{"id":9,"date":"2026-10-07T00:07:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/five-tips-for-better-coffee-at-home\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:07:27","slug":"five-tips-for-better-coffee-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/five-tips-for-better-coffee-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Five tips for better coffee at home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do not need expensive equipment to make a good cup at home. These five habits matter most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Use fresh beans.<\/strong> Buy whole beans with a recent roast date and keep them in an airtight container away from light and heat.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Grind just before brewing.<\/strong> Ground coffee loses its aroma quickly. Use a fine grind for espresso, medium for pour-over and coarse for a French press.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Weigh your coffee and water.<\/strong> A ratio of about 1 gram of coffee to 16 grams of water is a good starting point for filter coffee. Adjust it to taste.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Mind the water temperature.<\/strong> Water just off the boil, around 90 to 96 \u00b0C (195 to 205 \u00b0F), extracts the flavour without scorching it.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Keep your brewer clean.<\/strong> Old coffee oils taste stale and bitter. Rinse after every use and descale your kettle or machine regularly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Change one thing at a time and taste the difference. If a cup tastes sour, try a finer grind; if it tastes bitter, try a coarser one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small changes make a big difference: fresh beans, the right grind, a simple ratio, hot (not boiling) water and a clean brewer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-brew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}