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Milk in place of water
Attempt 1
For the first attempt, I brewed it exactly like I brew my normal (water-based) coffee. I used a French Press with a light/medium roast, heating the milk in Pyrex in a microwave. The milk ...
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Is dark roast stronger than light roast?
Strength is an interesting wording, but some people use it. Mostly, caramelized or burnt flavors get visible during the roasting process.
Understanding Coffee Bean names as they relate to roast
As ...
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Non-plastic version of an AeroPress?
This may be off topic because it is opinion-based and hypothetical in nature. There may be some merit however because it is presented with a "fair and impartial tone" and invites experiences over ...
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Coffee ground too finely - how to deal with it?
In this case, my usual pre-coffee tiredness solved the problem:
I had planned to mix the espresso grind with my usual grind to minimize the total amount of grounds in the cup. The idea was
1/2 too-...
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Milk in place of water
Milk doesn't work well for brewing, primarily because of the calcium and sugar (lactose).
Calcium is one of the minerals in "hard water" that will build up and clog pipes. You're going to be left ...
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Why do I need to warm a french press before using it?
To keep the brewing temperature as stable as possible.
When using glassware during brewing as in French-press, V60 or Chemex, it is important to warm up the gadgets prior to brewing. Normally, the ...
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Why are Costa or Starbucks lattes so good?
I'm not familiar with Costa, but I am with Starbucks. Let me offer my ideas in what's different.
Starbucks stores use fully automatic espresso machines with semi automatic frothing wands. The espresso ...
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Adding Cinnamon to Coffee?
I've tried it and liked it, but that's just because I like the taste of cinnamon in general. It doesn't enhance the taste of the coffee itself, per se, but adds its own additional flavor, which does ...
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Milk in place of water
I think it would be harder to extract everything that you would like from the coffee with milk for a few reasons.
heat effects the extraction process. For most methods you are aiming for a ...
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Is dark roast stronger than light roast?
Dark roast is stronger taste than light roast, given the same beans.
Bitterness tends to dominate the flavors: Original flavors you can feel on light roast usually disappear with darker roasts.
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How do I know when to end the bloom?
The bloom should be 30s for V60 and 40-45s for Chemex and Kalita and 30s for full immersion methods (like AeroPress or French Press). Blooming is not just about degassing but also to saturate the ...
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What Type of Coffee Pot is Shown in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"?
This is a vacuum coffee maker or siphon.
The invention is nearly 200 years old and uses the physical principles of vapor pressure and vacuum. When placed on a heat source, boiling water creates steam ...
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Why can’t I find natural beans easily?
Consumers (and marketers) are expanding their vocabulary for describing coffee. And at the same time coffee producers are improving and refining their methods. Both of these I think contribute to what ...
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How long is brewed coffee fresh for and what does that blinking light mean at Starbucks?
The blinking light means it has been sitting there for 30 mins.
Starbucks Baristas do in fact brew coffee every 15 mins and are supposed to dump the coffee when the light blinks.
source: a starbucks ...
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Using Nescafe Gold on Espresso Maker
Absolutely not!
The Nescafé is not coffee in the sense of coffee beans, ground, ready for brewing. It’s instant coffee, which means coffee was brewed and then freeze-dried. The resulting granules can ...
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Approximately how many cups (by volume) are in a pound of ground coffee beans?
In case the question is relevant to the coffee beverage:
The well-known recipe for the ground coffee to coffee beverage ratio is around 1:20.
One pound is equivalent of 453.6 grams. Therefore; you ...
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What is coffee bloom
As per Kyle above, YEs coffees fresher to roasting are expelling more gas than older ones that have degassed more. indeed a definition of staleness may include no more CO2 is released.
hitting beans ...
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Brewing with the same coffee grounds twice?
I think this question has been satisfactorily answered for hot brewing, like in an Aeropress. I think it's worth adding that double-brewing is worth trying if you cold brew.
I have recently tried ...
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French-press v.s. manual pour over brewing quality
First things first, let's put the difference between French press and manual pour-over:
French-press: Coffee and water stay in the same container during brewing. The water is not very close to ...
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Adding Cinnamon to Coffee?
i think it doesn't make coffee taste better. it's up to you, if you like coffee and like cinnamon - then go for it, why not?
generally speaking, adding spices makes the coffee good for you. it is ...
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Coffee too less for Frenchpress
The instructions have poor wording, instead use 7g PER 180ml of water, and make as many cups as you like / your french press can hold.
Personally I use an 8 cup french press, I use roughly 50g of ...
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Milk in place of water
Basically don't try to replace water with milk in a Moka Pot. You'll clog the brewer up with curdled milk, and either you will spend a ton of time cleaning it, or you will just throw it away.
I ...
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What are good brewing practices?
The problem doesn't seem to be in your brewing practices but in the way you store your coffee.
Roasted coffee starts to stale soon after the resting/degassing period ends. Ideally you ought to store ...
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Brew a less acidic coffee
You can try switching to cold brew coffee which is reportedly 67% less acidic than regular brewed coffee.
Regarding the caffeine amount, Wikipedia notes:
Although less caffeine is extracted with ...
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Tap water or bottled water?
Just think that your drink, coffee, is around 97-98% water so you need quality water to make a quality cup of coffee due the following:
Tap water, beside the calcium, will have additional components ...
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Can I just put the coffee on top of the water in a French Press?
Confession:
Many rules about making coffee are writen by perfectionists (or snobs or self-declared experts...) that are always on the hunt for the elusive perfect cup of coffee. So the general advice ...
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How much leverage pressure is it needed to compress coffee for an espresso?
Based on your comment on the question, you are referring to compacting ground coffee in the portafilter. This process is referred to as tamping when making espresso.
The widely-accepted amount of ...
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Is the moka pot predisposed to producing burnt or bitter coffee?
This is nothing I've tried myself, but to add onto your theory of the heat required to brew the Moka-Pot, I believe we'll arrive at an answer. The problem is not likely the water temperature itself, ...
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Why are Costa or Starbucks lattes so good?
The only thing you haven’t tried according to your list is genuine espresso with steamed milk.
The standard coffee chain menu is based on espresso shots and steamed milk, in various ratios, and ...
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Can coffee be reheated to taste like the first cup?
My first read of your title was literal, and I thought, "Sure, you can probably reheat coffee and make it taste like dirty porcelain." :-)
A number of things can change the taste. Just ...
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