A coffee educator shares the ideal brewing balance of water and coffee, plus other factors that affect the final flavor. Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in Astoria, Queens. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your morning coffee shouldn't be a coin flip. If it's great one day and undrinkable the next, you're not dealing with bad beans or ...

If your morning coffee is a total crapshoot -- sometimes perfect, sometimes a watery pot of sadness -- it could be because you're just dumping in grounds and hoping for the best. It's time to stop ...

Getting the balance of coffee to water right makes a real difference. When you use too much coffee, you end up with an over-extracted, bitter cup that wastes your grounds. Use too little, and you're ...