Have you heard of adding salt to the coffee before brewing?
By crazynurse
@crazynurse (7482)
United States
August 28, 2011 7:24pm CST
I worked with a wonderful nurse who made the best coffee in our employee break room. She would add the coffee grounds to the basket and then.....she salted the coffee grounds before she started the brewing process. Have you heard of this? The brewed coffee did not have any salty taste?! Why did she do this? What was the purpose?
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5 responses
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
29 Aug 11
I have never heard of this before but I bet it is to counter act the acidity.
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@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
29 Aug 11
Her coffee was the best I've ever had so perhaps you are correct. Never, no matter how many cups I had, did I get heartburn from her coffee!
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@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
29 Aug 11
Oh, so one doesn't eat the egg? Or do they?
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@finlander60 (1804)
• United States
31 Aug 11
You are quite welcome to eat the egg, if you want to. I will not fight you for it. It might get a little crunchy, though.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
29 Aug 11
I have not heard of this, but I can see that the others are probably right.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
4 Sep 11
I can't explain it other than to say it sharpens the flavour of the coffee. To me, it removes the cloudy taste.
It's the same with apples, a light amount of salt on an apple makes the flavour stand out more. I've heard it's also true of oranges but I haven't tried that one.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
4 Sep 11
Wow! nice salt in the coffee really nurse is good women.. no friend I not heard salt in the coffee..
@00997PC (47)
• United States
13 Sep 12
I have not heard of it before but have heard of adding it in the cup after it is brewed.
