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January 16th, 2023

Blog, Breakfast, Drinks (no alcohol)

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Jump Starting a Good Day with Great Coffee Made Easy

How ’bout we turn around “Wake up and smell the coffee!” to “Make some great coffee to wake up to!”?

Sounds much better, and It’s easy to do.

First, here’s all you need: either whole bean (my preference) or ground coffee, coffee grinder (if needed), coffee maker, coffee filters and tablespoon.

The secret to making a great cup of coffee is using good (or great) quality fresh coffee beans or ground coffee and the correct ratio between ground coffee and cold water. That ratio is usually 2 tablespoons of ground coffee for every 6 ounces of cold water, as shown in the coffee package brewing recommendations pictured below. The only problem:…

…coffee maker machines tend to measure water not in ounces but in “cups” – and those cups are neither the traditional 1 cup = 8 fluid ounces, or 6 ounces as shown above, nor are they standard among coffee maker brands.

There’s an easy one-time technique you can see how to use by clicking this link or any picture on this page for easy-to-follow Great Coffee Made Easy picture book directions.

Enjoy and make it a good day! (More about that “make it” next time.)

September 4th, 2017

Blog, Breakfast, Cycling, Cycling Food, Drinks (no alcohol)

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Love BIG Coffee! – with Picture Book Directions

Just back from terrifically interesting, very fun HUGE Eurobike 2017 bike show in Friedrichshafen, Germany (show link has already been updated for 2018). More about this year’s show – with food – soon.

But first: don’t know about you, but I dig big coffee BIG time, but this is the biggest coffee I could get in Germany. Read more »

June 14th, 2014

Blog, Breakfast, Drinks (no alcohol)

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Waking Up to Freshly Brewed Coffee: Made Easy and All in Pictures

You know those days when things just don’t go right, and the harder you try, the louder the voice in your head screams, “C’mon, man. Wake up and smell the coffee!” Yesterday was one of those days for me – OW! – but instead of raging about it, I took that voice’s advice and laid down a new much more colorful version of Freshly Brewed Coffee Made Easy.

Already I feel better. And I’ve chugged enough freshly made brew along with a coconut bowl pancake to fuel me for an excellent rip on the bike as soon as I get this off.

Like I mentioned in the picture book recipe you can get by clicking any picture on this page, the key to a good cup of coffee is nailing the right ratio of cold water to ground coffee. Sounds easy enough. The only problem is that coffee makers are not calibrated to a standard “cup” size, and those cups are not the standard “1 cup = 8 ounces”. The way to deal with that is to use a measuring cup to to measure 12 ounces of water. Then pour that water either into the coffee maker reservoir or carafe with “cup” markings on it to see exactly how many cups your coffee machine makes with those 12 ounces of water. As shown in the pictures here, my coffee machine makes 3 cups of water with 12 ounces of water.

Here’s what you need to make coffee using a coffee maker.