So for years I was using a basic Proctor Silex coffee machine and it worked fine. I would either use regular grounds like Maxwell House etc, or buy beans and grind them. I've mostly been grinding my own at this point as I find it taste better. Then suddenly, the machine started to act really strange where it would just make lot of noise and hardly any coffee would come out. I descaled it like 20 times and it got better but the coffee just did not taste right anymore. It tasted the same way as hot water from a really old hot water heater smells. Had this weird metallic after taste.
So I got a new machine after giving up trying to get the old machine to produce decent coffee. The coffee was tasting better for maybe the first couple batches, and now it just taste bland. Like if I was just drinking hot water. What would cause this to happen? I'm putting like 2x as much grounds as needed, and still, it's just not extracting the taste or something. I also changed my under sink water filter recently so it's a new one.
Thinking of just getting a french press, but I can't find much info on how you use those, like how do you heat the water at a consistent temperature?
So I got a new machine after giving up trying to get the old machine to produce decent coffee. The coffee was tasting better for maybe the first couple batches, and now it just taste bland. Like if I was just drinking hot water. What would cause this to happen? I'm putting like 2x as much grounds as needed, and still, it's just not extracting the taste or something. I also changed my under sink water filter recently so it's a new one.
Thinking of just getting a french press, but I can't find much info on how you use those, like how do you heat the water at a consistent temperature?