Food and Drink

Make Coffee Using Just Roasted Coffee Beans

In my opinion the secret to making a great cup of home brewed coffee to start with bottled water and freshly roasted whole bean coffee. The smell…the taste… is wonderful. Now, there are two ways that you can purchase this delicacy. You can either purchase them already roasted or you can buy green coffee beans and then roast them yourself. at home. Roasting your own coffee beans is far less complicated than it sounds.

Selecting Whole Bean Coffee

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

Buying your beans from a store or coffee shop that roasts its own beans is most important. Some 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. After roasting, coffee’s true flavor only lasts from about 7 days to up to four weeks depending upon the type of whole bean coffee you purchased.

What difference does this make?

An important factor to stay mindful of is that as soon as the beans are roasted, they begin to lose their freshness. The oils in the beans will start breaking down almost immediately after roasting, causing the bean to lose the fresh roasted flavor. The less time between roasting and making the better.

Although you may be tempted to, purchase whole bean coffee from your local grocery these beans have been roasted at who knows where and trucked to your local supermarket. These beans may already be going bad.

Keeping Coffee Beans Fresh

I like to grind just what I need for immediate use 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 the whole bean coffee that’s been roasted, ground beans begin to lose their freshness very rapidly.

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

Only use whole bean coffee from a reliable roaster.
Grind the beans only when you’re ready to make a pot.
Use filtered water.
Use a coffee pot that brews at a temperature of 200 degrees.