{"id":182,"date":"2017-04-30T18:27:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T18:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/2017\/04\/30\/how-to-make-coffee-9-things-to-know\/"},"modified":"2025-01-11T18:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T18:53:11","slug":"how-to-make-coffee-9-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/how-to-make-coffee-9-things-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Coffee &#8211; 9 Things to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How To Make Coffee &#8211; <em>9 things to know about coffee<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This is not intended to be an exhaustive analysis of how to make coffee, but simply an over view of different coffee methods answering the question, how to make coffee, and some quick tips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40ro706\">Jot Coffee Concentrate High Caffeine Instant Coffee Make 14 Cups Cold Brew Concentrate 150mg Caffeine\/Tbsp<\/a> &lt;-Amazon Associates Link<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">1. Fresh cool water.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-179\" src=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"water image how to make coffee\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-1200x857.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-1980x1414.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The more water it is, rather than additives like chlorine and fluoride, the better. No, you&#8217;re almost certainly not going to get hold of completely pure water however reverse osmosis water is a fine choice. Usually though city water is okay, but it will flavor your water. Think about it, the main ingredient is water!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">2. Grind<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-180\" src=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grind-how-to-make-coffee.jpeg\" alt=\"how to make coffee grind image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grind-how-to-make-coffee.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grind-how-to-make-coffee-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grind-how-to-make-coffee-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grind-how-to-make-coffee-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Grind your own beans just prior to making that delicious brew, if you have a grinder that is. If you buy pre-ground coffee buy it is the smallest containers you can!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Unless you use an extraordinary amount of coffee, like restaurant quantities, the coffee in large containers will grow noticeably &#8220;un-fresh&#8221; in the giant ground bucket, so that by the end you cannot wait to open that new one you just bought! Another exception is cost. If that big old Folgers or Yuban tub saves you a few cents and you&#8217;re willing to sacrifice flavor towards the end of it, by all means partake. We&#8217;ve all been there. Keep your beans or ground coffee is a cool (not refrigerated) area and out of sunlight, and keep them sealed as best you can!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">By the way, there are myriad tutorials on how to even roast your own beans fresh, and a whole cottage industry devoted to this. thank you YouTube in particular and Internet in general for this great gift!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Best Coffee\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CF0I8BB_L6w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">3. Prepare your coffee maker <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Prepare your coffee maker (whatever it is) just before you brew rather than the night before if you can. It does make a taste difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">If using a drip maker with a hot plate beneath the pot, like a standard Mr. coffee, GET THAT COFFEE OF THE HOT PLATE! The loss via evaporation and constant heat beneath slowly turn your delicious delightful coffee to a devilishly bitter slop. As long as you don&#8217;t mind the bitter stale taste, use that hot plate, but a better solution is to pour it into a thermos, or use a heat preserving decanter style brewer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">4. Drive<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> Simply drive to your local coffee joint.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">5. K-Cup It<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Simply pop a K-Cup pod into your Keurig, however do still follow #1 above, and be sure to regularly clean your Keurig.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Other methods of brewing coffee.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">6. Percolators<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-181\" src=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/how-to-make-coffee-percolator.jpg\" alt=\"how to make coffee - percolators\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/how-to-make-coffee-percolator.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/how-to-make-coffee-percolator-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/how-to-make-coffee-percolator-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/how-to-make-coffee-percolator-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">You may have seen your parents or your grandparents use this method. Heck, the sound of percolating was even used as part of early Yuban ads. I remember that add. God I&#8217;m Old. I have also used this method while camping, percolating over a camp fire. No, it&#8217;s not great, but it&#8217;s still coffee, so it&#8217;s still good. Last 2 times camping I used a camp stove powered Mr. Coffee style maker, WAY better!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Percolators Downside<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The downside to percolators is that the already brewed coffee is sent over and over again through the same grounds, so the coffee tends to get over done and bitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">7. Boiling<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This was the main method of making coffee for, like, ever. One way is called making &#8220;mud coffee&#8221;, where you simply put your grounds in the bottom of a cup, pour near boiling (not NOT boiling) water into the cup then wit for the grounds to settle to the bottom of the cup. The mud comes from the goo at the bottom, the now depleted grounds. A guy I used to work with was a former Marine who was assigned as a cook. I used to tease him that he wasn&#8217;t a rear soldier, what, would he chase the enemy with a spatula? He didn&#8217;t like that much. anyway, their field method of coffee bring was a boiling water in a giant pot, like 70 gallons, throw in a can of coffee, stir, then at a certain time tossing ice into the water, forcing the grounds to settle quickly to the bottom. Simply ladle it into soldiers cups as they passed through the mess line. Cowboy Coffee is basically the same thing, just on a smaller scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">8. French Press<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>I use this, get yours now! Amazon Associate Link:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4idj61V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stanley Classic The Stay-Hot French Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This is also called Steeping. I do not, and will not ever use this method. I&#8217;m lazy and refuse to wait around until I can push the plunger after boiling water. From wikipedia, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coffee_preparation:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\">A\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\"><a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"color: #0b0080; background: none;\" title=\"Cafeti\u00e8re\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cafeti%C3%A8re\">cafeti\u00e8re<\/a><\/i><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\">, or\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\">French press,<\/i><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\">\u00a0is a tall, narrow cylinder with a\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif;\" title=\"Plunger\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plunger\">plunger<\/a><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\">\u00a0that includes a metal or\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #0b0080; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif;\" title=\"Nylon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nylon\">nylon<\/a><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\">\u00a0fine mesh filter. The grounds are placed in the cylinder, and off-the-boil water is then poured into it. The coffee and hot water are left in the cylinder for a few minutes (typically 4\u20137 minutes) and then the plunger is gently pushed down, leaving the filter immediately above the grounds, allowing the coffee to be poured out while the filter retains the grounds. Depending on the type of filter, it is important to pay attention to the grind of the coffee beans, though a rather coarse grind is almost always called for.<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Others, such as Espresso I don&#8217;t consider so much coffee as I do Green Acres Abominations, but a lot of people like this. I have an espresso maker (It&#8217;s not EXPRESSO, ninny!) that I have used once, maybe twice. I don&#8217;t use it because it makes these itty bitty cups of thick brew, and you have to use a very fine grind for the full effect. That grind really can&#8217;t be used in the regular coffee maker. My thoughts on home espresso machines is they pretty much are similar to bread machines. you have one, it sits there, but yeah, no, it gets no use. So much easier to NOT use it. The only difference between an espresso machine and a tread mill is you don&#8217;t drape clothing on the espresso machine.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">9. Drip Method<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Okay, if I have to describe this to anyone, have them write me direct so I can welcome them to planet Earth, or alternately, back from being 40 years dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Last words. The ratio of coffee to water is important, so experiment! that is something you cannot do with a Keurig, you get whatever is in the cup. Or Starbucks, short of making the barista insane with goofy overly complex orders. The beauty of home brewing is so multi faceted. you can roast your own beans, you can change the grind, you can change the radios, and you can do this all with a huge variety of different kinds of coffee beans!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">For me, i prefer to push a button and let the coffee maker do the rest. Today it&#8217;s all about the convenience rather than the crafting, but there are options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">So get out there and enjoy something delightful, like a cup of fresh brewed deliciousness!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Now, hit that share button like you\u2019d hit the snooze on your alarm\u2014quickly and without a second thought!<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full gap-3 gizmo:gap-0\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message peer flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words peer-[.text-message]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"a232f80a-54ff-42b3-9d33-8b1f356e0475\">\n<p>Coffee Memes and Funnies\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/category\/coffee-memes-and-funnies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join Delightful Coffee today, membership is free! This is a feature that will open soon.<br \/>\nThere you can add your thoughts on our favorite beverage, coffee! Also, if you would like to write an article or five on coffee, we\u2019re open to that as well. HMU at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:originaldelightfulcoffee@gmail.com\">originaldelightfulcoffee@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/delightfulcoffee\/\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/friendslr.com\/index.php\/pages\/2-delightfulcoffee-com\">Friendslr<\/a>, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DelightfulCoff2\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4j5h5Wc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Do you enjoy roasting coffee? Ever try it? Get this, I have one and love it!<\/a> &lt;-Amazon Associates Link<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-861\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4j5h5Wc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-861\" src=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Coffee-Roaster-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee Roaster image\" width=\"450\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Coffee-Roaster-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Coffee-Roaster.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amazon Associates Link &#8211; Coffee Roaster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2>How To Make Coffee<\/h2>\n<h3><em>9 things to know about coffee<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This is not intended to be an exhaustive analysis of how to make coffee, but simply an over view of different coffee methods answering the question, how to make coffee, and some quick tips.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">1. Fresh cool water.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-179\" src=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"water image how to make coffee\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-1200x857.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Water-for-coffee-1980x1414.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The more water it is, rather than additives like chlorine and fluoride, the better. No, you&#8217;re almost certainly not going to get hold of completely pure water however reverse osmosis water is a fine choice. Usually though city water is okay, but it will flavor your water. Think about it, the main ingredient is water!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">2. Grind<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-180\" src=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grind-how-to-make-coffee.jpeg\" alt=\"how to make coffee grind image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grind-how-to-make-coffee.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grind-how-to-make-coffee-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grind-how-to-make-coffee-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grind-how-to-make-coffee-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Grind your own beans just prior to making that delicious brew, if you have a grinder that is. If you buy pre-ground coffee buy it is the smallest containers you can!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445,"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/1445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delightfulcoffee.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}