What is your recipe for brewing coffee? How much coffee for each coffee-maker-sized cup?

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this is my personal recipe, and I also found this same recipe in an etiquette book from the 40's.

One rounded tablespoon for each cup, as marked on the coffeemaker. Then (the important part) one more rounded tablespoon "for the pot." Lately I usually make 3 cups worth (about 2 actual mugs worth I find) and put 4 tablespoons in. This does not make weak, 7-11 gas station style coffee, but stronger Starbucks style coffee. Leave out the extra spoonful if you find it's too strong.

I use a regular silverware tablespoon, the same one I eat cereal with.

As someone else noted, the grind makes a difference in strength too, but also affects flavor. This recipe is for coarse ground, the best for a regular American coffee maker. Finer, espresso grind will be stronger but also more bitter. Save that for making espresso!...Show more

For starters you should realize that the finer the coffee grind, the more flavor that can be extracted from the same volume. It's important to buy the grind as fine as possible, or if you own your own coffee grinder that you grind it properly.

Good water, good coffee; bad water, bad coffee!

Filtered tap water or Artesian spring water is usually good, but mineral water can ruin your brew. Distilled water is always a safe bet because there are no impurities to taint the flavor. But to come right down to it, people have been using regular tap water for years and that is just fine also.

As a general rule, you should add two level tablespoons for every six ounce cup of coffee. If you're more picky, weigh-out your coffee before brewing: 0.35 ounces (10 g) of coffee for every 6 ounces (46.9 mL) of water. Most coffeemakers one-cup is closer to 4 ounces, so it pays to figure out or measure your brewer's measurements....Show more

try useing a standard measuring tablespoon instead --- one rounded tablespoon for each two cups of water. =^)...Show more