What's the definition of a good cup of coffee? Starbucks? Dunkin' Donuts? Seattle's Best? Well, the truth is that I
love coffee flavored things, but as far as drinking plain, black coffee goes it's a bit too strong for me. At the times when I do drink coffee, I usually have one part coffee to three parts creamer and milk (mostly milk). But making a cup of coffee the right way is so much fun! And lately I've been enjoying doing it. My brother gave my Mom a Christmas gift this year of all the tools needed to make a real cup of coffee. These tools include a scale, a gooseneck kettle, a dripper, and a coffee grinder. I'm not sure what kind of whole coffee beans my brother uses, but definitely
not Dunkin' Donuts, which is exactly what we've been using. :) So the first step to make your amazing cup of coffee is to get good coffee beans and weigh out 22 grams/10 ounces of water on your scale. Meanwhile, start boiling 10 ounces of water in the kettle on the stove. Adjust the grinder to how fine you want the coffee grinds (Warning! If you do it too fine, you'll be having your coffee in the afternoon), and pour the beans into the grinder and grind them up. Place a coffee filter in the dripper, pour the coffee grinds into the filter, place over a mug, and pour all of the boiling water from the kettle over the coffee. Drink and savor. Now, that's the way to drink a cup of coffee!
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| The coffee grinder |
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| Freshly ground coffee smells so good! |
