but I also don't like doing a lot of work to get it. I know, that doesn't make much sense. I just don't want to become one of those crazy people that won't enjoy something unless it was make in a specific way... the way that I read it somewhere as being the "right way"... which would become "my way" with no really good reason.
I don't want to spend 500 $ for a coffee maker. I don't want one with "pods" that you have buy in order to make a cup. *sigh* At this point I'll just keep on playing around with the amount of water and (pre-ground! *gasp*!!) coffee to see if I can tweak things. Time for another cup. ;-)
We use a french press to make our coffee. I think it cost about $20 at Walmart. We use the standard grind that you find at the grocery store. Once in a while we get it ground at a coffee shop, and they will grind it for a french press for you. Overall, it's pretty good, and makes a really quick and easy cup of coffee without too much messing around. The best way to get a good consistent cup of coffee is to drink it black. no sugar, no creme. It takes a little getting used to, but after that it's very simple. No messing around trying to get the exact ratio of sugar:coffee:creme.
ReplyDeleteGood coffee? Go to Starbucks and get a large regular coffee for $1.09.
ReplyDelete"large regular"? What Starbucks are you going to?
ReplyDeleteThe one across from my work has "tall", "grande" and "venti" for the sizes, and you can get stregths like "medium" and "bold"
At that Starbucks for a "grande medium" it costs me around 2 $. I'm not a fan of Starbucks. :-/
I went to the one at Yonge and King in Toronto -- $1.09 gets you a tall medium coffee.
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