Baskets And Brew

Cheyenne asked:


I am a coffee lover, and I have tried everything I can think of to make a decent cup at home, with no luck. My coffee always turns out yucky. What am I doing wrong? Any good coffee making tips out there?

a link to the past asked:


I’m no fan of coffee, but I have another idea. In the morning, why not add some coffee grounds into a shake to turn it into an energy drink? Good or bad idea? I’m not sure I want to try this.

Question Queen Mentally Special! asked:


I know lots of people, especially older people & teachers who drink @ least 3 mugs a day. Lots of people tell me that since I suffer anxiety, I shouldn’t drink caffeine because it would increase the risk of a panic attack. I try to stay away from caffeine, even though I like coffee. I hardly drink it. But if I DO drink it, I usually have more cream & sugar in it than the coffee, itself.

Is drinking coffee helpful or harmful in other ways? How?

Dude asked:


Here in Austin, TX we have very hard water and my coffee maker has slowed waaaayyyyy down.
I have a Mr. Coffee coffee maker it cost me $59.00 and it was wonderful at first but now it is sloooowww.

It has a feature to let you know when the coffee is done…it beeps 8 times. But now, it beeps even though it’s not even close to being done.

Would it be better if I would use distilled water?

dudeinnorcal asked:


We currently have one of those large coffee pots in our office, so we get I’d say between 8-10 cups of coffee per pot. We currently have Peet’s French Roast (nasty) and we usually put about 3-4 scoops in the coffee filter which is a regular sized coffee filter (flat). I honestly have no idea how many pots we get out of each 1 pound bag because many people make coffee here in our office. How many pots would you say you’d get from 1 pound of ground coffee?

lalalaa asked:


How much is a tall iced coffee, a grande iced coffee, and a venti iced coffee? Also how much is it at dunkin donuts?

Malgorzata B asked:


ANd I don’t mean that instant coffee disolves in the cup and regular coffee doesn’t.
How is the instant coffee made?
I really want to know

Renegade asked:


My coffee pot is starting to look pretty bad. I thought about putting some lime cleaner in there, but I really don’t want to drink lime cleaner remants in my next cup of coffee. There must be some effective way to clean a coffee pot. Any suggestions?

hulaguy43 asked:


Can the average person taste the difference of a high end cup of coffee. I am going to rule out McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts and refer to the more exotic blends from your Starbucks and Caribou’s and other Specialty Coffee Shops. Can a person discern between Sumatran and Columbian, Kona and Ethiopian, or is good coffee just that, good coffee? I realize there are “super tasters” and “coffee snobs”, but I am refering to the average “Joe” so to speak, can they really tell the difference? Cheers!

WidowMaker asked:


I have a very good coffee and espresso machine. Since the most complicated thing I know how to make with it is a cappuccino (which tastes very good), I was wondering if anyone knew how to make more complicated drinks that you might find at coffee houses. I assume they really aren’t that hard to make, its just that I can’t seem to get the proportions right…

Say, a mocha, iced coffee drinks, and any other recipe you might know. Thanks!