You should try grounding your own coffee.
Let me tell you why.
My alarm rings, prepare myself for the day. To the kitchen, pop the cap off the instant coffee mix bottle, scooped some coffee out, and put them into my cup. Pour in some hot water and enjoy.
That was my routine, most of the mornings.
Coffee to me has always been that drink that helps me to jump-start my day. Or.. afternoon given days that I didn’t have them in the morning.
But beans, the idea of grinding them to bits, and then slowly filtering out with some specialized equipment, following a strict guideline and then pouring it out and enjoying it — it’s too much for a little drink. To a point, I would add that it’s tedious and grindy.
Recently though, a lot of what I said above changed.
I got sent two packets, one light, and one dark, grounded beans. And I thought to myself;
— “It has already been grounded. All I have to do is pop some into a filter over my cup and pour some warm water over it like how I see people do in videos"
And so I did. The taste was honestly… odd. It didn’t taste like how brewed ground coffee tastes like. Was I doing something wrong? Did I miss something?
Few days and a few more mildly interesting brews later, I went visiting my family back hometown. And my brother, who’s the best coffee expert in our family taught me the way to properly brew ground coffee.
It didn’t take much. Just meticulous details of numbers, weight, milliliters, how-filters-should-work, types of beans, and temperature correctness. The amount of focus needed to craft such a simple sounding drink is surprising.
Then it clicks— the mind goes into a calm and quiet mode, just so I can hit all the numbers properly. Coffee is known for its anxiety-inducing chemicals but this experience, it’s zen-like?
And my goodness, the result is a much better tasting brew! And to close off the brewing crash course, I was given a filter cup to brew my future coffee!
So every morning, since getting the proper filter cup and gaining some knowledge in the art, I now look forward to the zen-ness vibe that exudes out of the slow but methodical steps of brewing coffee.
Of course, I’ll start grinding some more when my batch runs out. Until then, I shall try my best to perfect a flatbed!
— Also, I am now open to recommendations for a good coffee bean grinder.
