One thing you may have noticed when brewing coffee is that it tastes best right after it has been brewed. This is most apparent with coffee makers that use a heating element to keep the coffee warm instead of a thermal carafe. As brewed coffee continues to heat, the composition changes over time and gives it a bitter burnt flavor. As a rule, you don’t want to leave a carafe of coffee on the heat source for more than 30 minutes after it’s been brewed. Using an insulated thermal carafe eliminates some of this problem as the coffee retains its own heat from the initial brewing, but even with a thermal carafe, the coffee will taste best right after it is made.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Keeping Brewed Coffee Fresh
One thing you may have noticed when brewing coffee is that it tastes best right after it has been brewed. This is most apparent with coffee makers that use a heating element to keep the coffee warm instead of a thermal carafe. As brewed coffee continues to heat, the composition changes over time and gives it a bitter burnt flavor. As a rule, you don’t want to leave a carafe of coffee on the heat source for more than 30 minutes after it’s been brewed. Using an insulated thermal carafe eliminates some of this problem as the coffee retains its own heat from the initial brewing, but even with a thermal carafe, the coffee will taste best right after it is made.
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