We tell you about the 10 most common crimes that ruin your coffee in our daily lives in humorous mode. Claudia Sans and Mikel López Iturriaga from El Comidista, reveal some tips to avoid them. Enjoying one of the beverages that has changed our lives is the goal.
1- “Putting the coffee maker in the dishwasher”
The best way to clean it is with hot water, but if you are very fastidious you can use a little bit of soap.
2- “Storing coffee without a bag”
The coffee has to be kept in a place without humidity, that does not get sunlight and that does not have much exposure to oxygen. It can be put in the refrigerator and even in the freezer and if the store gives you a special bag with a valve, keep the coffee in it.
3- “Coffee has no expiration date”
It is advisable to consume coffee less than three months after its purchase, it is better to buy less coffee and more often.
4- “Brewing coffee with tap water”
The particles in the water, such as magnesium, sodium, calcium, etc., affect the coffee cell itself and cause the coffee to lose its properties, it is advisable to use bottled water. Better for the coffee, better for the coffee maker.
5- “Use Torrefacto coffee”
Roasted coffee is burnt coffee and burnt sugar, it is the worst coffee one can drink.
6- “Adding too much sugar”
If coffee is good, it does not need sugar. A balanced coffee would be: a good acidity, a sweetness that also combines good and that bitter point that makes the coffee perfect. It is recommended that if you buy a good coffee do not add sugar, although if you are used to sugar it is best to put a little bit, the next day a little less until it is eliminated. A cup of coffee is a pleasure for you.
7- “Reheating coffee”
Reheating the coffee causes the grounds to remain at the bottom, and over-extraction of the grounds. It is advisable to have a good thermos and take it wherever you want. It is better to make a smaller amount and not to reheat it.
8- “Use soluble coffee”
Normally the coffee that is elaborated to manufacture soluble coffee, if it is of low quality, the fruit that is harvested is not ripe, the bean is usually defective and very roasted, so if the raw material is not of high quality, the coffee will not be good.
9- ¿And decaffeinated coffee?
About decaffeination, the beans can be decaffeinated with water, if the beans are decaffeinated with this method, the decaffeinated coffee can be good.
10- “Let the coffee boil”
The last of 10 most common crimes that ruin your coffee is coffee cannot boil! When you feel the noise that the mocha is finishing the best thing to do is to remove the coffee pot from the fire, that means that the coffee is over extracting too much and therefore it is stressed.
Here you can watch the full interview with Claudia Sans!