- Use hot enough water (195F – 205F)
- Use the right amount of ground coffee to water (with the same units – 1:17)
- Grind your coffee beans just before brewing
- Drink it out of a ceramic cup
- Drink it with someone you like
- Buy only a little bit of whole-bean coffee at a time
- Buy only coffee in whole-bean, from folks who put the roast date on the bag
- Have a dainty baked good with it
- Drink out of smaller cups (they really are nice)
- Enjoy it at a number of temperatures (room temp can be tasty too!)