Brewing Basics

Always start with fresh water (preferably filtered), using the correct water to coffee ratio - as recommended for your coffee-making equipment.

 

1. Use the correct grind to suit your coffee-making equipment.

  

2. Allow approximately two tablespoons of coffee per cup (vary to taste).

 

3. Never re-use grounds or reheat left-over coffee, it will taste bitter.

 

4. Coffee should be stored in the Zarraffa's Coffee resealable foil bags - away from moisture, light and heat.

 

Perfect the Grind

Coffee beans need to be ground to varying consistencies, depending on the brewing method and equipment used. Generally, a fine grind extracts quickly in water - a course grind extracts by sitting in the water.

 

 

 

Maintaining the Freshness

For optimum freshness, we recommend that you buy small quantities of coffee beans and use them as soon as possible.

Beans can be stored in the freezer for three months for ground beans and six - twelve months for whole beans.

Zarraffa's Coffee is packaged in re-sealable airtight bags, perfect for storing your coffee - the bags even have a one-way valve to release the carbon-dioxide produced by the beans.