Why does some restaurant coffee taste so much better than my home drip?!
Why does some restaurant coffee taste so much better than my home drip?
What is the secret to great coffee?
Answers:
Could be several things. When was the last time you cleaned your pot? Pots that are used alot need cleaning a minimum of once a week. Is your water good? Do you have soft water, it makes really bad coffee. Are you grinding your own beans--beans stay fresher when purchased in smaller amounts. Never buy more than a 5 to 7 day supply. Keep beans sealed tightly and store in your refrigerator. Experiment with grinding, go finer, brew a cup and try it. You will see this makes a very big difference in taste. Also, make coffee in small batches. Unless you are going to drink it all, avoid a whole pot! Coffee ages very quickly and its flavor changes. Get brewing!
It's mostly freshly ground coffee in resteraunts or coffee shops. Try buying a filter coffee maker, you can get them really cheap now, under ￡10 in the U.K. They make a nice cup of coffee!
Commercial coffee
It all depends on the brand we use. I myself am a coffee lover and yes I have noticed that the restaurant's coffee seems to taste better. Another reason for it tasting better somewhere else might be because we are drinking the same coffee everyday so having coffee somewhere else would taste better than at home. Take care.
Use a Bodum and fresh whole bean coffee. Only grind your beans right before brewing. Buy enough beans to last 1 week and store them in an air tight, opaque container at room temperatuture, never the fridge.
This is how I make it and I find restaurant and cafe coffee to be inferior to what I brew.
It really does taste better and I always wondered why. Even buying a new coffee maker dosen't make the difference in the taste of home brew. It must be a different filtration system in commercial coffee makers.
Ask the server what type of coffee that they are using.