Whats the best way to boil water for coffee?
Whether you want proper coffee made in a proper coffee pot or a simple instant coffee, experts agree you shouldn’t use boiling water. Boiling water can create a slightly bitter and burnt taste – it can even be noticeable with instant coffee, although adding milk helps to disguise it. There’s no definitive answer as to how hot water should be to make coffee, but our expert recommends somewhere between 92 and 96 degrees celsius. So how long should you leave the kettle once it’s boiled? We timed each of the kettles in our 2007 test to see how long freshly boiled water took to cool to 95 degrees celsius. The fastest cooled in around 78 seconds, but for most kettles you’ll need to wait between three and five minutes.
