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Ground coffee or beans
Ground beans have a much larger surface area by weight than whole beans. When the surface of the bean is exposed to air chemical reactions take place. I doubt that these reactions have been completely ...
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If I'm in a rush, can I simply use raw ground coffee like instant coffee?
It boils down to taste - some people even chew whole beans.
Safety-wise there are no concerns1 and the method you propose is not unheard of, it goes by the term "Cowboy coffee" and others. Some ...
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What do producers usually mix ground coffee with to make it cheaper?
I will not go into any political discussion, theory or similar, but I can give you a few historical facts.
There have always been times in the last few centuries when coffee was a rare commodity. And ...
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Is it possible to grow plants in used coffee ground so that they get coffee flavor?
Adding coffee grounds to a planting medium (e.g. soil) adds fatty acids, essential oils and nutrients that enrich soil which can help the growth of the plant and it may also affect the colour. One ...
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What volume of beans yields a tablespoon of ground coffee?
Here's an opportunity to start refining your brewing process.
Coffee brewers, including myself, tend to use weight as our measuring unit as opposed to volume since bean sizes vary significantly ...
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how to make French Press coffee the right way?
Is it possible that you read a few posts on the Internet the wrong way?
The grounds will not disappear, if anything they will appear "more", volume-wise because they swell in the hot water.
There are ...
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How can I minimize the amount of grounds at the bottom of my French press coffee?
I am South Indian and this is a coffee producing region, but the typical local coffee in my home state is sold ground extremely fine and will pass through the metal mesh filter of a French press.
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Easiest way to brew an espresso in the office?
Probably closest to an espresso is an AeroPress, which is similar to a French press, but uses manual pressure to extract more aromatic componds while being lower on bitter and sour notes than most ...
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If I'm in a rush, can I simply use raw ground coffee like instant coffee?
Seems like a bad way to start a day to me. This method will over brew the coffee and give it a gritty texture (especially at the bottom) but as the other poster have mentioned it really just boils ...
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how to make French Press coffee the right way?
How's the mastering coming?
Thought I would weigh in to provide a little extra help. I'm a barista and head of customer education at Handground. We are working on a French Press brew guide right now ...
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What is the standardized naming of this type of coffee?
The drip-type coffee is available in many countries in Europe. A list of names:
Filterkaffee in Germany / Austria / Switzerland
filterkaffe in Denmark and Sweden
filterkoffie in the Netherlands
kawa ...
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What do producers usually mix ground coffee with to make it cheaper?
An easy (but unscrupulous) way to lower the seller's cost of coffee is to add coffee that is cheaper, older, or unfit for consumption because spoiled or contaminated. The frequency and severity of ...
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What do producers usually mix ground coffee with to make it cheaper?
On the less conspiratorial side of things, the problems you are describing can also be explained by less sinister circumstances. Coffee that has been roasted too dark is often bitter and somewhat ...
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Why do some grounds float and others sink when brewing by pour over
Bean density varies dramatically with roast level. The more roasted a bean is, the less dense it becomes. My guess would be that less dense beans would have more of a tendency to float and more ...
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Does ground coffee lose caffeine like it loses aroma?
Caffeine has a very very low vapor pressure 9.0X10-7 mm Hg at 25 deg C. Source
Almost none would evaporate.
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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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Re-using spent coffee grounds?
There are a few elements to this answer, so I'll try to tackle them one by one.
is it possible to brew another cup with the used grounds...?
Yes. It is physically possible to do this. Just do what ...
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How can I make coffee without a machine?
Cold brew, SUPER simple version. A.K.A. my college days version.
One tbsp of any coffee per cup of water. Let it sit in the fridge for about 12 hrs. Pour and drink.
In my college days I got a half ...
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Avoid clumps in finely ground coffee
I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's not a very high-quality grinder, it does extremely well for the price. The clumping is an artifact of:
Humidity
Heat from grinding
Type and roast of the bean
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Is it possible to grow plants in used coffee ground so that they get coffee flavor?
Although the way plants digest food is very different to humans, the overall principle is the same: nutrients go in, and are completely broken down into very basic building blocks (amino acids, simple ...
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Coffee Grinder vs. Spice Grinder - What's the difference?
(Note: With a general perspective, you may classify coffee as a spice.)
I imagine you mention the hand grinders. In that case, the main difference is the size of the canals of the grinders. E.g. in a ...
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How can I make coffee without a machine?
A "pour over coffee cone and paper filter" will make excellent coffee. You'll only need to get good ground coffee and hot water to enjoy coffee aroma and taste.
Hope this is helpful
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What Type of Coffee Is Used In a Coffee-Maker?
Ground coffee is just the roasted coffee beans ground up to a fine powder. In order to make the beverage coffee, you need to combine this with hot water to extract the flavour (there are many ...
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What gives Turkish coffee that unique "quality"?
Disclaimer: Frankly, since I was registered to this site, I was thinking on answering this very question. So, here you will see the answer in a while. Most of you very probably will not like it. Still,...
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Why does French press not give enough 'Caffeine Effect'?
One of the reasons I like my French Press is because of the caffeine boost. One simple answer to your question is to add more coffee grounds.
But aside from the type and amount of coffee used there ...
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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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How quickly does ground coffee get stale?
I can say, by experience, that it's not a superstition. Maybe not seconds, but for sure it's just a few minutes.
Maybe someone could find a reference to an experiment or I may encounter and add it ...
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Decaf coffee, how to make our own
In short: Very probably, you will lose the very best part of your coffee.
Caffeine is highly soluble, yes. But, also the other lipids and aromatics, too. So, you cannot obtain the benefits of ...
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Will emptying used coffee grounds into the sink drain damage my pipes?
You don‘t need the advice of coffee drinkers, you need advice from a plumber (which I am admittedly not, but I have enough contacts in the industry) and a gardener to chime in.
In short: Don’t do it. ...
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I made a mistake ordering ground coffee - will Expresso ground coffee work for a French Press?
Ideally from a business setting
Order new coffee and give the grounds away to someone who can make espresso from it. You could offer it as a gift to guests or others.
If you do end up using it for the ...
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