How do you prepare the perfect coffee at home

Whatever the origin or coffee flavor, the secret recipe is perfect to keep in mind four fundamental elements: proportion, grinding, water and freshness.

The proportion

Although compliance proportion is most common mistake in coffee, the good news is that it is also the most easily corrected. The golden rule of proportion say that we need to add two tablespoons of ground coffee per cup of water (specifically, 10 grams of coffee in 180 ml of water) and when preparing iced coffee, double the amount of coffee.

Proportion is very important because it depends coffee flavor. If you add too much coffee, you risk to get a flavor rather bitter or too rough. Conversely, too little coffee means you will not have a full flavor, which fully enjoying.

Grinding

To determine the fineness of grinding you need to consider how you are going to prepare coffee: very fine grinding is perfect for making kettle, grinding medium is recommended for coffee in the filter and coarse grinding is suited to French Press brewing (press maker). A little secret: traditional pressing is the best method of preparation, it retains the true flavor of the coffee.

Water

Even if you know that water is an ingredient banal, in reality it contributes decisively to the taste of coffee. Water makes up 98% of the component of a cup of coffee and therefore it is advisable to use each time fresh water, or clean the strainer. Water heated to 90-95 degrees Celsius makes best to reveal the full flavor of coffee instead if the water is not heated enough flavor is lost.

Freshness

One of the key elements that need to be considered if you want to prepare a really good coffee is fresh. For a full flavor, fresh ground coffee should be just before cooking; coffee is ground long before it loses its flavor and freshness prepapare.

Storage

The freshness of the coffee depends largely extra storage mode. How largest coffee enemies are oxygen, light, heat and moisture, the coffee should be stored in an airtight container at room temperature. For daily use, storing coffee in the refrigerator is not recommended as it moistens due to condensation.

Instead, if you need to store coffee for more than two weeks without a use, it is best to keep it in the freezer in an airtight container. After being brewed coffee or coffee should be kept in thermos and should not be reheated.

You can enjoy perfect coffee prepared at home using Starbucks coffee - Ethiopia Sidamo or Starbucks- Kenya, these are two types of coffee that is best suited for brewed coffee ice that keeps its flavor for a long time.

Coming from the Africa / Arabia offers this type of coffee beans with a rich flavor that combines pure acidity with floral and citrus notes.

In order to prepare ice coffee in a French Press:

uses double the amount of coffee to the amount used normally about some coffee to three parts water
Pour hot water over coffee and wait 4 minutes
then rub sieve and pour coffee obtained in another container
add three cups of ice
is expected to cool and serve in glasses with ice
according to the taste can add milk or sugar syrup