How To Make A Good Cup of Coffee

This weekend on Facebook, my friend Molly wrote that she was "constitutionally incapable of making a decent cup of coffee."

I related to this because, for the past few years, I had the same problem. The lowest moment came when, upon grinding my own beans, I overdid it, clogged my coffee maker and a black sand volcano erupted all over my countertop, ruining the machine and my self-confidence too. But now I make a great cup of coffee and my secret has more to do with ignoring, not following, the Good Coffee-Making Rules.

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