In my opinion the secret to making a great cup of home brewed coffee to start with bottled water and freshly roasted whole bean coffee. The smell…the taste… is wonderful. Now, there are two ways that you can purchase this delicacy. You can either purchase them already roasted or you can get green coffee beans and then roast them yourself. Roasting your own coffee beans isn’t nearly as difficult as it sounds.
Selecting Whole Bean Coffee
The whole bean coffee you choose will depend on if you like a light, medium or dark roast coffee. Since a light roast lets all of the bean’s original flavor come through, use this for a coffee whose flavor you truly enjoy.
Purchasing your beans from a store or coffee shop that roasts its own beans is most important. Some 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. After roasting, coffee’s true flavor only lasts from about 7 days to up to four weeks depending upon the type of whole bean coffee you purchased.
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 almost immediately after roasting, causing the bean to lose the fresh roasted flavor. The less time between roasting and making the better.
Although you may be tempted to, pick up 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 my whole bean coffee that’s been roasted, ground beans begin to lose their freshness very rapidly.
So If You Want To Make A Really Good Cup Of Coffee
Only use whole bean coffee from a reliable roaster.
Grind the beans only when you’re ready to make a pot.
Use filtered water.
Use a coffee pot that brews at a temperature of 200 degrees.
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