PostsI think the key to making a great cup of home brewed coffee to start with filtered water and recently roasted whole bean coffee. The smell…the taste… is wonderful. Now, there are two ways that you can purchase your coffee beans. You can either buy them pre-roasted or you can buy green coffee beans and then roast them yourself. Roasting your own coffee beans is far less complicated than it sounds.
Selecting Whole Bean Coffee
The bean you choose will depend on whether you like a light, medium or dark roast flavor Since a light roast lets all of the bean’s original flavor come through, use this for a coffee whose flavor you truly enjoy.
Buying your beans from a store or coffee shop that roasts its own beans is most important. Many online retailers will take your order, roast the coffee beans and then immediately package them up and send it to you. In this way you receive the freshest whole bean coffee available. Once roasted, coffee’s true flavor only lasts from about 7 days to up to three weeks depending upon the type of whole bean coffee you purchased.
What difference does this make?
An important factor to stay mindful of is that as soon as the beans have been roasted, they begin to lose their freshness. The oils in the beans will start breaking down almost immediately after roasting, which causes the bean to lose the fresh roasted flavor. The less time between roasting and brewing the better.
Though you may be tempted to, buy whole bean coffee from your local supermarket these beans have been roasted at who knows where and trucked to your local supermarket. These beans may already be a week old.
Storing Your Coffee
I like to grind just what I need for immediate use and then store the rest of the whole bean coffee in an airtight container preferably away from extreme heat, cold or light. I like to keep my beans in the freezer and if I do grind extra I usually keep this in the fridge. I keep my whole beans in the freezer and any ground coffee in the refrigerator. Just like the whole bean coffee that’s been roasted, the your beans begin to lose their freshness very rapidly.
My Experience Has Shown To Make A really Good Cup Of Coffee
Only use whole bean coffee from a reliable roaster.
Do not grind the beans until you are ready to make coffee.
Use bottled water.
Use a coffee pot that brews at a temperature of 200 degrees.
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