Coffee and Caffeine FAQ

As stated in the FAQ the amount of grounds you use is primarily a mater of taste. If you like week over extracted coffee you can get by with much less coffee. But if you like a good cup of “coffee house style” coffee you are looking for something in the range of about 2 teaspoons (volume) or 10 grams (weight) per cup. This is what I use but that has not always been the case. I used less in the past. I encourage people to experiment with the amount of coffee they use. You may prefer less coffee per cup. Feel free. Personally the last thing I want to have is a weak cup but that is exactly what some people prefer.

If you are using canned coffee (yes I know the worst coffees no longer comes in cans but I can’t think of another euphemism for cheap supermarket coffee) you probably will want to use less because it is actually produced with the intent of being over extracted. But I have not experimented with this. A good strong cup of cheap blend may be better than a weak cup of cheap blend. I would also concede that flavored coffees may be better is brewed slightly weaker. I think that will be primarily an issue of how strong the flavoring agent is. If the flavoring agent is very strong the artificial flavoring may be overpowering in a properly brewed cup. I can’t get past the chemical smell of most flavored coffees so I won’t be trying any experiments.