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Originally Posted by design.guru.guy
I fuckin love coffee...please tell me...how the hell do you make a great cup of coffee?
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For me it all starts with the beans and yes you should grind your own as you use them. Like spices once ground they begin to loose their flavor near instantly. Find yourself a bean type that you really like, if you are not sure you can join one of the many coffee clubs like Gevalia. They will send you a free coffee maker and maybe some insulated cups just for signing up. Forget the maker though and hell give it as a gift to someone. Now go order yourself like 5 bags of beans, pay attention to how much you drink and it will tell you how often you should get shipments. Now as each arrive grind some up and give them a taste and write down some notes. Do this until you find a bean you like. I personally am very fond of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee as is. Though I have made my own blends from assorted beans that missed a note here and there (hence the notes).
Get yourself a spice grinder or coffee bean grinder your choice just a matter of price an if you get a spice grinder remember its for coffee only.
Next a french press coffee maker. Yup zero technology at work, glass, stainless steel plunger, and a lid.
Stainless steel tea pot or if your like me and like productivity get yourself an electric kettle and I like the one Braun makes. Boils anything super fast.
Then your most important issue is your water. If your tap water does not taste perfect get yourself a filter system for it. Water choice is often the number one reason why coffee tastes like crap next to crappy beans.
Now I am sure some will say get some super deluxe wonder machine that grinds the beans, makes all forms of coffee and all that jazz for several hundred to a few grand. If you go this route just go Italian models and I hope you really love coffee. They are worth it, just not that worth it to me as I go through times when I am more into teas than coffee's.