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7 Rules For A Perfect Cup of Coffee

farmeric January 23rd, 2010

Lady luck has got nothing to do with brewing a great tasting coffee. There are tips or should I say “good habits” in making a delicious  cup of coffee.

I don’t profess to be an expert barista ( a person who prepares and serves coffee), but I give you the following guide to making great coffee which I actually saw from the back of the coffee bag which I bought.

1. All coffee equipment should be spotlessly clean prior to brewing.

2. Always use filtered water.

3. Use the right amount of fresh good quality coffee with the right amount of water.

4. user the proper grind for each type of coffee equipment.

- Drip grind for drip or filtered coffee machines.

- Regular grind for percolators and coffee press.

5. Freshly brewed coffee must be served immediately.

6. Never reheat coffee.

7. Store coffee grounds in an airtight container.

A good cup of coffee is like tasting a fine wine and so brewing coffee ends up being a matter of your own personal taste!

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Coffee - good for diabetes

farmeric February 5th, 2008

click image to see beautiful shots of coffee!

The morning of our childhood always began with a steaming hot, aromatic cup of coffee. Freshly brewed, barako coffee harvested, dried, and ground right in our home.

No one bothered to ask why we, children as tender as five or six years old, were allowed to drink the wicked brew so early in the day, and that early in our life. In Batangas, coffee-drinking is a daily, sometimes hourly, habit way of life, shared by entire families at breakfast, or at any time of night and day.

We drank coffee as we ate a breakfast of fried rice and dried fish before dashing off to school. We’d dunk our pandesal into it till the bread went soggy and unrecognizable but seductively delicious to our young taste.

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