You’ve been making your coffee wrong! This is the EXACT amount of water you need for the perfect cup
There's nothing worse than a weak cup of coffee. Here's how you should be making it...
LISTEN up caffeine addicts, industry experts have come up with a Golden Ratio of coffee to water - to make sure your morning pick-me-up is always the right strength.
There's nothing worse than a weak cup of coffee on a sleepy working day, so these are the guidelines you should be sticking to.
When making a pot of coffee, the magic number is one or two tablespoons of ground coffee to every six ounces of water (that's three quarters of a glass to you and me).
And your water should be slightly cooled after boiling, to between 85C and 96C for optimum brewing.
The advice comes from the experts at the .
They suggest bringing the water to boil before leaving it to rest for a minute, then pouring it over the coffee.
You should then leave the coffee to drip for five minutes in your filter jug.
But what if you're drinking instant coffee? The main pointer here is to never re-boil water, as this affects the taste of your drink. The same goes for tea, as we revealed here.
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