Coffee Pods – For The Lazy Coffee Drinker

A coffee pod system is a machine which is used for brewing coffee instantly at any time we wish. There seems to be many companies who are manufacturing a bunch of coffee pod systems, which are now available in the supermarkets. A few manufacturers of coffee pods are Black & Decker, Melitta, Phillips, Senseo, Folgers and many more. All these machines seem to come in different sizes. These machines also have the tendency to drip after making each cup of coffee. Very soon these coffee pod manufacturing companies are thinking of bringing newer and better tasting coffee pods into the markets.

Anyone can make his own coffee pod at home very easily

Some don’t like their regular pod coffee makers and others don’t have their own coffee pod machine. Here is a very good solution for all those people who love to drink coffee as they can now make their own coffee pods at home very easily. Anyone can make this coffee pod with regular kitchen appliances. So here are the few things you will need to make your own coffee pods at home:

• Stainless steel measuring scoop
• Jar
• Standard coffee filter

Now here is a brief process of preparing a coffee pod at home.

Firstly, you will need a stainless steel measuring scoop which should fit into the pod holder of the coffee maker. Next look for a jar which fits nicely inside the measuring scoop. Then get a coffee filter that can serve 5 cups of coffee. Now the jar should be set into the scoop of the pod holder. The coffee pod will be better if everything fits well. Take the coffee filter and shape the filter evenly over the end of the jar. The filter paper should be placed at the center of the jar. Invert the jar, place it in the measuring scoop and remove the jar, leaving the cup-shaped filter in the measuring cup.

Now add 2 teaspoons of ground coffee to the paper cup filter. The typical coffee makers use scoops which can hold about 7 gms of coffee. Shake the cup slightly in order to spread the ground coffee evenly across the bottom of the filter inside the jar. In this way, the ground coffee can be evenly distributed across the surface of the filter. Your coffee pod is now ready. One thing must be remembered that before each brewing cycle, the pod holder should be cleaned in order to make sure that nothing is blocking the holes of the pod.

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