How To Make Good Quality Coffee?

8 June 2009 in Coffee maker

Whenever I make coffee it comes out to be either bitter tasting, or tasteless or too strong. Even if I buy starbucks coffees they won’t come out the same at home.
What am I doing wrong? The biggest nuisance is that my coffee often has a bitter taste.


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8 June 2009 Coffee maker

19 Comments to How To Make Good Quality Coffee?

  1. Hello rockability,
    It is not just the coffee, but rather a number of things that determines the final product. Having been in the restaurant biz for over 2 decades near the coffee capital of the world – Seattle – believe me I know.
    So no one, without more info, can tell you what you might be doing wrong (if anything).
    Please read about coffee and brewing coffee at the link below. I nelieve it will help you.

    2. Donna on 8 June 2009

  2. use bottled water. put 4 tablespoons for ten cup machine. should be gooood

    3. hot_tama on 8 June 2009

  3. check out Alton Brown on the food channel web site for his coffee brewing tips

    4. turkus07 on 8 June 2009

  4. get a coffe press, it is this cylinder with a handle you push down, which grinds the coffee immediatley, so fresh…yumm

    5. Holly on 8 June 2009

  5. Too strong or overbrewed/ burnt it.
    Try making it quicker, and weaker next time.
    Or try a medium roast instread of dark.
    Try columbian beans for good flavour – or a blend with them.

    6. Mr. P on 8 June 2009

  6. First, I buy whole beans and I keep them in the freezer until I grind them, usually the night before (auto start coffee maker). I grind the beans not as fine as recommended for auto drip coffee makers as I use a gold filter and if you grind the beans too fine, they will be bitter. Next, I use a PUR water filter for my water.
    I avoid Starbucks coffee as they over-roast their coffee (at least in my opinion). I usually make a blend of hazelnut and vanilla nut coffees with just a touch of French roast, or at least a medium body roast. If all of this doesn’t help, email me and I am glad to see if I can help somehow.

    7. Sean on 8 June 2009

  7. First, make sure to follow the directions on the coffee package. Have you tried putting 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon in the filter before adding the coffee grounds? Also, when is the last time you cleaned your coffee maker? Soak your coffee pot with vinegar, and wash your mesh filter with soap, if you have one. While you’re doing this, you might as well do some aesthetic touch ups on the outside of your coffee maker and the heating element at the base. Do this with vinegar as well. The reason I soak the coffee pot is because I own a particular kind of pot that functions as a thermos, rather than constantly heating the coffee while the coffee maker is on. I soak it for about 15-30 minutes.
    Fill the coffee pot with the vinegar and run the coffee maker. Now, if you haven’t gotten the chance to clean the filter, what you can do is take the coffee pot out from under the filtering mechanism so that the hot vinegar collects in the filter and cleans that as well. The acids in the vinegar should clean away the scaling and mineral deposits that eventually clog and strain your coffee maker.
    After the coffee maker has run once through, remove the coffee filter and rinse it off. If you have a mesh filter, you may notice a whole bunch of junk that came through the machine. That’s the stuff you’re trying to get rid of: pieces of old coffee beans, residue, oils, and minerals built up from the repetitive evaporation of non-deionized water.
    Remove the coffee pot and pour out the remaining vinegar. Once you’ve done that, rinse out the coffee pot a couple of times to make sure you’ve gotten rid of all the particles that came through the coffee maker. Now, you’ve completed the first in a series of three cycles you’re going to run before your coffee maker is clear for inspection.
    Refill the coffee maker with vinegar and run the cycle one more time. Because the vinegar works at the lime and mineral build up by a chemical reaction, there is a possibility that without scrubbing the machine you didn’t get all of the grime. Repeating the process one or two times more will ensure a good, clean coffee maker. Then, for your final cycle, run pure, deionized water through the machine to make sure you get all of the vinegar out.

    8. alimah12 on 8 June 2009

  8. Start with really good coffee,not from Starbucks because those beans are burned a little during the roasting process. Try something like Seattle’s Best. If you can, grind at home. Mr. Coffee makes a good Blade grinder for about 15.00 that you can get in the grocery store or target. Use 1 rounded tablespoon of beans per cup of water.
    Do NOT use a paper filter. takes the oil out of coffee and increases bitterness. Here, you have two choices. Either get a gold filter for your drip coffee maker, or buy a French press. Gold filters cost less than 25.00 and last forever. Some grocery stores have them,or you can look on line.
    Follow the advice others have given about using vinegar to clean your coffee maker at least twice a month, no matter whether you use automatic or French press. Also filter your water or use bottled. It will make a difference.

    9. Honeybee on 8 June 2009

  9. run vinegar through your coffee pot and then flush with water for three or four times.

    10. bears~N~ on 9 June 2009

  10. It sounds like you may be using too much coffee. Try reducing the amount given the amount of water you’re using. You should also try a more mellow blend, which will provide a smoother flavor. Another thing that can help minimize the bitter taste is to add a little ground cinnamon to the fresh coffee grounds. When storing your ground coffee, make sure to keep in a sealed container and store in the freezer.

    11. Ralph A on 9 June 2009

  11. knock knock—-dont make coffee at home and dont boil water either

    12. bsemaj on 9 June 2009

  12. Two possibilities, one your coffee maker needs a good cleaning or two the amount of coffee is incorrect. The ratio for coffee is for each 8 ounces of water you use one tablespoon of coffee. Try it . Hope your coffee taste better.

    13. mil414 on 9 June 2009

  13. I know Maxwell House has those pre measured packets for your coffee. That’s easy enough to follow. Read the labels.

    14. Cathy on 9 June 2009

  14. Buy your own coffee beans. Grind them fresh.
    Buy a new good quality coffee machine and follow the instructions.

    15. Terry D on 9 June 2009

  15. You may need to flush out your coffee maker, put 2 cups of pure vinegar throught it.

    16. Faerifay on 9 June 2009

  16. Get a hand operated coffee bean grinder and ground your own coffee this tastes much better than instant. Filter the coffee after grinding it.

    17. atominfi on 9 June 2009

  17. at some gas stations, they have a coffee machine than has a good amount of coffee grounds that already comes with the filter and automatically pores down enough water to make it taste good.
    Do forget the sugar or creamer!

    18. Baby Bed Rails on 10 June 2009

  18. First of all, Coffee Beans start going stale after a couple of days. Try keeping your beans in an airtight container in the freezer. Next, invest in a coffee grinder that uses a burr instead of a blade. Blades chip and bits of them wind up in your grounds and can alter the taste when you are brewing. Only grind enough for you to use that time. Third, there are SO many blends of beans! Experiment and find the roast that suits your tastes the best! I love smooth rich coffee, my fiance loves the strong bold beans.

    19. Kerri on 10 June 2009

  19. Go to Starbucks

    20. Snowflak on 10 June 2009

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