Baskets And Brew

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!

Amaunette asked:


I just bought a 4-cup coffee maker to replace my broken Krups. The directions mentioned that, before making the first cup of coffee, I should run water through the system first. I did this, but even after a month of using the coffee maker every day, the coffee tastes like plastic. I’ve been using the same filters, water, and coffee as I did in my old machine, so it has to be the new coffee maker. How do I get the plastic taste out of my coffee?

bkstar asked:


Why does coffee taste so much better from a coffee house or, after dinner, at a nice restaurant? I want coffee at my office, but, I have never worked in an office where the coffee from the coffee pot tastes good. (And, I’ve worked at places where they brew a pot and also have the single servings) Seriously, what seperates a good cup of coffee from a bad cup?

Swaggie asked:


I have two coffee trees growing and they have heaps of berries how do I turn them into coffee I can drink? When should I pick them?

engteach asked:


In other words, how many cups of coffee can you make from one jar of coffee?
What I need to know is how many cups of coffee – to drink (assuming 1 teaspoon of coffee and a cup of boinling water) can I make from a jar of 200 grams of coffee. I don’t need cups of ground coffee!

cleonevking asked:


I drink a ton of coffee. I need to clean my coffee pot often but what is the best way to do it? Lately I have learned that my boyfriend re-runs the already made coffee back through the coffee maker. I told him to never to do that again. But in case he reverts back to his old habbits what is the best way to clean the coffee maker? Home remidies or store bought I need something so my coffee can start tasting better.

btterfly1234 asked:


I’m looking for ONE place to buy a few different brands of coffee. I want to buy only a 1/2 pound bag of Godiva coffee, 1/2 pound of Jamaican wallenford Blue coffee, and 1/2 pound of starbucks coffee. I can’t seem to find a place that sells more than one brand of coffee.

Flying Hirsch asked:


Hey there. Can anybody tell me, why coffee tastes better, if I buy it in a coffeeshop?

For example: If I make myself coffe with exactly the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee ground, they use to make their coffee it doesn’t taste as good as the coffee they sell, by far not. Why? I mean; I used the same one? What do they make different? I have tried out making the coffee with about every ratio of coffee and water, but I really never got the taste!

I hope anybody can help me!
@Mia s: I was talking about plain coffee, without cream and sugar.

clown11182 asked:


I never understood that. Coffee drinking seems to be a tradition after finishing dinner with some people, and it’s always offered to my party and I whenever we dine at fancy restaurants, and I don’t understand that. Wouldn’t drinking coffee keep people up at night? (Although I guess that depends how strong the coffee is made.)

Anyway, for me coffee has always been strictly a morning beverage only. It would actually feel strange to me to have it at any other time.

time asked:


I understand some people like adding more or less coffee. But whats offically the correct amount of coffee needed to make a 6 oz of coffee?