Last year, it came to my attention that I was doing an incredibly sh*tty job of making coffee. After taking this extremely personally, I went to Nepal, studied with the monks, ate a hypnotic flower, fought a bunch of weird shadows, and returned with basic knowledge about coffee preparation.
Here are the 10 things I was doing wrong. I fixed them all, and now I am officially addicted to caffeine. Damn it.
4. Screwing up the water-to-coffee ratio
If you’re making single cups, a small change in the amount of coffee or water you use will affect your system. Use a cheap kitchen scale ($15) to measure out the amount of beans—it takes two seconds. You can also use the scale to measure water. I put my mug, coffee maker, coffee (17 grams), and filter on the scale, zero the scale, and pour in 300 grams of water. Perfect ratio and no spillage.
One reply on “10 WAYS YOU’RE MAKING COFFEE WRONG”
Being the ultimate coffee snob, I must say this is almost spot on. My only quibble is that 205 degrees F is still too hot. 190 to 195 works great for pour overs. If you use a drip machine, you are dead to me.