Your best coffee tip

[Yarbooa]

Hi Guys, I'm starting a new category in my website and would love to get some of your brilliant mind's help.

If you could write down here your greatest tip about coffee. For example, how to brew, how to not burn the beans, how long to wait till a French press is ready, your winning espresso cup etc.

It would help me - a lot !!!

I thank ahead every contributor.

Cheers

[Coffee Forum]

[coffeeroastersclub]

Use medium roasted coffee beans in your espresso machine; never dark roasted beans or oily beans.

Len

[Yarbooa]

Yey! That's one. thx for the tip!
BTW, what happens if I use oily beans?

[DirtyDave]

You've got to find the balance.
An oiled up bean is exhibiting evidence of outer wall cellular damage, and therefore the bean cannot contain it's oils.
In other words, it's been damaged.
Having said that, many roasters are reacting in the opposite direction (roasting very light), this however yields an undeveloped
bean with a sour tea taste.
Some roasters are capable of taking the bean quite dark, without oiling.
If you like big, full, rich coffee flavor, those are the ones to seek out

[ysalek]

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[Emily]

You've got to find the balance.
An oiled up bean is exhibiting evidence of outer wall cellular damage, and therefore the bean cannot contain it's oils.
In other words, it's been damaged.
Having said that, many roasters are reacting in the opposite direction (roasting very light), this however yields an undeveloped
bean with a sour tea taste.
Some roasters are capable of taking the bean quite dark, without oiling.
If you like big, full, rich coffee flavor, those are the ones to seek out

Wow, good to know. So does that mean the advice above about not using dark roasts isn't necessarily correct, and that what you should avoid are roasts that result in oily beans? (I ask because I love dark roasts myself, and find advice to avoid them inherently and obviously wrong. But this could be a good tip.)

[DirtyDave]

Only the best and most experienced roasters can get a bean to develop fully without causing damage.
Look easy, not easy.

[Yarbooa]

Only the best and most experienced roasters can get a bean to develop fully without causing damage.
Look easy, not easy.

I agree, it seems that because "It is only coffee", it shouldn't be too hard, but with the so too many lousy cups I had in coffee places, it's probably much harder than it looks...
Anyway - great tip!

[chrismartyn]

Consider some factors like boil the beans properly and mix them in right amount.

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[rlauzon]

My best coffee tip was $5. But, in my defense, the waitress was REALLY hot.

Seriously, good water (I try to use filtered water), fresh beans, freshly ground is the general tip.
The freshness of the beans definitely makes a difference. Right now, I go to a place that roasts them on site daily and is famous for its coffee - so they go through plenty in a week, insuring a constant turnover in their roasted beans.