Coffee Making Tip of the Day

Coffee Making Tip of the Day No. (10) Did you tamp down your coffee? It’s not too late. Remember that big plastic round piece on the machine low down fits the coffee holder and may, just may be for tamping down the coffee and reducing the water flow in order to extract more of the flavour. I mention this because I was making coffee at someone’s home yesterday using their machine, and they didn’t realise that the plastic ‘thingy’ was for compressing the coffee! So this could be the killer tip of the day if you haven’t been reading the instructions or your coffee machine was passed on second hand by a friend or family member without the paperwork.