I'm going to be honest, I don't drink a lot of coffee because it freaks me out.
And when I do drink coffee I drink decaf because it actually has quite a bit of caffeine in it.
But whether or not you have cultivated this craving: knowing how to make coffee is a valuable skill.
And to make your very own cup of Joe, you're going to need three things: you need coffee, you need water, and you need some brewing method, like some way of heating them up together and then separating out the stuff that you don't want to have in the coffee.
Coffee comes in a variety of roasts and is either ground or whole bean.
If it's ground, you don't need the added expense of getting a bean grinder.
However, if you have a bean grinder or you want to get one, whole beans tends to retain more flavor because you can grind the beans right before you brew.
Most coffee aficionados recommend a burr-grinder, but a blade-grinder is more affordable and the difference between the two is not going to ruin your day.
Either grinder might have some setting that controls coarseness- to fineness of the grind. You might also find that this happens in the grocery store.
You can actually buy the whole beans and then grind them with the grocery store grinder and you can also set the coarseness of the grind there.
