{"id":2012,"date":"2011-03-23T12:42:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T16:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2011-03-23T12:42:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T16:42:49","slug":"the-best-coffee-brewing-guide-ive-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/the-best-coffee-brewing-guide-ive-found\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 The Best Coffee Brewing Guide I&#8217;ve Found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can buy books on how to brew coffee and spend days researching various methods from the world&#8217;s best baristas but it comes down to a few key things<\/p>\n<p>Origin of the beans<\/p>\n<p>Age of the beans and travel time<\/p>\n<p>Quality of the grind<\/p>\n<p>Quality of the tools<\/p>\n<p>Technique<\/p>\n<p>Technique is everything. The best beans from a single origin brewed right across the street from you placed in a $400-$1,000 grinder can still taste terrible if your technique is bad. I&#8217;ve spent years brewing coffee that is supermarket el-cheapo before buying high quality beans because you&#8217;re just wasting your money if you don&#8217;t have the technique. At home, I use these brewing methods<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French Press<\/li>\n<li>Chemex<\/li>\n<li>Melitta<\/li>\n<li>Moke Pot<\/li>\n<li>Aeropress (on order)<\/li>\n<li>On my list: Vacuum &amp; esperesso machine (both are very expensive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ll notice that a Mr. Coffee doesn&#8217;t exist in my home setup because the coffee is bland, boring, burned and watered down.<\/p>\n<p>I am not qualified to teach anyone how to brew coffee but Stumptown Coffee Roasters based in Portland has a fantastic website with guides on the most popular brewing methods. French Press is a good starting method then I&#8217;d move to single cup pour-over followed by Chemex. Aeropress is easy but it&#8217;s too easy.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to check out their site and take notes. very well designed and easy to navigate:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumptowncoffee.com\/guides\">http:\/\/www.stumptowncoffee.com\/guides<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can buy books on how to brew coffee and spend days researching various methods from the world&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-ws","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5246,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/11\/16\/coffee-intelligentsia-coffee-bar-logan-square-chicago\/","url_meta":{"origin":2012,"position":0},"title":"Coffee: Intelligentsia Coffee Bar &#8211; Logan Square, Chicago","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"On my most recent trip to Chicago, I visited 3 Cafes. 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