Monday, October 15, 2007

Brewing Delicious Coffee At Home

If you’re still wondering what the rush is about, around the local coffee house, I can tell you, it ain’t the local news! There’s more to a good cup of coffee than who cleans the coffee pot, and those sharp little cookies at the coffee house have figured it out.

If you’re only going to indulge in one cup of Joe a day, you want it to be the best. Well, I’ve got a quick solution for you at home. It’s easy to make a competitive cup of coffee in your own home drip coffee maker while you brush the tangles out of your hair in the morning.

Start with a quality grade of whole bean coffee. Depending on your taste buds, this can be anything from French Roast to Hazelnut Crème to Dark Mediterranean Roast. Pick a few favorites and pack some variety into your boring little life!

You can blend them all together, or just savor them one at a time, but you’ll want a Coffee Grinder that makes them look something like black cornmeal when you pulverize the beans. How strong do you like it?

Use a good amount of beans and pulverize them to a fine powder or leave them a bit grainy if you prefer your coffee a bit less powerful. While the coffee drips, you might want to steam some milk. Short of those powerful little gadgets at the coffee house, the easiest way to steam your milk is to nuke it in the microwave for a few seconds.

This is personal preference. You can use whatever percent of fat in your milk you want, I prefer the real stuff, give me half and half or table cream. I want substance!

Add the coffee down the side of your cup so your cream stays white. I even like to froth mine a bit with a wire whip. There’s something about having an honest to goodness milk mustache that keeps me going all day! Got milk? I want to see proof.

Get a big cup, you’ll want to savor the moment.

Jan Verhoeff enjoys the indulgence of a few luxuries, sharing a cup of coffee with a friend is always a good one.

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