How to Make a Good Cup of Coffee

1. The coffee: Should be as fresh as possible. The more recently it has been toasted and ground, the better the end taste. Use the right amount of coffee and water.
2. The water: Make sure the water you use hasn’t been sitting for a long time. Soft water will make a better cup of coffee than hard water, but don’t use water that has been artificially softened. Don’t make coffee with boiling water. The ideal temperature is of 94 degrees Celsius.
3. Cleanliness: All of the utensils you use to make your coffee should be scrupulously clean. It is very easy to leave some sediment or to not wash out the recipient with care, but the stains and coffee sediments of old coffee on the walls of the coffee maker can contaminate freshly made coffee.
4. Serve the coffee out as soon as possible after it has been made. Coffee will quickly acquire a bitter taste if it is left sitting.
5. Never allow the coffee to boil.
6. Never reheat the coffee. The only way of reheating the coffee that can be practiced with a certain level of success has been by putting it in the microwave.
7. Proportion of coffee and water: The exact quantity of coffee required depends on the taste of the individual as well as on how it is prepared. This does not have anything to do with the type of coffee that is used. If you reduce the amount of strong European toasted coffee, you will obtain a weaker coffee, without its body, and you will end up with a coffee that does not have a lot of flavor and which is bitter. If you use a coffee that has been finely ground, as often times happens in filtration methods, you will need less coffee than you would need if you were to use a roughly toasted coffee, which is more adequate for mugs and coffee makers. This means that it is easier to get flavor from a coffee that has been finely ground. In general, the best results are obtained if you         added in a big tablespoon of ground coffee for every 225 ml of water.