On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:18:26 -0700 (PDT), Food Snob®
> wrote:

>I turn off the heating element immediately after brewing. The coffee
>cools off, and is reheated in the microwave. It never gets bitter or
>nasty. If you refrigerate it, you can keep it for several days, then
>just microwave it. Never heat it up on a burner, at least not w/o a
>double boiler.

Weeelllll... I agree that turning off the heating element keeps the
coffee from getting nasty. But it just isn't up there with the first
fresh-brewed cup. A lot of the volatile components evaporate or
decompose or whatever. That's why I finally got an Aeropress. Single
cup maker, no expensive pods, every cup tastes as good as the first.

>When coffee goes bad, no amount of adjuncts will make it decent
>again. Milk/cream and a tiny bit of sugar or Splenda is nice anyway.
>I love cafe au lait.

Though there's no accounting for taste... I have a colleague who seems
to love the dregs of the pot, after a third of a pot has been sitting
on the heater for an hour or so. Ugh.
--
Best -- Terry