TIP: Coffee beans for your automatic machine
Which Coffee Beans?
When choosing coffee beans for your automatic machine there are two main factors to consider (& this is really, really simple).
1. Taste – Obviously you want your coffee to taste the way you want it, thats the reason why you bought your own coffee machine in the first place.
2. Usability – Yes, you must be able to use your beans. Most home bean to cup machines have quite small bean hoppers (where you put your beans in at the top) & they also generally have quite a shallow fall to the grinding element. I recently bought what looked like a beautiful 1kg bag of french roast arabica, I opened it up & boy did that aroma hit me. I poured an amount into my machine and hit the go button. NOTHING – the beans were too oily to make it down to the grinder!
TIP: DON’T BUY OILY COFFEE BEANS FOR YOUR AUTOMATIC BEANS TO CUP MACHINE!
It’s so obvious but this is the second time i’ve been seduced by nice looking/smelling beans only to find they don’t work with my machine.