The wafting aroma of freshly-brewed coffee in the morning stimulates the senses. What better way to start the day than with a refreshing cup of steaming coffee? If you want to make some great coffee, you need to have a coffee maker with grinder, enabling you to brew coffee like a barista. Merely owning a coffee-making appliance won’t do the trick though, you need to learn how to make good coffee. Did you know that coffee is the second on the list of most traded commodities?
Coffee was first brewed in Ethiopia, or so is what is believed, though it was widely used in the Middle East during the 16th century. Coffee also has the dubious distinction of having sparked the social revolution of the 1600s in Britain.
Kaldi, a goat-herder in Ethiopia, got his cue from his goats that started frisking around after eating coffee berries. Thus was born the coffee-making tradition that has spread all over the world today.
First, the benefits of a Coffee Maker
The sheer convenience of brewing your own coffee early in the morning beats everything else. What’s more, it’s a great money-saver too. Even if you drink just two cups of coffee (most people drink a lot more), you save at least $6, which works out to more than $2,000 in a year.
You save the time and energy spent on making a trip to the coffee shop every day. If you have to drive to the coffee shop, you save on the gas as well.
When you brew your own coffee at home with your unique coffee maker with a grinder, you can experiment and try all the types of exotic coffee you’ve heard about, and maybe some varieties that you can’t find at a coffee shop.
Making your coffee right at home gives you the freedom to be choosy, and you always yearn to make the best cup of coffee daily. Each day can be a new experience, and the rewarding feeling when you settle down with a steaming mug is indeed fantastic.
The different types of Coffee Makers
There are different types of coffee makers, and whichever you choose to buy can make a difference to the way you brew your next cup of coffee. While preferences vary, and each person swears by the coffee maker they use, only experiments and experience will teach you how to brew the perfect coffee. It all boils down to the taste that appeals to you most, with many liking the bitterness associated with good coffee.
Coffee Brewer
Also known as the drip coffee maker, this appliance is sometimes referred to as an automatic drip coffee brewer, found commonly in many homes. It is probably the easiest way to brew a cup of coffee. You have to load the right amount of ground coffee in the filter and allow boiling water to drip on it in measured drops, and allow the coffee to percolate down. You may be able to get coffee from the same ground beans a couple of times, though the strength and flavor are not the same the second time. You’ll find such coffee makers not just in homes but in the break rooms of most offices.
One-cup Coffee Brewer
If you live all by yourself and don’t need more than a cup of coffee at a time, you may want to go for a single-serve coffee brewer, which does just that – gives you a cup of steaming coffee and not a drop more. Also popularly known as pod coffee brewers, these tiny wonders are handy and ideal for people who want just one cup of coffee at a time.
Automatic Coffee Maker-cum-Grinder
For the true coffee connoisseur, even ground coffee stored in a jar is not fresh enough to make that perfect cuppa. They need to grind the beans fresh, just before brewing, to get that unmistakable aroma of quality coffee brewed the way that will put a barista to shame. This grind-and-brew machine is the answer to your search for the perfect ambrosia of coffee, worthy of the gods; no coffee-shop can serve.
These advanced appliances come with settings that allow you to make as little as two cups of coffee at a time, or 12 if you have a dozen unexpected guests who happen to appreciate good quality coffee. Its USP is probably the split-second gap between grinding and brewing, which doesn’t allow the freshness and aroma to escape anywhere but directly to your taste buds and olfactory nerves.
Summing it Up
Brewing a good cuppa is an art. However, you can play barista with the right appliance that lets you brew the perfect cup of coffee right in your kitchen.
Want to read more of our Coffee-related posts? Check out this article about Mushroom Coffee, or why you should switch to Mushroom Latte, or our post about the amazing Brazilian Santos Coffee.
