The worst thing for coffee, either ground or beans, is air. Once air comes in contact with your coffee grinds, they begin to lose their flavor. Ground coffee is vacuum packed to retain freshness, but once the seal is broken it starts to lose its taste. The best manner to ensure that your coffee is as tasty as possible is to buy whole coffee beans and grind then yourself as you need them.
To ensure great tasting coffee grind your coffee beans right before you brew your coffee. How should coffee beans be ground in order to get the best taste? Grinding your coffee is an important part of the coffee making process and as it is important it needs to be done well.
Different types of coffee calls for different types of grinds. So you’ll need to learn to use your coffee grinder properly if you want to make the freshest best tasting coffee possible.
Of course for the real coffee fanatics and connesieurs you may want to invest in a complete bean to cup coffee machine such as the delonghi ESAM5400
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Percolator/ French Press Coffee
If you plan on brewing your coffee with a percolator or a French Press coffee maker then you’ll need a coarser grind. Simply tap the grind button a couple of times,.
The aim is that the beans should be broken up into tiny pieces. If the grinds look like a powder then you have over indulged in the grinding, time to statt again. Remember to tap the button and not hold it down.
Automatic drip coffee makers
Automatic drip coffee makers work best with medium grinds. Picture the grinds that you’d find in a can of supermarket coffee. Medium grinds are best in this situation. They can be described as looking like brown sand. So remember the last time you went to the beach but instead of seeing the sand in between your toes, imagine seeing sand in your coffee maker. Once again your coffee beans should not be over ground. You do not want a fine powder if you’re going to use an automatic coffee maker.
Espresso maker
Finally if your using an espresso maker, you want those fine powdery grinds that you’ve been trying to avoid when making coarse and medium grinds. Grind away at the coffee beans untill is very finely ground. One of the best espresso coffee makers that we recommend is the Delonghi EC710
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