Comments on: How to make really good coffee with an automatic drip coffeemaker? http://biginelli.com/how-to-make-really-good-coffee-with-an-automatic-drip-coffeemaker/ ANU Secret Coffee Destination - School of Music (Don't tell anyone) Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: singletrack65 http://biginelli.com/how-to-make-really-good-coffee-with-an-automatic-drip-coffeemaker/comment-page-1/#comment-114 singletrack65 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:31:15 +0000 http://biginelli.com/how-to-make-really-good-coffee-with-an-automatic-drip-coffeemaker/#comment-114 A few possible problems: 1) Most auto drips don't get hot enough to properly brew coffee (should be around 200F) 2) Canned, preground coffee is already stale when you buy it; whole beans in valve sealed bags are the best (short of roasting your own). 3) Not using enough grounds will cause over extraction, resulting in bitter coffee. The proper amount is 2tbsp per 6oz of water. If you want to try a cheap way to make good coffee, try this:\ Measure water into a pot and bring to a boil Remove from heat and add proper amount of grounds to water Let steep for 4 minutes. Pour through a fine strainer into your carafe If you use just the strainer, it will taste rich like from a french press. If your strainer isn't fine enough, you can put a coffee filter in it. This will give you a milder coffee, but both will taste good if the beans were fresh. A few possible problems:
1) Most auto drips don’t get hot enough to properly brew coffee (should be around 200F)
2) Canned, preground coffee is already stale when you buy it; whole beans in valve sealed bags are the best (short of roasting your own).
3) Not using enough grounds will cause over extraction, resulting in bitter coffee. The proper amount is 2tbsp per 6oz of water.

If you want to try a cheap way to make good coffee, try this:\
Measure water into a pot and bring to a boil
Remove from heat and add proper amount of grounds to water
Let steep for 4 minutes.
Pour through a fine strainer into your carafe

If you use just the strainer, it will taste rich like from a french press. If your strainer isn’t fine enough, you can put a coffee filter in it. This will give you a milder coffee, but both will taste good if the beans were fresh.

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