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I have this bag of coffee beans, and I tried to make coffee out of it? Am I missing something? It came out weak.

How to home roasting most expensive coffee beans from Indonesia, Kopi Luwak. I did not used any special tools, just fry pan & wood spatula. And the result… wow… taste so good.

I want to know the process of making coffee beans into instant coffee.

Thank you!

I’m just wondering with tons of coffee beans consumed by millions of people, what is the best coffee for you and why, (if possible please indicate the location where it came from)

I live in Davao and I have been to a few coffee shops. I have yet to find a good one. Is it lack of knowledge or lack of good coffee beans? There are no Starbucks in Davao. Just curious. What are your favorite Espresso based coffee drinks? Hot or cold.

I bought an inexpensive espresso/cappucino maker and every time I make coffee, it smells and tastes burnt. I went exactly by the directions, and used two different kinds of roast (espresso and a medium roast). Is it the coffee beans, the machine or am I doing something wrong? Every cappucino I have ever had never tastes burnt and I really cannot drink what this espresso/cappucino maker has been making.

Can I use the coffee beans straight from the grocery store? Or do I need to do anything to them before I cover them in chocolate?

I have big coffee lover. She love coffee beans and not gridded coffee. I want to buy her gift and I like it to be coffee beans.

I am in Austin, TX. Is there is a local shop where I can buy a gift basket full of coffee beans.

I want to make my own energy drinks, and I want to know how to extract caffeine from coffee beans or sugar cane, either one is fine. I want to know of a way I could do that and be able to put caffeine into a drink. Thank you.

I have a stovetop espresso maker, but I want to use it to brew one to two cups of coffee with my "regular" coffee beans. I don’t want to use my big electric coffee maker to make a cup of coffee.

I have never had a coffee grinder, but I have coffee beans. I want to be able to grind them, but I do not know what coffee grinder to buy. I can’t spend very much on it – I am hoping that there is a good coffee grinder for around . I am hoping to be able to buy one with more than one setting.

I’m buying a coffee machine for my Mum for her birthday and she loves coffee. I want to buy best tasting coffee beans what ever they’re called.

Any reccomendations?

I’ve got a bag of jamican blue coffee that I totally forgot about. The bag has never been opened and they are whole beans. The bag of coffee was pretty pricey, I’m just wondering how long coffee beans will stay good in a sealed plastic bag??
The bag is air tight and has never been opened. It’s about a year old though!

If one was trying to stay up late in order to do their homework, would simply swallowing coffee beans like pills suffice? What sort of damage (if any) to the digestive system would this do?

i am not asking about preparation or grinding of the beans… just the beans themsleves. is there a difference? for example, can i make espresso from coffee beans if i use an espresso machine and they are ground to the correct consistency?

Can I espresso-grind some good strong coffee beans, or do I need to buy espresso beans?

How to make a Cappuccino with Saeco Royal Cappuccino coffee machine

I got an espresso machine for Christmas(woo!) and have drank way too many shots over the course of the past few days trying to refine my espresso making skills … unfortunately, I think they got worse!

I have the "Espressione 1329 Café Roma" (I will link to it at the bottom). My problem is this … if it even is a problem … I grid the coffee beans, put them in the coffee-ground-holder-thing and tamp it down. I press the espresso button and wait as the water is filtered through and produces espresso. Yay!. issue is, the coffee grounds in the filter thing are heavily watery and I am pretty sure they should not be so …

A) Is this a bad thing?
B) What does the watery status of the coffee grounds do to the quality of the shots?

Thanks!
-Josh

My Coffee Machine:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16896143024

I clean my filter all the time … at least, I think its the filter I am cleaning! Thanks for the advice though =)

I have an Espresso machine that was previously used with non-kosher coffee beans and probably also with non-kosher milk. The machine has been used only a couple of times in the past, and has been rarely used over the last couple of months.

Here’s a link for the Espresso Machine:

http://www.capresso.com/espresso-machines-ultima.shtml

My question is, can it be koshered (I assume so)?
If so, what shall I do to Kosher it?

Thanks!

I’m buying an espresso machine that I’ve been looking at (it’s around 220 dollars)
I’m not sure what I really need to get started, can I just buy the machine? Or do I need other things?
Also- can I use regular coffee beans or do I need special "espresso" beans?