In my opinion the key to making a great cup of home brewed coffee to start with filtered water and recently roasted whole bean coffee. The smell…the taste… is wonderful. Now, there are two ways that you can purchase your whole bean coffee. You can either purchase them already roasted or you can get green coffee beans and then roast them yourself. at home. Roasting your own coffee beans isn’t nearly as difficult as it sounds.

Selecting Whole Bean Coffee

The whole bean coffee you choose will depend on whether you like a light, medium or dark roast flavor Since a light roast lets all of the bean's true flavor come through, use this coffee for the coffee you use to impress friends.

Purchasing your beans from a store or coffee shop that roasts its own beans is most important. Many online retailers will take your order, roast your coffee beans and then immediately package them up and send it to you. In this way you receive the freshest whole bean coffee available. When roasted coffee’s true flavor only lasts from around 7 days to up to four weeks depending upon the type of whole bean coffee you purchase.

What difference does this make?

An important factor to keep in mind is that as soon as the beans are roasted, they begin to lose their freshness. The oils in the beans will start breaking down soon after roasting, which causes the bean to lose the fresh roasted flavor. The less time between roasting and brewing the better.

Although you may be tempted to, pick up whole bean coffee from your local grocery these beans have been roasted far away and trucked to your local supermarket. These beans may already be going bad.

Keeping Coffee Fresh

It's very important that you only grind as much as you'll need and then store the rest of the coffee beans in an airtight container preferably away from extreme heat, cold or light. I like to keep my beans in the freezer and if I do grind extra I usually keep this in the fridge. I keep my whole beans in the freezer and any ground coffee in the refrigerator. Just like my whole bean coffee that's been roasted, the your beans begin to lose their freshness very rapidly.

My Experience Has Shown To Make A really Good Cup Of Coffee

Purchase whole bean coffee from a reputable online roaster.
Do not grind the beans until you are ready to make coffee.
Use filtered water.
Only use a drip coffee maker.

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