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Tuesday 7 June 2016

Ensure That You Are Using The Finest Home Brew Ingredients

By Douglas Scott


The heart of any home is the aroma of freshly brewed morning coffee coming from your kitchen. So try to ensure that the first smells to hit the rest of your house are the best ones you can make. They always say the best cup of the day is the first, and that requires quality home brew ingredients.

Not just any coffee is going to work to bring out the best in the home. You have to start with Great Beans. Grinds must be fresh; it isn't like wine better when aged. The chemical structure of a good blend changes with age, hence your flavor may vary. The deterioration is faster if your beans or grinds are not kept sealed. Airtight container in your fridge is the best storage idea for your coffee. However it is better to only grind enough beans for your immediate use. Remember when buying your beans, look for the roasted on dates on the packaging. This will be a good indication of the quality of your product. No Roasted by dates, don't even buy that bag.

With over 70 different types of Bean to choose from, picking can be tricky. However, the two most common are Coffee Arabica and Coffee Robusta. For your cup with more Caffeine, you need to use Robusta, while Arabica is noted for its balanced flavors and aroma.

It is about personal taste and smell. Both blends have beans available that have been fired for longer and on a higher heat, determining whether you are using a light or dark roast. Caffeine content in the darker roast is generally less.

When your water is at the correct temperature for the coffee making process, ensure that you leave the grinds to infuse correctly, to absorb the water and take the fullness of the flavor into your cup as you pour it. Water that is too hot, will burn your coffee and taint the taste.

When the brewing process is complete you are ready to pour your cup, adding milk or cream, with sugar, syrup, or your sweetener of choice. Try not to add too much as the bitterness of the coffee is part of the pleasure.

Your Ingredients are important but if you fall on any part of the brewing process, even the most exclusive items used will not rescue the inevitable disaster that will result. A coffee too strong can be watered down, but one too weak is not saveable. By equal measure, a perfect brewing process will not bring the best cup if the contents are of inferior quality.

For the perfect flavor cup of coffee, you should not need to add any of the various additional flavors, and additives that are available today in the marketplace. Such as Vanilla Extract, etc. Your coffee will speak for itself when you pour that first cup. After pouring add cream and sugar - this should be limited as your coffee must have the bitter taste of the middle east.




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