Not Not Coffee
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How to Calibrate and Adjust Your Coffee Grinder.
One often overlooked aspect of creating a good coffee is the quality of the grind. A poorly calibrated coffee grinder will create a non-uniform grind size, which can result in undercooked or burnt tasting coffee. Most coffee grinders can be easily adjusted and calibrated by turning a small rotating ring or dial, usually found on…
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How To Clean And Descale A Coffee Machine Reservoir. (Properly)
As with any appliance, coffee machines need to be cleaned regularly to maintain good working order and cleanliness. Although it seems unlikely, one of the dirtiest places in a coffee machine is the reservoir that holds the water. Over time, bacteria, mineral deposits, and mold can build up in the reservoir, degrading the quality of…
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Can You Make Coffee Crema With a French Press? (And How?)
When high-pressure espresso machines were first invented in the 1940s, the crema was viewed as an undesirable byproduct of the pressurized extraction process. Achille Gaggia, the creator of the first machine with enough pressure to produce crema, began referring to the floating foam as ‘coffee crema’ (coffee cream in Italian), and eventually, the bitter-tasting foam…
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Ground Coffee vs Espresso Powder (Are They The Same?)
Espresso and ground coffee are similar, but there are some important differences in the bean type, size of grounds, and flavors that mean they are usually not interchangeable. Grounds and espresso powder are not the same, nor are they interchangeable in most recipes. Powder is water-soluble, more like instant coffee than ground, it’s ground into…
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Is Coffee Jelly Healthy? (Or Is It Bad For You?)
Combining hot coffee, sugar, gelatin, and whipped cream into a sweet dessert is never going to be super healthy, but coffee jelly has some serious health benefits not found in other desserts, and the recipe is versatile enough that you can cut out the calories and caffeine if you want to. Coffee jelly is perfectly…
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How To Season A Moka Pot (Step By Step)
Relax if you’ve just bought a new Moka pot and realized your coffee tastes horrible! New mokas often give your coffee a metallic or chemical aftertaste without proper seasoning. Luckily, seasoning a Moka is quick and easy and will have your coffee tasting great in under 30 minutes. The simplest way to season your Moka…
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Do Percolators Burn Coffee? (Avoid Burnt Percolated Coffee)
If there’s one coffee brewing method that has a worse reputation than any other, its the humble percolator, but for every detractor complaining about burnt coffee, there’s a percolator proponent waiting in the wings with their perfectly perked coffee. If percolators were really that bad, why would anyone use them? Percolators don’t burn the coffee,…
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6 Easy Methods To Fix Your Sputtering Moka Pot
A sputtering, bubbling, hissing, or spitting moka pot is more than just an annoyance. Moka pots are full of pressurized steam and hot water, so any sputtering is potentially dangerous. A sputtering moka is caused by too much pressure inside your moka pot. This may be because you’ve got the heat on too high, you’ve…