The Cup And The Brewing Temperature

Coffee is best ‘brewed’ between 86 – 94 degrees C. Any hotter and you will burn the coffee and produce a burnt taste in the final beverage. Any lower and most Australians will say it is too cold.

The maximum temperature is an adjustment of your coffee brewer. For Jura Impressa users, check that the ‘Temperature’ setting of each drink button is set to ‘high’.

Make sure you are using warmed cups. Use the cup warmer on top of your brewer or heat your cup with hot water before you make the coffee.

A cold porcelain cup will take 10-15 degrees C of temperature from the drink. Use thin cups to keep coffee hot. Thick cups absorb more heat, so delicate china is best to keep your cuppa piping hot. If using an auto-frothing attachment on your coffee maker, check that the milk flow is not too fast.

By adjusting the milk flow, you can adjust the temperature of the milk. The faster it flows, the lower the resulting temperature. Experiment with the flow rate. Remember that you do not want to boil the milk but it is sufficient to ‘heat’ the milk.

Above all, give yourself time to sit down and enjoy your finished drink.