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Java jargon
Also in This IssueThis article was featured in the March 2009 issue of Consumer Reports Magazine. Coffee Ratings
CR Best Buy
This offers the best combination of taste and price. It is recommended.
Recommended
These are top-scoring coffees within their types, though they may not be top values.
In quality order, within types.
(Types designated A and B.)
Rounded to the nearest 5mg. Variable in quality from batch to batch. Less than 5 milligrams caffeine per cup. Guide to the Ratings
Based on blind taste tests by coffee experts. Caffeine analyzed in our labs based on manufacturer serving sizes. Desirable flavors include earthy, like baked potato skins; fruity, like aroma of ripe noncitrus fruits; and nutty, like toasted nuts. Less desirable: woody, like wet ice-cream sticks; papery, like wet cardboard; burnt, like charred beans. Costs are approximate retail; cost per cup is for 6-ounce cup, using manufacturers' suggested amounts. Packages ranged from 11 to 16 ounces.
Posted: February 2009 — Consumer Reports Magazine issue: March 2009
March 2009 Recommended
March 2009 Ratings
Java jargon
Also in This IssueThis article was featured in the March 2009 issue of Consumer Reports Magazine. Coffee Ratings
CR Best Buy
This offers the best combination of taste and price. It is recommended.
Recommended
These are top-scoring coffees within their types, though they may not be top values.
In quality order, within types.
(Types designated A and B.)
Rounded to the nearest 5mg. Variable in quality from batch to batch. Less than 5 milligrams caffeine per cup. Guide to the Ratings
Based on blind taste tests by coffee experts. Caffeine analyzed in our labs based on manufacturer serving sizes. Desirable flavors include earthy, like baked potato skins; fruity, like aroma of ripe noncitrus fruits; and nutty, like toasted nuts. Less desirable: woody, like wet ice-cream sticks; papery, like wet cardboard; burnt, like charred beans. Costs are approximate retail; cost per cup is for 6-ounce cup, using manufacturers' suggested amounts. Packages ranged from 11 to 16 ounces.
Posted: February 2009 — Consumer Reports Magazine issue: March 2009
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Whatever type of coffee you like, grind your own beans and you will get a very good, fresh beverage. I use Folgers, but just about any bean is great. You can get grinders for under $15 at Walmart.
Also, use an old fashioned stove top percolator. Don't use the electric type percolator. Percolators produce much better coffee than coffee makers. You get about twice as much caffeine with percolated coffee, so if you are trying to restrict your caffeine you may want to pass on this.
If you do these two things you will make a cup of coffee far superior to anything Starbucks can stick you with $5 for.
Also, use an old fashioned stove top percolator. Don't use the electric type percolator. Percolators produce much better coffee than coffee makers. You get about twice as much caffeine with percolated coffee, so if you are trying to restrict your caffeine you may want to pass on this.
If you do these two things you will make a cup of coffee far superior to anything Starbucks can stick you with $5 for.
Single Cup Vietnamese Style Coffee Filter
As seen in Food and Wine Magazine. This traditional one cup coffee filter is an icon in many asian restaurants. The single cup slow drip filter infuses the coffee with the full flavor and fragrance of the coffee's oils. Comes in 3 pieces: stainless steel body, lid, and removeable screw type screen. To make coffee, remove lid and screw out the upper screen. Put in the coffee (3 to 4 teaspoons). Tighten the screw moderately. Pour in a little boiling water to fill about 1/4 of the coffee filter. Wait for about 20 to 30 seconds. Undo the screw down screen a couple of turns. Refill with boiling water and replace the lid. Easy cleaning dishwasher safe durable stainless steel construction. Cup is not included.[FONT=Arial,News Gothic MT,Arial,Helvetica]2-1/2" Dia x 2-1/2" High body
Fits cups 2-1/2" diameter to 3-1/2" diameter[/FONT]
Add sweetened condensed milk.
As seen in Food and Wine Magazine. This traditional one cup coffee filter is an icon in many asian restaurants. The single cup slow drip filter infuses the coffee with the full flavor and fragrance of the coffee's oils. Comes in 3 pieces: stainless steel body, lid, and removeable screw type screen. To make coffee, remove lid and screw out the upper screen. Put in the coffee (3 to 4 teaspoons). Tighten the screw moderately. Pour in a little boiling water to fill about 1/4 of the coffee filter. Wait for about 20 to 30 seconds. Undo the screw down screen a couple of turns. Refill with boiling water and replace the lid. Easy cleaning dishwasher safe durable stainless steel construction. Cup is not included.[FONT=Arial,News Gothic MT,Arial,Helvetica]2-1/2" Dia x 2-1/2" High body
Fits cups 2-1/2" diameter to 3-1/2" diameter[/FONT]
Add sweetened condensed milk.
