Echo Valley Coffee

Coffee Storage At Home

• Purchase only freshly roasted Arabica coffee. (How long has the coffee been on supermarket shelf?)
• Store freshly roasted Arabica coffee in airtight container, in a cool and dry place. A glass container does not retain odours or oils from previous usage. Otherwise a plastic snap-lock bag with the air squeezed out. Oxygen is the staling agent for coffee.
• Keep your coffee away from:
  • Light
  • Extreme temperature (hot or cold)
  • Moisture
  • Strong odours (coffee absorbs foreign odours)
  • Use coffee within two weeks of purchase for the best taste. 

Brewing the Perfect Cup of Coffee

• Use a clean brewer. Oil and built up resin deposits can make coffee taste bitter.
• +/- 98% of you coffee is water, always use fresh cold water. Bottled or filtered water is the best, don't use softened or distilled water this will affect the coffee flavour.
• Grind beans just before brewing. Ground coffee loses the flavour rapidly. Use 45-55 grams (approx. 5 heaped table spoons) for 1 liter of coffee or 1 heaped table spoon per cup. The shorter the brewing process, the finer the grind.
  • French Press and Filter drip machines require a coarser grind as the brewing time is nger.
  • Espresso machine finer grind, a few seconds to brew.
  • Drink coffee freshly brewed. If you brew more than you can drink right away, pour left over coffee into a thermal container. Coffee can last for up to an hour without changing the taste seriously.
  • Plunger coffee becomes over extracted and cold by the time the second cup is poured.
  • Drip coffee turns bitter and flat if it sits too long on a hotplate.
  • Never reheat cold coffee.
• Brew coffee to suit your taste. Adjust the grind finer or course, amount of water or amount of coffee until you brew your perfect cup of coffee.