For many of us, our morning cup of coffee is something we look forward to every day — sometimes, it's even the highlight of our day. However, it can just as easily be the opposite if it's not made right.
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Not buying it fresh like you would vegetables or bread...
"One of the key things to explore is to drink your coffee really fresh," he said. "Think about it like fresh bread or vegetables."
Not making sure your grind size is consistent.
You can usually buy whole beans or ground coffee suited for a cafetiere, drip, or a stove-top.
While this means you can successfully brew coffee in any of these methods, he said getting a consistent grind size is the real way to get a "really good brew" out of any method.
"Relatively small particles are going to over-extract, and make coffee taste more bitter than it should," he said
Using a less-than-clean cafetiere.
"You've got to keep it clean.You don't want to have any old coffee in there — it's just going to add bad flavour to the coffee."
Adding milk and sugar when you don't need it.
"Sugar balances out bitterness which you get by over-roasting it, and milk helps to [hide] defects still showing up in the coffee.
Taking milk and sugar is not a bad thing, it covers up bad flavours coming in the coffee.
If you buy coffee from a great roaster or someone roasting a bit lighter and taste it before you put milk and sugar in, you might find it doesn't need those two things."
You’re not exploring your options.
It's easy to get stuck in the daily grind of habitually making or ordering the same drink. Sure, it's ok to have favorites, but you also don't want to limit yourself.
If you never switch it up, you may never know that your new favorite morning brew is right around the corner.