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Inexpensive method A: place your filter in a shallow-ish funnel inserted into the top of a mason jar, and then add the grounds. Boil the water, and let stand for ~45 seconds. Pour over slowly, and collect brewed coffee below.
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Inexpensive method B: prepare the water and the grounds, and place both in the jar. Let stand for ~4 minutes, and then filter the grounds out as much as you can.
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What's amazing is that when the coffee is high quality and fresh, it's almost difficult to screw up the end result, especially if you're new to coffee.
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All of that said, if you're new to fresh whole bean coffee, using a blender is a great way to open your taste buds. The ladder to appreciating great coffee only has a few rungs: first and foremost, use clean water; next, always buy fresh, whole bean coffee and grind just before brewing; and finally, when you're ready to spend, always look to improve your grind.
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Once you've made the jump to a burr grinder, the upgrade options can take you very quickly from the sub-$100 range, all the way up into the hundreds (for home equipment), or thousands (for prosumer or commercial use) of dollars. That said, we've heard from so many people that their best investments in coffee have been grinder upgrades, as opposed to fancier brewing equipment. For me personally, I'd rather have a great grinder and zero brewing equipment than a super fancy brewer and a bad grinder.
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Blade grinders, generally considered entry level, are an inexpensive way to get started in coffee. The blades literally slice the beans, and their motion agitates the grounds within the chamber to expose as much of the beans to the blades as possible. In this method, you're increasing the surface area of the beans by cutting them up, and extraction is all about the surface area available to the water during extraction.