February 7, 2007

Coffee News: The Tricks To A Perfect Cup Of Coffee

February is specialty coffee month so we went in search of answers to this question: how can we make our coffee at home taste as good as the coffee in shops?
We talked with a woman, Bethany Kurbis, who has been working in coffee shops for nearly 10 years and is the manager of Bordertown Coffee in Dinkytown. Kurbis let us in on some coffee making tricks of the trade.

For the best possible results, Kurbis said we have to do two things at home: use filtered water instead of tap water in our coffee makers, and use freshly ground beans instead of coffee that has been ground and packaged for us. Yes, those two simple things will dramatically improve the taste.

"You get a better cup of coffee with freshly ground coffee. If you have the beans and have a grinder, then you can grind it up and put it in your basic coffee pot and that will do the trick. And like I said, if you have good water, that makes a big difference," Kurbis said.

Full article here.