Coffee Mugs, Coffee Cups:
What you don’t know about what to put in coffee mugs, coffee cups, and more
Coffee mugs, coffee cups, and you can make a great caffeine jolt or stop one dead in its tracks. And all the pretty coffee mugs, coffee cups, and spoons can make your morning commute look better, but what about the taste? If you’re only focused on good-looking coffee mugs, coffee cups, and thermoses, you’re missing out.
A bad sip
It’s the ingredients that make coffee mugs, coffee cups, and coffee shops full of great coffee. You’ll need to start with cold, filtered water right from the start. Hot water will give your coffee a dull, stale taste.
Filtered water also helps to remove the chlorine taste from faucets with old plumbing.
But what temperature should go into coffee mugs, coffee cups, and your coffee maker? Ideally, you should be looking at temperatures from 195 to 205 degrees Fahrenheit. Too hot and you’ll get bitter coffee, too cold and you’ll probably end up with a bland brew.
In a press
If you are putting press pot coffee into your coffee mugs, coffee cups, and travel mugs in the morning, you have more control over the temperature of your water.
Since you’ll be heating your water ahead of placing it in the pot, you will want to bring the water to boiling and then let it cool down for a few moments. Water that boils reaches 212 degrees, so that few seconds will get it right into the correct range.
Another cool trick for coffee mugs, coffee cups, and coffee carafes is to place a little hot water into the container before pouring in the coffee itself. This keeps the coffee tasting fresh and not being shocked by a cold container.
Grinding away
But let’s not forget about the coffee mugs, coffee cups, and coffee grinds that make your mornings great.
If you’re opting for a press pot coffee, then you’ll need a coarse to medium grind for your coffee beans. That amounts to about ten seconds in a conventional home grinder.
For coffee mugs, coffee cups, and coffee from a home pot, then you’ll grind the beans for fifteen to twenty seconds for a slightly smaller grinder than a press pot.