Final step for a cup of Coffee, Brewing.

Today we are going to talk about Brewing, which is considered as the weakest link in the enjoyment of a good cup of coffee! You can buy the finest beans, can have the best of the best roast but if you mess up at this step then all the effort putted in are wasted.

The most important thing to understand the brewing method is to understand what goes on in the process. The main components are water and temperature. You need to understand how in brewing the grinded coffee is infused with boiling water to get the flavor out of the powdered coffee.

The best brew is obtained by measuring the Coffee to Water Ratio. The best way to measure coffee is by weight, which is generally done by the scale. It can be measured by volume but it disturbs the coffee taste as it’s not accurate all the time.  It is always wise to brew your coffee strong as it’s easy to divide it to desired taste by adding water.

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The water that is used for infusion has to be right otherwise the coffee will taste wrong. The best rule is to taste the water before using it in brewing as the taste of water changes the taste of coffee.

We are lucky that we don’t have to do all this on our own as the coffee machines does this for us. But the scientists spend a lot of time to attain the determined taste and ratio for every coffee. Various big companies like Starbucks and Tim Horton’s have their own lab to get their right taste for all types of coffee they carry. For instance, a regular double double will be always prepared with the same type of ratio that was discovered in their lab by the machines they have in the restaurants.