Coffee beans should be initially brewed and grounded before placing them inside coffee makers. Grinding the beans can be done at home, in a roastery or a grocery. Coffee beans can be grounded in various ways. An electric coffee grinder smashes the beans with rounded blades rotating at high speed. A bur mill uses rotating elements to shear the coffee bean. A crude method will be to crush beans with a mortar and pestle.

Turkish coffee grinders are one of the finest, while the French press or percolators are the coarsest coffee grinders. The most common are between mediums. An extreme grinder is used in most home brewing machines.

Coffee beans can be brewed in various ways such as pressured, steeped or boiled. Making it by boiling is the most basic way. An example of this is the Turkish coffee. It is prepared by grinding the beans with a mortar and pestle, then adding the grinded beans to the water and bringing onto a pot of boiling water known as a cezve.

Once the coffee is brewed, it can be served in a variety of ways such as drip, brewed, French pressed or percolated that can be served with no sugar or additives or with either cream, milk or both.

Tips on brewing coffee:

You can use makers or espresso machines to brew it. If you use the espresso machine or another kind of machine for brewing then it should be easier because the step by step instructions are included.

You can also use any kind of cooking ware. It can be anything like pans, pots, and casseroles, as well as clay pots, kettles or just about anything that you can boil the coffee and water with.

Follow the instructions stated in your espresso machine or coffee maker and prepare your grounded beans. If you use other ways to brew, all you need is to boil the water with grounded coffee beans.

There is a general ratio followed if you want to produce the most flavorful cup of coffee. If you want to drink one to two cups every morning, 1 pound for two cups of water is fine. You can also use 1/3 of grounded coffee. However, if you like it in a more bitter taste, you can put more grounded coffee. It is really up to you. You can even mix it with white cream, milk or any type of sweeteners you like.

Types of Coffee Makers

Farberware FCP412 Coffee Percolator
This easy to use coffee maker features 1000 watts. It is made from durable stainless steel and it has a 4 to 12 cup capacity of percolator. The cord is detachable so it is handy and easy to bring anywhere. It also has automatic switches to keep a warm temperature. It also has a stay cool handle and cover knob.

Old-fashioned Coffee Percolator
This percolator can brew hot and delicious coffee with cream, milk or both. You can also without cream or Coffee Mate without cords. It is a heavy gauged stainless steel coffee percolator that goes directly into your stove top. Old-fashioned percolators feature see-through top knobs and stay cool handles. It also has a 6 to 9-cup capacity.