I must be doing something right with my coffee...

[elfs]

I must do something very right with the coffee I brew at home. I don't know what it is, but it sure works. I use just any old bean (right now, I'm trying the Starbuck's Tribute blend), but I use a half-height French Press (two cups of coffee per batch) and let them sit for four minutes before pouring. I always prepare more water than the press will hold, and I use the remaining water to warm my cup. I alway pour quickly after pressing, and it's great, smooth and never bitter.

This morning, I had an opportunity to have some of Starbuck's Pike Place Market Roast, as brewed by Starbucks, and you know, it was very bitter. Even a four ounce cup couldn't be saved with a teaspoon of sugar, and I never use more than that at home. That may explain why the salting doesn't do much for me: I don't make coffee that needs saving.

Man, my third post in a row about coffee.

Comments

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

I prefer tea. I use loose leaf tea and this device that lets me pour tea into the cup but filters out the leaves. I also make the hot water with my electric kettle.

[lucky-otter.livejournal.com]

Most of the electric kettles I've tried make terrible tasting plasticky water. It's annoying how much the good ones - which have no plastic touching the water during heating - cost.

[fayanora.livejournal.com]

My electric kettle is metal, not plasic. And it only cost me about $30.

[lucky-otter.livejournal.com]

Neat. I haven't found any metal ones around that price. Though, I've mostly been looking at variable temperature ones since I'd rather not have to use a cooling vessel when making green, white, oolong, etc. Maybe I should just resign myself to using a cooling vessel and a thermometer, though. My current stove kettle leaks steam something awful, which means I need to use a potholder to handle it, often.