9 posts tagged “free coffee”

To some of you, this might sounds like gibberish, how can free things not be good? We all know about the melamine case a couple of months ago. It was a very big issue and there are people dying from it and countries setting up ban and stuff.

Just recently, my daughter was sick after playing with some free coffee mugs from some toothpaste company, would not want to mention names here.

Anway, I suspect she is sick after playing with the coffee mugs, we spend close to a hundred dollars on seeing doctors. So, the implication from this coffee mug is a hundred dollars. Moreover, come to think of it, we do not even need the coffee mugs.

That is the thing with many people, they are so sold into getting free things, in the end they do not even know what to do with the free things? What is the point of getting it in the first place?

That is the experience which I have and the reason why I say that sometimes free things might not be good for you.

Many people are asking this question because to them, single serve coffee maker is a closed system. And being a closed system, one would have to purchase the coffee that comes with the single serve coffee machine.

And even till today, this is how most single serve market their products. Of course, there are some machines other there that allows "partners" products to be used on their machine, but most single serve machines still requires you to purchase their own coffee.

Before moving on to some devices that might assist you to mitigate this issue, there are 3 companies with their single serve coffee makers that would remain perpetually closed, that is, you would have to purchase their coffee if you are using their machines.

They are Keurig with their K-cups, Tassimo with their T-disc and Nespresso with their capsules. So, do take note that you really have to love these coffees to purchase their machines.

Other than that, if you are getting any other coffee pods machines, you do not really have to worry too much about the blend of coffee because as I mentioned earlier, there are various solutions in the market that would "opened" the system.

One of them is known as the Perfect pod maker. As the name suggests, it makes coffee pods, so you do not have to worry anymore about the blend of coffee that comes with the single serve coffee maker, you can make you own blend!

There you have it, other than the 3 brands highlighted, you can choose any types of single coffee devices you like, all you need to do is get equipment like the perfect pod maker and you would be able to enjoy any blend of coffee you like...

This is how it goes, everything and anything that goes into brewing coffee, would affect it. It can be something as small as cleaning the coffee maker to as major as temperature of the water.

Now, I did not say this, this is what I learn from a free coffee course, and one of the things which they bring out, is the grind of the coffee.

Anyone that brews coffee would have heard of the importance of coffee grinding. But, you probably understand it differently. For example, you would have heard about how important it is to get the fine coffee powder that can be used to brew espresso.

And I think this is where the misconception arises. Everyone start thinking that espresso fine coffee grind is the way to go, which in reality it is not so. What we want is to match the correct grind size to the right coffee maker.

However, we do need to have an even and consistent grind in order to achieve a good brew. And even and consistent grind are the 2 things to look for, and not a single type of coffee grind.

If you do not have the right grind to the right coffee maker, then it would result in either under extraction or over extraction. Which in both cases, give bad coffee...