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I learned this a a backwoods camper, no electricity.
wim
May 5, 2012 at 4:12 am
What’s the fuss? This is how the Dutch have been making coffee for generations…
Jennifer S.
March 23, 2013 at 2:15 am
I’ve been making my husband’s coffee this way for several years (since seeing it on a Good Eats episode). He says that if you buy good, flavorful beans then making coffee this way is unbelievably good. But if you are just using regular old coffee grounds, it isn’t very good at all.
His theory is that making coffee this way allows you to taste the coffee they way it really tastes, so if you use poor quality beans, you taste poor quality beans. (His fav so far is Peet’s Coffee Garuda blend).
With our test kitchen know-how (and relentless testing) we found ways to make naturally fast dishes faster, and traditionally slow-cooked dinners a weeknight option. But one thing we never did was settle on shortcuts that shortchanged flavor.
I learned this a a backwoods camper, no electricity.
What’s the fuss? This is how the Dutch have been making coffee for generations…
I’ve been making my husband’s coffee this way for several years (since seeing it on a Good Eats episode). He says that if you buy good, flavorful beans then making coffee this way is unbelievably good. But if you are just using regular old coffee grounds, it isn’t very good at all.
His theory is that making coffee this way allows you to taste the coffee they way it really tastes, so if you use poor quality beans, you taste poor quality beans. (His fav so far is Peet’s Coffee Garuda blend).