Brewing

I must admit I’ve never tried using coffee pods as instant coffee, but I know my wife did with mixed results. So can it be done, what for – and how? Coffee pods are made with ground coffee, so you can’t simply open one and use the contents to make a cup of instant coffee.

As any coffee nerd knows, making a really good cup of coffee takes care, patience, and time. Or does it? Just how long does it take to make a decent cuppa joe? It takes 10-15 minutes to brew a full pot of coffee using a 12-cup machine, 10 minutes in a Moka pot and 30

I must admit when cleaning out the French press I have accidentally washed some coffee grounds down the sink a few times. Luckily it hasn’t got stuck down the drain and we don’t have a septic tank, but if we did have a septic system would this block it? Coffee grounds are very bad for

I often have a couple of cups of ground coffee every day, then an instant if I fancy a less caffeinated option later in the day. But this is just an assumption on my part – is instant more or less caffeinated? A cup of instant coffee made with a teaspoon of granules contains up

I reused a coffee pod in my mom and pop’s coffee machine when staying over and they’d run out. Never again… Coffee pods are single-use and cannot be used twice. Using them again will make over-extracted coffee that is weak and bitter because water has already passed through the coffee grounds. However, the plastic pods

You say potato and I say potahto, some say cafe mocha and others say mocha latte?! This is getting confusing. So before we call the whole thing off – what is the difference between these two popular coffee drinks? There isn’t actually a difference between a mocha and a mocha latte, they’re fundamentally the same

We always throw our brewed coffee grounds into the compost bucket, but if you don’t make compost or want to put wet grounds into the garbage, then can you simply put them down the sink? It’s not safe to dump coffee grounds down the sink even with the faucet running, because coffee grounds don’t break

I’ve drunk a lot of coffee in my time and pretty much loved every cup. But I’ve never once considered how many beans go into making each one. I now have to know the answer so let’s find out. 🙂 On average there are 76 coffee beans in a cup, weighing 0.35 ounces. A typical