Coffee with filter

The oldest way of making coffee is the Arabic or Turkish way: water is poured directly onto the ground coffee and one waits until the grounded coffee has sunk before drinking the coffee. 
In the Western and Northern part of Europe, we do not like a cloudy brew coffee. We want clean, pure, no ground beans in our mouth. So we started filtering our coffee. Our grandmothers used a filter bag. Nowadays we do it with a paper filter. 

Filter coffee by hand:

• Place the filter holder wedge on top of the can.
• Grind coffee medium to fine fill filter, shake it gently to distribute the coffee. (if you make a strong coffee: coffee can be diluted later).
• Pour the water (boiled and cooled down to about 95 ° C) gradually and evenly over the coffee over the entire surface, with small quantities. If you add to much/fast water at start the water will not extract the aroma. 
  Pour the water below in a circular motion over the entire surface.
  Stir and serve the coffee immediately. A thermos can, but not too long.

You get a clear medium-hot coffee. The paper filter absorbs the natural oils of coffee somewhat. For delicate stomachs and cholesterol sensitive people this is a bonus, for the purists not of course as some of the flavor is lost.

The filter coffee machine:

There are many filter coffee machines on the market in as many different qualities. The general advantage over filter coffee by hand, is that the coffee machine in general will give a steady, constant stream of water (don't forget to regularly descale your machine and clean it.

When purchasing a filter coffee machine, consider:

• The capacity (normally needed). A large capacity machine will deliver bad filter coffee if you want a small quantity.
• The power: the temperature of the water should be above 92o C, preferably 95o C, and it should be as constant as possible. In general this requires some power. Coffee should be ready in 3-5 minutes.

Drink immediate! Coffee left on the hot plate will fast lose taste and quality. So don't order coffee if one advertises with 'the coffee is ready'!