How to brew the ultimate caffeine drink?
• What is the best temperature for drip coffee? According to chemical studies, the optimal water temperature for drip coffee is 95-98C. According to my notes, colder water doesn’t extract enough caffeine/essential oils from the beans, and above such temperature the acidity increases wildly. • Quality of coffee The quality of a brew depend on the following factors (in no particular order): • Time since grinding the beans. • Time since roasting. • Cleanliness with brewing equipment. • Bean quality (what crop etc). • Water quality. Fact: Unless you are buying some major debris, bean quality is not very important, as compared to 1-3 and 5. Fact: A coffee can in the supermarket often contains major debris, so be careful when you choose. (See note below). Fact: Once you have freshly roasted and ground coffee, filtered water and equipment free of oil residues from the last brew, quality of beans makes a huge difference. NOTE: A coffee can in the supermarket often contains a blend of Arabica a
