How to Make Coffee Taste Good

Coffee freshness depends on the product, packaging and storage conditions. Record the product and packing or roast information from the exact pack, then follow its storage instructions.

Keep the coffee protected from air, moisture, heat and light. For more detail, see the coffee storage guide.

Coffee is almost 99% water, so it is important to make it suitable for coffee.

The chemical composition of water is not only H2O, but also various salts and minerals. For coffee, the content of these substances shouldn’t be too high. The content of minerals and salts is called the mineralization of water.

Coffee on water with low mineralization acquires a sharp and bitter taste. And coffee on water with high mineralization – flat taste with notes of paper in it. The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) recommends brewing mineralization of water that equals 75-175 mg/l. It is believed that the ideal level of mineralization is 100 mg/l.

In addition to mineralization, it is important that the pH level is between 6.5 and 8.

Keep opened coffee sealed and protected from air, moisture, heat and light. Choose a quantity your household or service can use while the flavour still suits your recipe.

For a buying decision, compare storage instructions and the marked best-before date for the exact product. Keep those details separate from a universal freshness claim about every coffee.

Quality grinding should be uniform. If the size of coffee particles in one serving of grinding varies from very small to large, the taste of coffee is unpredictable. Perfectly uniform grinding does not exist, so it is important that the variation in particle size is as small as possible.

A dirty coffee maker or coffee grinder will nullify all efforts. Dried essential oils or ground coffee left in the grinder channel and into the serving will turn the coffee rancid.

In good coffee shops, coffee grinders are cleaned daily, and coffee machines twice a day. The equipment is cleaned with water, brushes, brushes and special cleaning agents.

Record the coffee dose and the water or finished beverage quantity for your chosen recipe. Compare the next cup with those notes, then change one part of the recipe at a time.

If the brewer is a phin, use the phin preparation guide to check the setup before deciding which coffee to buy next.