Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Coffee Maker Accessories That Improve Your Coffee

By Arlo McGil

Coffee has become a necessity especially for people who constantly need a pick me up of extra energy during the day. The best way to have coffee is having it fresh every day, thus the creation of coffee makers for do it yourself coffee has become a huge success.

Arabica and Robusta beans are the two most common blends known to coffee lovers; while there are other flavors offered by countries throughout the world to fit one's exquisite palate for their regular caffeine fix.

Coffee makers are no more than a regular item in any household's kitchen or office's pantry area. They are practical and efficient, providing fresh and pure coffee every single time. Despite its simplicity, there are a few other coffee maker accessories which come along with this wonderful technological innovation.

Water plays a key role in preparing coffee, without it; there is no medium in which the coffee can dilute its flavors. However, people tend to ignore the difference hard and soft water makes in a pot of brewed coffee. This is where water filters though are not really an accessory comes in. These filters create soft water which is free from minerals that can damage the coffee maker by leaving residue and deposits to the machine thus shortening its life. The soft water produced enables one to brew better tasting coffee than that used with regular tap water.

Drip coffee makers are among the most common type of coffee making machine known. With this kind of contraption, coffee filters are the vital coffee maker accessories to ensure that each pot brewed will be free from any ground coffee thus giving a coffee lover peace of mind that there will not be any wandering granules or residue which will end up in their favorite cup of drink.

Cloth coffee filters are practically the best kind there are as these are very economical and can be used over and over; one simply needs to wash it between uses to ensure that the fibers do not get clogged with the fine ground coffee. The paper coffee filters on the other hand are the most common type of filter available in the market and is the most common choice; however, as it is made from paper, there is the slight risk that one may experience a residual taste of paper in their brew. Apart from these, a rare yet reliable filter is the gold coffee filter; it is truly lined with 23k gold. This filter though does not come cheap; it is reliable and is known to last long without altering the taste of the coffee.

Another accessory is the coffee grinder or the mill; it allows a person to freshly grind coffee beans to produce fresh pots of coffee as they please. Each grinder is equipped with high powered blades to ensure fine grinding.

However one wishes to have their coffee, they can guarantee a fresh and satisfying cup with the aide of their trusty coffee maker and all the other accessories which make every cup more satisfying.

About the Author:

No comments: