Coffee is a widely appreciated libation that many folk like to drink. It has become a social symbol and has developed into several flavors, forms and presentations. Hot coffee drink is still more popular than the modern iced coffee drinks. Despite the numerous adaptations and flavors that have cropped up recently, black hot coffee (with or without cream) is still one of the foremost beverages all over the world.
The right temperature is needed for a person to fully appreciate the delightful taste of hot coffee. If the water used to brew or mix the coffee is too hot, and the drinker drinks it speedy, there’s risk of scalding the drinker’s tongue. Waiting for the hot coffee to cool a little can be tricky because it may cool too much and therefore diminish its taste. Letting hot coffee stand in an open container for over thirty mins deteriorates the flavour and gives you a sour taste.
The perfect temperature for making coffee is just off the boil. This puts the water or the coffee mix at about 195 degrees. This is the right temperature for extracting the correct flavor from the beans that you use. This is if you make coffee without the brewer or drip coffee maker. The term just off the boil means after the water has achieved a steady boil ; you take it off the heat and wait for around 2 mins before serving. Hot coffee is excellent for drinking slowly. Care must be exercised when drinking just served hot coffee because in many cases, this is scalding hot and may burn your tongue.
Ideally, the right temperature for serving coffee is 165 - 175 degrees. This is enough to save the flavour of the coffee. Letting your hot coffee stand for can drop the heat but at the same time, compromise the flavour of the brew when it is left along for too much time. Hot coffee in cups cools faster than brewed coffee in a carafe or an airpot. The airpot is the simplest way to save you brewed coffee since it is airtight and doesn’t permit the coffee to chill simply.
Drinking hot coffee is not only for mornings, many people have extended the practice of consuming the dark beverage after meals or during late afternoon. Some even drink hot or cold coffee at night after dinner. Hot coffee can be soothing for some drinkers and necessary for many others.
It is no secret that we live in a busy world. Our time is one the most valuable assets that we have. Anything that can be done to save time is worth considering. One of the ways that we save time is to multitask, so why not take your morning coffee with you on the road when you drive to work? Two things must happen - you have to have your coffee and you have to get to work.
To be effective at this multi-tasking, one must have the best coffee travel mug one can find. When you get up in the morning it is very easy to make a single cup of premium coffee using a k-cup, but what do you put it in so you can take it with you? Of course, you can just reuse the coffee cup and lid you got at the donut shop over the weekend, but why do that when there is a tremendous variety of travel mugs available? To pick the one that is best for you, there are several things you should consider. How long is my commute? How long will you want the coffee to stay hot?) Consider what kind of cup holder you have in your car? How much coffee do I need to drink in the morning, and how big does my travel mug have to be? How secure must the lid be? How much do I want to spend? Somewhere in the answers to these questions and other questions a person might come up with what lies in the best coffee travel mug for you.
Prices vary widely for travel mugs. The best ones range in price from $9 to $35. There are many different materials from which travel mugs are made, including metal and plastic. Some have handles, while others do not. Handles make the cup easier to grab and hold onto, especially while driving. Some of the mugs have a screw-on lid, while others have a lid that snaps on. A screw-on lid is much more secure than a snap-on lid, which might not always be snapped on tight. There is nothing worse than a lid falling off and hot coffee spilling all over you or your car.
Travel mugs come in a variety of sizes. There are mugs with wide bases that will be steadier when placed on a flat surface, and mugs that are narrower to fit into cup holders of cars. Travel mugs also vary greatly as to how long they will keep the coffee hot. The amount of insulation in the cups is different for each manufacture. How long it takes you to drink your morning cup will determine how insulated a cup you need. It boils down to that the most expensive mugs have the most insulation.
So the question is, what is the best travel mug? That depends upon how you answer the questions I have posed. Whichever mug you choose, you can use a k-cup to make your coffee in the morning to fill that mug for an enjoyable drive to work and the start of a day of multitasking.