The alarm clock rings and you fancy a coffee.
Maybe one after eating too.
Or one in the middle of the afternoon to chat with a friend.
It can be prepared with an espresso, capsule, drip, plunger or Italian coffee maker.
The latter is the most common and easy to use, but it requires a series of steps to get the most out of our drink.
Oscar Fornet
, owner of Culto Coffee, gives us the tricks to turn coffee beans into an aromatic and tasty drink.
Find a coffee as fresh as possible.
"Ideally, the coffee package should include the date it was roasted," explains Fornet.
This way we make sure that the coffee is fresh.
The less time that passes since it has been roasted, the better.
If possible, the coffee has not been roasted for more than a month, as it loses nuances of flavor and aroma.
Grinding is key.
It is not the same to grind coffee for an espresso machine than for an Italian one.
"The grind has to be medium," says Fornet.
Almost as if they were grains of coarse salt.
Espresso coffee has a finer grind
Water is
important
.
Although in cities like Madrid it can be prepared with tap water, Fornet recommends filtered water to avoid impurities and flavors that the tap can carry.
Once we have the water, we fill the base of the coffee maker until the water level is below the valve on the side.
We must never exceed
that level.
We heat the water until it reaches the boiling point (when bubbles begin to appear).
At that time we add the filter with the coffee.
You have to fill the filter to the top, "but without crushing the coffee"
With a cloth so as not to burn ourselves, we close the coffee maker.
"Without pressing excessively hard so as not to break the rubber", adds Fornet.
We put the open coffee maker on the fire over medium gas so that the coffee does not come out in spurts.
"Ideally, the coffee should come out at a steady pace, that it shouldn't come out too fast."
When it has finished coming out, we close the lid.
We should never leave the coffee maker unattended because the water will run out and the coffee will start to burn, getting unwanted flavors.
Immediately we put the base of the coffee maker under a stream of
cold water
or we wet it in a container with water.
"This way we cut off the heat and prevent the coffee from burning."
Finally,
we wait a
few minutes for the coffee to reduce the temperature a bit.
"Coffee is gaining in nuances as we achieve a more optimal temperature for its consumption," concludes Fornet.
Cleanliness, key
As soon as you finish preparing the coffee, Fornet recommends cleaning the coffee maker to leave it completely
ready
for its next use.
One of the most common mistakes that spoil the taste of coffee is to make it with a coffee maker that is not 100% clean or has worn rubber.
If we make more coffee than we are going to consume, it can be stored in a glass container.
That coffee, according to Fornet, should be consumed in the next 24 hours.
"Otherwise the coffee begins to lose aroma and flavors," he explains.
If we want to consume coffee with ice, it is preferable to reduce the amount of water with which it is made.
In this way we compensate for the loss of water with the ice that will melt when we introduce the hot coffee.
"If we maintain the same water level we will be able to water the coffee", he explains, so its aroma and flavor will be diluted and it will lose intensity.
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