What are your tricks to make black coffee taste good?

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  2. I like black coffee, certain creamers from time to time are good too but it adds tons of sugar, fat and calories.

  7. If it’s bitter it’s been over cooked (either in the roasting or packed too tightly in the espresso machine).
    Either buy a different brand, or don’t stamp it so hard.

    Or like me, just don’t drink it.

  9. The water shouldn’t be BOILING hot, just a bit less hotter than that. Good quality roasted and ground coffee beans, preferably without chicory if drinking it plain black without milk and sugar.

  10. Either you learn to like black coffee or you don’t. I used to put lots of cream and sugar in my coffee, but now I prefer it black.

  11. Add a small amount of cold water to the grounds and stir that up before you add hot water. Stops the burnt taste.

  12. There are many kinds of beans and roasts that taste differently, just as there are different ways of brewing coffee. Try out different beans and different brewing methods until you find a kind you like without having to add any cream or sugar.

  13. Good coffee

    Instant coffee will always taste crap but if you have proper coffee beans that you ground and either made in an aeropress or caffetiere it will taste good

    Doesn’t have to be expensive coffee just to your taste

  15. Buy really good coffee powder, I prefer fine ground organic for my drip coffee machine. The key is to get the correct ratio of water to coffee powder. A splash of milk and some honey and good to go.

  16. Buy coffee beans you like? Or try a different coffee maker. My boyfriend isn’t a fan of my moka pot; my mom doesn’t like Nespresso, etc.

  17. I sprinkle a little cinnamon on the ground coffee before I brew it, then add sugar.

  18. High quality freshly ground beans, French press, and put the right amount of ground coffee in the press. A dash of salt on the dry ground coffee will offset bitterness if you’re using pre-ground coffee.

  21. To clarify: I want good tasting coffee without anything in it because I want to lose some weight. No syrups, no honey, no sugar, no cream, nothing.

  22. Not a woman, but a little pinch of salt cuts the bitterness and doesn’t add calories

  24. Whole beans, grind as needed. Try different types until you find one you like; good quality coffee will have a roasted on date and it should be recent. I buy mine from a local roaster so it’s actually roasted for me when I purchase it, not sitting on a shelf to go stale. I personally prefer Brazilian coffee but Costa Rican is also good. Good coffee is a bit like wine and will typically have tasting notes and such on it; pick whatever sounds good and if you don’t like it, try a different one next time. At the previous roaster I bought from I tried literally every single one of their varieties to figure out which ones I liked best. Some I didn’t like at all.

  25. Add eggshell and a sprinkle of salt to the coffee grounds before brewing. Brew it ‘weak’ like a tea, so you can just see into it but not all the way through it. Lastly, don’t use boiling water–which means you’ll need something other than your good mr coffee drip machine or a percolator.

    I prefer a french press because it still preserves a lot of the natural fats and oils present in the bean and creates an emulsion of said fats and oils in the end drink. I also usually boil the water in a stove top kettle and then let it rest a few minutes until the temperature comes down to or below 200 F (approximately 90 to 95 C). Steep four minutes with eggshell and a pinch of salt and boom.. black magic.

    EDIT: I didn’t say why, so I figured I’d clarify. Eggshells are made of calcium carbonate and coffee contains several different acids. The chemical reaction between an acid and calcium carbonate (a base) neutralizes the acid. Some people, such as myself, argue that the acidity of the coffee adds to our perception of its bitterness and so a less acidic coffee also tastes less bitter.

    The salt, on the other hand, has more to do with tricking your tongue. Sodium Chloride is a neutral salt, so it is neither acidic nor basic, and while it may weakly interact with the acids it probably wouldn’t be enough to make a difference on its own. The theory is that the salt changes the way your tongue senses the bitterness and the science of how or why that is the case is still unclear. Alton Brown says you can add something like a full tablespoon to every ten ounces of coffee grinds or something like that. I find that’s just way too much, but to each their own I suppose.

  26. – buy better beans
    – get a real coffee grinder, they’re expensive compared to the shitty herb grinder
    – use a chem ex/v60 pour over cup/French press instead of a drip machine

  33. Become addicted 😂

    Also don’t start with the instant stuff. Also sometimes flavored beans are good. My French press with vanilla hazelnut flavored beans was the best.

    But now I’m so addicted I chug Nescafé like it’s water.

  34. 1. Start with decent/ good grounds 2.Pinch of salt 3. Add creamer/Sugar.

    I also use filtered water at home and regularly clean my machine with white vinegar and that helps too. If it sits too long while keeping warm then the warming plate burns it and the taste/smell gets harsher

  36. I’ve never tried this, but mixing in dried eggshells with your coffee grounds helps the coffee to become less acidic and therefor less bitter

  37. Idk why people are replying to add creamer or milk… adding those will result in coffee not black coffee. OP just add a lot of sugar. I’m somebody who used to HATE black coffee but adding sugar really changed my mind. Black coffee can be delicious but it needs sugar.

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