ive always loved strong coffee and my mr coffe drip machine just wasnt cutting it. ive been boiling the grounds in a pot on the stove and straining them out with a very fine stainless steel strainer that i got at a dollar store when i was on vacation in hawaii. i boil them for a few minutes and it really gets all the flavor out of the grinds, ive tried an on the stove purculator as well but i like this method alot more. with the drip machine i really felt the grinds were going to waste from lack of extraction. now im acheiving maximum extraction that would even impress mr dyson.
a good way to brew coffee
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you must love horridly bitter coffee! boiling the grounds is about the worst (according to the "experts")way to make coffee.
if you like it I'm not going to argue your own taste, but I think I'll pass on your cup of joe.
if you like it I'm not going to argue your own taste, but I think I'll pass on your cup of joe.
yep i love bitter coffee.
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Why not just chew the roasted beans?
This works, but you need to chase it with 5 packets of sugar.
I just use more coffee; I prefer the hot water, once thru, no lingering etc. Percolators and French coffee presses are implements of torture.
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That's why I recommended chewing coffee beans over his philistine brewing method!
By the way, it's much cheaper to make your own chocolate covered coffee beans than buying them. And of course you can pick your own beans and chocolate.
By the way, it's much cheaper to make your own chocolate covered coffee beans than buying them. And of course you can pick your own beans and chocolate.
Invest in a French Press. Essentially a glass container with a fine mesh attached to a plunger. You add your grounds (not finely ground) and then boiling water. Stir and steep for 5 min. Then "press" the grounds through the water to the bottom. Pour and enjoy. Makes a great cup!
Coffee press makes great coffee.
Man o man, I love those chocolate covered aspresso beans, too. Coffee doesn't even keep me up anymore. I just love the flavor.
Man o man, I love those chocolate covered aspresso beans, too. Coffee doesn't even keep me up anymore. I just love the flavor.
I've recently started using a Bodum French press. I can't tell any real difference in the way it makes the coffee tastes vs. my plain jane $10 Sunbeam coffee maker.
What is the French press brewing method supposed to do that a traditional coffee maker doesn't?
What is the French press brewing method supposed to do that a traditional coffee maker doesn't?
Brazilian sock method makes a great cup.
Do you have to wash the sock?
The darker the better.
My wife's Aunt makes coffee like that. It is good. too sweet, though.
Yes they make it sweet. If you can talk them down on the sugar, you really get some killer coffee.
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Do you use coarse grinds? Maybe you make your coffee so strong that you can't tell how it was brewed?
I want to know why it's called a French press. Unless it's a French invention, the name seems to make little sense, especially because the French don't use that type coffee maker all that often. They seem to like café espresso, though. Café Americain is also popular. I'm sure one of our French members will enlighten us. Luckily, BITOG is such a multinational community.
Mori,
Didn't know there were any Froggie's here! Besides, most a us couldn't read a post in French anyway
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Bob
Didn't know there were any Froggie's here! Besides, most a us couldn't read a post in French anyway
Bob
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