Coffee: Magical Bean Water

With roots in Ethiopia and Yemen over 300 years ago, Coffee did not grow in popularity until America made it the drink of choice. This is closely linked to the history of our own country. After the tax from the Tea Act of 1775, America rejected Tea sold by the British East India Trading Company, and went to cheaper alternate coffee. This brought it to the masses, and began its march towards global domination.

Types of Coffee

Pourovers

The most popular form of coffee in the world is pourover. It is a process where you pour hot water over coffee in a paper filter. This process is the basis of the drip coffee machine. It yields a fast ok cup of coffee.

A famous coffeemaker that created the drip market is the Mr. Coffee. Have a listen:

Percolated Coffee

The older brother to the modern day drip coffee machine is the percolator. It has 1 major downside, if it reseals the coffee multiple times it becomes more bitter. It was very uncommon to drink this with very little issue.

Espresso

Espresso is…

A guide for espresso:

Mika Pot

Before the modern high pressure espresso machine, there was still a way to make a higher pressure more caffeinated coffee than drip. It was called a Moka Pot. To use it, you would fill the bottom with water, a cup with coffee