One Simple Thing

After many years of coffee drinking, coffee brewing and now, coffee roasting and coffee geekery, I have come up with one simple rule for making better coffee.

This rule is based on the observation that people enjoy a single really good, rich, tasty cup of coffee far more than two cups of any kind of coffee. Just look at how people prefer espresso-based drinks if they can get them. Look at how the drinkers of Turkish and Greek coffees prefer a single small cup and a glass of water on the side. I found myself dropping the espresso-based coffee because price and perceived value some time ago, but I discovered that I had to really look to find great drip coffee. The reason became apparent. Most drip coffee was too weak. Experimentation and observation then led to this one simple rule:

Use more coffee.

That’s right. When the coffee seems unsatisfactory, make it with MORE coffee grounds and drink less of the resulting coffee. It will taste better and you will be happier with the result.

In my research I found much evidence that people really do use far too little coffee. For example, old recipes for coffee suggest volumes of eight to one. One cup of coffee grounds per eight cups of water. That isn’t eight twelve ounce Starbucks paper cups. That’s eight 8-oz. measuring cups. Top notch places like Blue Bottle recommend about four tablespoons of coffee per 8-oz cup. That’s actually even stronger – 2oz coffee to 8-oz water.

So give it a try. Start with 8 to 1 and move toward 4 to 1 ratios and stop when you think one cup is great, to be savored and enjoyed and perfectly satisfying.
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