What is the best way to make coffee?
There are many ways to make coffee, but the best way is the way YOU like to make it – This is a personal thing here! The difference between a good cup of coffee and a bad cup of coffee is all about the release of flavonoids. The first thing to understand about coffee is the caffeinated versus decaffeinated debate. Coffee beans are naturally caffeinated and that caffeine is rather difficult to separate from the bean meaning that decaffeinated coffee requires a great deal of processing in order to achieve a “decaffeinated” product. Typically, caffeinated coffee and decaffeinated coffees start from different beans; Arabica for caffeinated and Robusta for decaffeinated coffee. Robusta beans are easier to cultivate and hardier, thus less expensive and are often used for decaffeinated coffees and inexpensive mass-market blends. Robusta beans are typically regarded as inferior in flavor and more prone to bitterness than Arabica beans. Worse yet, the flavor of Robusta beans suffers quite a bit
