Coffee Pods
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A great day begins with a cup of freshly roasted coffee.
And that you get from an excellent coffee pod. Pods or coffee pods or espresso
pods are a simple way to get a perfect espresso and with excellent results. But
for the beginners let’s answer a simple question first i.e. what are coffee pods?
Coffee pods are freshly roasted coffee, ground perfect, tampered to the correct
pressure and then encapsulated in a paper. It is the beginning of a rich
experience of the way you drink coffee.
The original pod was first designed by Illy caffe around 10 years ago. It wa
the year 1996 when Illy opened its idea to the coffee industry to bring a
standard pod size to the market. Many coffee machine makers now offer adaptors
with their machines to accept pods. By using pods in your machine not only can
you guarantee perfect results, there is no mess and pods help to look after
your machine. In fact used pods can even be used as fertilizer for your garden
as well. That is why a rich coffee taste is always benefiting.
If you are an espresso connoisseur by heart you can find a
great relief with the coffee pods. As an espresso lover you understand that
there are many ways of preparation where the espresso can get wrong, the grind,
the measurement, freshness, the roast, tampering, temperature, water pressure are
some areas which one has to watch out to make that special cup of coffee.
Now if you wonder what the best kind of coffee pod is, the
answer is the home made one. Don’t be shocked, it is true to the last drop of
espresso. You can actually make the coffee pods of your freshly roasted coffee
beans. Although it is nit that easy but it is sheer fun and little adventure to
make a coffee pod in your kitchen itself. What you need is your favorite
freshly roasted coffee beans perfectly grounded to fine powder, a sheet of
filter paper and some kitchen tools. The first step to get a home made coffee
pod is to get the correct measuring scoop for the size of the pod. Take the
coffee style filter paper sheet and put it in the scoop. The next step is to
find a glass bottle or something similar which can be used to pressure the
paper in that scoop. If you have found the right size of glass jar (in most
cases you will) center the filter around the jar and do it by putting the
combination back in the scoop leaving a cup shaped filter paper in the scoop. Add
one scoop, or about 2 teaspoons of your favorite ground coffee to this
paper-filter-cup more or less to taste. The typical coffee scoops that come
with makers hold about 7 grams of coffee which is just about right. Give the
cup a slight shake to evenly spread the grounds across the bottom of the
filter, and then use your finger to gently fold over the extra filter material,
completely covering the ground coffee. For a really well-formed pod, you can
place the jar into the scoop one last time and press down really hard with the
palm of your hand.
At last your favorite coffee pod is now ready to be put
into the espresso machine to enjoy that rich taste of coffee. And who said
coffee is not about fun.
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