Drip Coffee, Part 3: Stir it up
- Be careful with this one! Give your coffee grounds a little stir after you have started brewing. Most coffee makers can be shut off manually and then restarted. Many will also shut themselves off if the brewing compartment is opened. Let it run for about 30-45 seconds, switch it off, open the brewing compartment and give your coffee a little stir with a spoon. Then just close it up and restart the cycle. This helps ensure that all the coffee brews evenly, not just that bit that’s under the water nozzle. Please use caution, keep all body parts away from the water nozzle and out of the brewing compartment. Take it from a barista: STEAM BURNS HURT!
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When I started thinking about this it made me wonder why you see baristas tamping down the ground coffee before making a cup. They even have a special tamper thingy to do it with! Why do they tamp and you don’t recommend tamping??? Just curious as to the different techniques.
Ah, I see the confusion. We are talking about two different brewing techniques here. When you see a barista tamping coffee, they are making espresso. The posting that I wrote is in reference to brewing drip coffee. I highly recommend tamping your coffee when making espresso, I will even be covering proper technique for tamping later on. Drip coffee works differently, there is no pressure being applied to the coffee grounds. If you try to tamp down the coffee in your drip coffee maker, you will most likely end up with an overflowing coffee maker and an awful mess on your hands. I hope this answers your question, please let me know if you need further clarification.
I’d never read this before, either. Thanks for the tip!