what process it goes through in order to make the coffee? is it pure coffee without additives?
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Since Mount Hagen Organic - Caf has the USA ORGANIC seal on its label it has to be organic--that is, grown without pesticides.
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It is a percolating unit that does not require a filter. You place grounds in a provided metal dish. Just pick a course ground coffee, add water and let it brew!
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It comes out the color of regular black coffee. Very nice flavor without adding anything.
953475
I think it can be added into anything. Not sure how it would taste in coffee though.
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That's easy. Of course, initially rinse everything and then, just add water like you normally do but without the coffee. Heat up until it's done, and pour out the brownish water. You can repeat this one more time if you like. Note: you can always do the quicker way of just putting it in a pot and adding boiling water. Let sit for 5 to 15 minutes. Then pour out water and air dry in either case.
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Hi Charles. I too do not want my coffee to have ANY modifications to the original coffee bean's tastes. I simply rinse the entire apparatus thoroughly with plain tap water each and every I time use it. About once a week I'll use a couple of drops (no more!) of Dawn and a soft sponge on everything, but I've never felt compelled to disassemble any parts; although I suppose you could it just doesn't seem necessary. The instructions say "If it's very dirty" to use a small amount of bleach, but I wouldn't dare use anything so harsh. Besides, after quite a bit of use, it's still squeaky clean. Just keep rising after EVERY use - it'll be fine.
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It makes a very strong "coffee concentrate" that you can either drink straight (similar to espresso) or dilute with more hot water after brewing. I've found the #2 setting on the maker diluted 100% (adding an equal amount of hot water to the concentrate after brewing) is about 8-10 Oz of good strong coffee. I also drink it straight. If you need a lot of coffee, two #4 presses with 3 scoops of coffee in each followed by 100% dilution again just about fills a standard coffee pot / carafe. Hope this helps.
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I asked the company and they said Methyl Chloride but have other decaf beans they process with water. Also some others are organic. Ididn't know that so I will be looking for a different coffee. Hope this helps.
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According to Rohan, it's totally organic without pesticides. I suggest you to watch his 10 minute video on Youtube about this coffee. :)
1776009
It is pure coffee - sure you can drink it - because of the lighter roast it has a higher caffiene content - if you read the book "3000 coffee breaks" the author that did this protocol also brewed the coffee fro drinking
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Hi Charles. I too do not want my coffee to have ANY modifications to the original coffee bean's tastes. I simply rinse the entire apparatus thoroughly with plain tap water each and every I time use it. About once a week I'll use a couple of drops (no more!) of Dawn and a soft sponge on everything, but I've never felt compelled to disassemble any parts; although I suppose you could it just doesn't seem necessary. The instructions say "If it's very dirty" to use a small amount of bleach, but I wouldn't dare use anything so harsh. Besides, after quite a bit of use, it's still squeaky clean. Just keep rising after EVERY use - it'll be fine. Hi Charles. I too do not want my coffee to have ANY modifications to the original coffee bean's tastes. I simply rinse the entire apparatus thoroughly with plain tap water each and every I time use it. About once a week I'll use a couple of drops (no more!) of Dawn and a soft sponge on everything, but I've never felt compelled to disassemble any parts; although I suppose you could it just doesn't seem necessary. The instructions say "If it's very dirty" to use a small amount of bleach, but I wouldn't dare use anything so harsh. Besides, after quite a bit of use, it's still squeaky... » Read More Hi Charles. I too do not want my coffee to have ANY modifications to the original coffee bean's tastes. I simply rinse the entire apparatus thoroughly with plain tap water each and every I time use it. About once a week I'll use a couple of drops (no more!) of Dawn and a soft sponge on everything, but I've never felt compelled to disassemble any parts; although I suppose you could it just doesn't seem necessary. The instructions say "If it's very dirty" to use a small amount of bleach, but I wouldn't dare use anything so harsh. Besides, after quite a bit of use, it's still squeaky clean. Just keep rising after EVERY use - it'll be fine. « Show Less
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It is complete, all you need is your own coffee. It works great but very fine grounds will be in the bottom of your cup. Its no big deal.
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You would pop in the basket from your dual spout and pull a shot like you normally do. The difference is you will see the whole process in action as it saturates and extracts the puck. Look on YouTube and search for bottomless portafilter o naked espresso shot. I think the coffee has a more intense flavor since it doesn't hit another piece of metal and get divided. It will go straight into your shot glass. The other thing is you can understand by how the stream flows if it's over or under extracting. It should look syrupy and smooth with a tapering effect at the bottom of the stream. It's the only way I pull shots on my machine since I got it! You would pop in the basket from your dual spout and pull a shot like you normally do. The difference is you will see the whole process in action as it saturates and extracts the puck. Look on YouTube and search for bottomless portafilter o naked espresso shot. I think the coffee has a more intense flavor since it doesn't hit another piece of metal and get divided. It will go straight into your shot glass. The other thing is you can understand by how the stream flows if it's over or under extracting. It should look syrupy and smooth with a tapering effect at the bottom of the stream. It's... » Read More You would pop in the basket from your dual spout and pull a shot like you normally do. The difference is you will see the whole process in action as it saturates and extracts the puck. Look on YouTube and search for bottomless portafilter o naked espresso shot. I think the coffee has a more intense flavor since it doesn't hit another piece of metal and get divided. It will go straight into your shot glass. The other thing is you can understand by how the stream flows if it's over or under extracting. It should look syrupy and smooth with a tapering effect at the bottom of the stream. It's the only way I pull shots on my machine since I got it! « Show Less
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It is. The powder comes in little individual packets, and does not change the taste of the coffee that I have noticed.
736239
Instructions say milk but I use water since I like my chocolate dark. I don't know how coffee would work. Maybe a tablespoon of finely ground coffee mixed in?
2003299
It is freeze dried and instant and you add a teaspoon to hot water much like most instant coffee. It is not sweetened.
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It appears to me the entire interior is made of plastic. However, we use filtered water and have never tasted any plastic. We are genuine coffee snobs. We use high quality coffee that we grind ourselves. This is an excellent coffee maker and probably the most simplistic one we've ever owned. We had to go through a lot of coffee makers before we found one we loved. I'd recommend it to anyone.