Coffee FAQ: You Asked – Here’s The Answers!
I’m asked all sorts of questions about coffee via email, Facebook, Twitter and sometimes I jump offline and I’m even asked questions face to face. What a concept! Anyways, I decided to put together a list of the most frequent asked questions about coffee and a few not so frequently asked questions that are pretty much off the wall.
How can I make the perfect cup of coffee?
I lean towards using a french press, but no matter what method you choose to brew your, check out this blog post, 8 steps to coffee perfection to fine tune your brewing process.
How to use a french press?
If you’re not using a french press, you’re missing on what is a simple, but most flavorful way to brew coffee. Check out my tips for making the best french press coffee.
Along the same lines, but not that frequently asked is: Can I use my french press instead of a coffee maker?
The answer is definitely a YES!
What’s the best way to clean a coffee maker? How often should I clean my coffee maker?
I don’t know about you, but I went years without cleaning my coffee maker. I never knew how badly it was affecting the taste of my coffee until I cleaned it out. Now I never go a week or two without cleaning it. Check out these tips to clean your coffee maker. And if you were curious, it’s best to clean your coffee maker a lot more often than years apart. Depending on how often you make coffee, weekly to once a month is a safe answer.
What are other uses for coffee filters?
This is one of my favorite questions because since I stopped using a drip coffee maker on a daily basis, I have stockpiles of coffee filters laying around the kitchen. Here’s a few of the many other uses for coffee filters.
What’s cheapest and best way to get caffeinated in the morning?
If you’re looking for cheapest, quickest method check out K-Cups. After the initial investment of buying a single serve coffee maker, it’s less than a dollar per cup of coffee. Instant coffee is actually more expensive.
What’s the best single serve coffee maker?
Of the few that I’ve tried, the best was the Keurig B70. It was quick, quiet and easy to clean. Read the review of the Keurig B70 for all of the juicy details.
Coffee for a non-coffee drinker?
Sounds kind of weird to me too, but if you’re a tea drinker check out these two coffees: Broadway Blend from 35 North Coffee Co or Costa Rica Fina from Velton’s. They both reminded me of tea. If you’re more of a hot chocolate drinker, but are looking to switch over to coffee, check out these coffees: Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha, Mudslide from Port City Coffee Roasters or White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle from Jarbee Coffee.
What happens if you drink too much coffee?
My favorite answer is that you do stupid things faster with more energy. Or you check out the coffee curve. However, this article from the Mayo Clinic has a more thorough answer.
Any questions that I missed? Feel free to ask them here or anywhere else that you can find me!
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Good post Mike. Your “8 steps to coffee perfection” is pretty good. I wish I had known some of that years ago. I liked the “do stupid things faster and with more energy” too. I think I’ve done that a time or two.
Thank you. I think that’s one of my most useful articles of all time, but doesn’t get many page views.
Me too on the “do stupid things faster…”
“What’s cheapest and best way to get caffeinated in the morning? If you’re looking for cheapest, quickest method check out K-Cups.”
K-Cups are not the cheapest and definitely aren’t the best way to get your morning coffee. Maybe fastest and most environmentally irresponsible.
If you buy a pound of coffee for $12 (which is still way more than the average person spends per pound) you get roughly 31, 8oz cups of coffee. That comes out to about $0.38 a cup. The average cost of a box of 108 K-cups is $50, or $0.46 per cup. The cost of a French press starts at $15, while a Keurig machine starts at around $60.
K-Cups are basically Folger’s crystals repackaged in the worst possible way. I’m baffles me why so many people give them so much credibility.
My fault, in the original question they were asking me to choose between instant and k-cups. K-cups are nowhere near perfect, but better than instant.
I thought I’d add a little good information about drinking coffee as studies have shown that drinking coffee has a protective effect for those at risk of developing liver disease. It seems that drinking more than two cups of coffee a day lowers our chances of actual liver damage. Researches believe the plant chemicals might be responsible for this. Good news for all us coffee drinkers!