Questions tagged [drip-brew]

Drip brewing, filtered coffee, or pour-over is a method which involves pouring water over roasted, ground coffee beans contained in a filter, creating the beverage called coffee.

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Why is my drip-coffee machine making watery coffee lately?

Lately, coffee from my very basic Mr. Coffee 5-cup drip brewer has been watery tasting, and I am hoping for some troubleshooting help. I recently purchased of a Cuisinart DBM-8 (a basic automatic grinder) to replace an even more basic blade grinder.…
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Will cold water result in cooler coffee with drip coffeemaker?

In electric drip coffeemakers, water is pushed up by boiling a portion of it at a time, right? My friend told me that unless he uses warm of hot water in the coffeemaker tank, the resulting coffee will be much cooler. I find this very hard to…
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Wet grind with cold water to maximize yield?

I usually make drip coffee with a coffee maker, and the grinds go in pretty dry. I use 4 cups of water, but I usually only get around 2.5 cups of actual coffee out of it. I think that those 1.5 cups of water are partially evaporated, and partially…
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Why is freshly roasted coffee better than pre-packaged coffee?

Freshly roasted coffee, or coffee from freshly ground beans tastes so much better than drip coffee made from vacuum packaged coffee. Why is it so different?
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How to get rid of the moisture in coffee?

As pointed out here, my coffee powder seems to have caught moist. Since it is in a significant quantity and a very nice powder, I don't want to waste it. Is there any solution to this problem? The obvious one that came to my mind was heating it up…
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What is the best drip coffee maker to buy?

I am looking at the Technivorm models. I currently have a Bunn but having trouble getting the right grind to make it give me taste I want. Mind you, I bought it 1992!