I'm a tea drinker, have been all my life, but I need to make a decent cup of coffee for guests over Xmas...!
Answers: I've found an old coffee maker in the spare room but how do I use it? And how much coffee per cup?
I would not recommend instant coffee. I'm a regular coffee drinker, and instant coffee tastes like death to me. Since you've gone to the trouble of hauling out the old machine, you might as well make it worth your while.
Assuming you have a standard machine, with a basket for coffee and a compartment for water:
To make coffee, you'll need filters, either round or conical depending on the shape of the filter (look at the inside, it's pretty easy to figure out) as well as coffee. You can get pre-ground coffee at your supermarket. Don't buy the cheapest stuff you can find, there are plenty of good coffees at reasonable prices.
Place clean water in the compartment. There should be some sort of markings, either on the pot itself or on the machine indicating the rough amount of water per cup. In my experience, these tend to make very small cups of coffee, so I would add extra water. I generally put one tablespoon of ground coffee for each cup of coffee, plus one extra tablespoon. (So for one cup of coffee, two tablespoons, for ten cups of coffee, eleven tablespoons). The package of coffee may suggest more or less. Then you should be able to just start 'er up and enjoy.
P.S. If your machine is the old percolator style (imagine something out of a movie from the 1950s or 60s) then forget it. Coffee experts almost all agree these make some of the worst coffee ever.
forget the coffe maker put a teaspoon of coffe in a mug pour boiling water over add milk done
Do you have Instant Coffee or Ground Coffee? Add the details. Also, do you have any paper filters?
I don't know about coffee because i m also a drink tea drinker..
Forget the coffee maker, you can buy great instant coffee from the supermarket, and not all people like espresso coffee anyway. Generally, it's only one teaspoon of coffee per cup. You are much better off with boiling some water, putting the coffee on the dining table with sugar and milk, let them make their own.
I love my coffee! 1 heaping tea spoon for 2 cups! Perfect each time! Example my coffee maker makes 10 cups so water is filled to 10, coffee 5 spoons! Merry Chistmas!
You found an old coffee maker ? what type of coffee maker is it ?
What I use is a bodum or plunger type coffee maker. You aff a tablespoon of coffee per cut ( which I think is a little bit too much ) and add the water. After a few minutes you press down the plunger to get your coffee. Heat the cups with a splash of hot water and throw away before adding the coffee. this is suppose to add to the flavour ( i dunno if it really does though ) .
It is 1 tablespoon of coffee for every 2 cups on the coffee pot you make. I am a tea drinker too so I have to keep this measurement in mind for when I make coffee for the jave drinkers in my life.
Oh and make sure you have the right size filter for the coffee pot. Size 4 is the main standard then it will either be a cone or a baskety cup shape. Put filter in add 1 tablespoon per 2 cups into the filter, then use the coffee pot to measure the water in pour it in back. Put coffee pot in coffee pot spot and flip the switch.
You say "old coffee maker"... if it is a percolator type, don't bother. That makes awful coffee. If it is a drip, measure about 1 TBSP per cup and a half, or 1:1 if they like it strong.
Ask your guests what kind of coffee they like, or if they are picky, to bring their favorite grind. They will actually appreciate that.
hit starbucks ....b4 they come...then give them 1 cup and tell them your coffee pot is broken... so all of you guys head down to starbucks and they'll tell you your coffee is as good as theres...
MJB has several good med. roasts. They will suggest ways to make the coffee. I would get started now until you find the correct combo. From my experience with coffee, use a little less than they suggest.
Also, get several different flavors of coffee mate and one non dairy creamer.
I really like liquid coffee mate Peppermint mocha and my hubby likes pumpkin spice.
i guess you forgot to use a coffee maker
there are too many different types of coffee makers to tell you how to use the one you found in the spare room, does it percolate? do you boil the water in the bottom portion and then attach the top for the water to boil into? (those are some old kind of coffee makers, old, like grandma old) is it a melitta type, where you pour boiling water over freshgrounds? is it like a Mr. Coffee?
w/o know this, can't tell you how to use it. .... perhaps one of your guests can help you make the coffee
but the general rule is 1 tablespoon of coffee grounds per 6 ounce cup. The grind of the coffee should be appropriate for the type of coffee maker (percolators take a larger grind, melitta type a finer one - general rule, the less time the coffee spends in the water, the finer the grind.
another good thing in a Mr. Coffee or melitta type maker is to just moisten the grind w/ the boiling water, let it sit for a minute or so, and then pour the rest of the water through. This allows for more flavor to be released.
if you have a coffee maker then make the coffee with fresh coffee granuals, you can get it from any supermarket, the coffee makes it's self in the jug, you could just take the jug and let them help themselves....you only need 2 big scoops of coffee to make a full jug....
I put some milk in the microwave froth it up and pour on the hot water with instant coffee added
This should do the trick
1.Put 1 teaspoon of coffee pinto each mug
2.Add boiling water.
3.Then boil some milk separately and add a bit to each cup.
If you have a drip coffee maker, we use Folgers medium blend, and 4 slightly heaped scoops of grounds for a 12 cup pot. (The scoop I use is the scoop that comes with the coffee maker.) We like Coffeemate liquid creamer in ours as well. You can buy it in the regular flavor, but French Vanilla is really good, you can offer both. Some people may not want vanilla, I can't imagine not though. lol
Throw the old coffee maker away. It's probably infested with mold and bug feces.
Go to Target and buy a new one. You can get a Mr Coffee 12-cup Programmable for about $30. Buy new filters, a can of (I like Folgers), some Carnation creamer (peppermint flavor is nice, very Christmassy), and some sugar & honey while you're there.
Six rounded tablespoons makes 12 cups, three rounded tbsp's makes six cups. Practice by making yourself a few cups. Be prepared to clean the house, because you're probably gonna go overboard on at least one cup and will need to do something with the excess energy.
Now your house is clean, your guests are arriving, and you have wonderful coffee for them. Put out the cups, creamer, and sugar & honey. Let them prepare their own cup if you wish (some of us are picky that way). Make a fresh pot as they whittle away at the first one.
When they're gone, you have a nice coffee maker with which to make yourself coffee. Because now you're addicted, and that's a good thing.
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