The Best Tasting Coffee

March 20th, 2010 by admin

In my opinion the key to making a great cup of home brewed coffee to start with bottled water and recently roasted whole bean coffee. The smell…the taste… is wonderful. Now, there are two ways that you can purchase your whole bean coffee. You can either buy them already roasted or you can get green coffee beans and then roast them yourself. at home. 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 coffee. A lighter 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 your coffee beans and then quickly package it up and send it to you. In this way you receive the freshest whole bean coffee available. When roasted coffee’s true flavor only lasts from around 7 days to up to three weeks depending upon the type of whole bean coffee you purchase.

Why is this so important?

An important factor to keep in mind is that as soon as the beans are roasted, they begin to lose their freshness. The oils in the beans will start breaking down soon after roasting, which causes the bean to lose the fresh roasted flavor. The less time between roasting and making the better.

Although you may be tempted to, buy whole bean coffee from your local supermarket these beans have been roasted far away and trucked to your local supermarket. These beans may already be a week old.

Keeping Coffee Fresh

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 quickly.

So If You Want To Make A Really Good Cup Of Coffee

Purchase whole bean coffee from a reputable online roaster.
Grind the beans only when you’re ready to make a pot.
Use bottled water.
Only use a drip coffee maker.