Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields better results

Re:Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields bette... by kelipso on Saturday December 09, 2023 @10:53AM (#38582883)

I swear. There's this implication that the idea of having cooking recipes are unscientific in that post... "Without understanding why one sautes the onions, why should I saute the onions??? Where's the peer reviewed article proving that this results in statistically significantly improved taste?"

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Re:Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields bette... by notjoemama on Saturday December 09, 2023 @12:25PM (#38583704)

I tend to think it's a side effect of having a curious mind. Anyone can saute onions. It's the curious that stop to ask, "Why does this taste so good and how can I do it again?" I think the best chef's are the one's that are curious in the same way.

edit: auto correct did me dirty

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Re:Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields bette... by kelipso on Saturday December 09, 2023 @12:41PM (#38583857)

That's an aspect but the best chefs have mastered sauteeing onions before exploring and being curious is what I was trying to get at.

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Re:Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields bette... by aksss on Saturday December 09, 2023 @02:05PM (#38584741)

It’s time for the America’s Test Kitchen book on Coffee.

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Re:Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields bette... by parineum on Saturday December 09, 2023 @12:47PM (#38583902)

The purpose of knowing why your doing things is so that you can tweak things and understand the implications. Sauteing onions is partially good because it caramelizing some of the sugars. What other sugary things could I saute?

I rarely exactly follow a recipe so it's important to understand what effects the steps have so you can experiment with them. I've been trying to perfect cookies for years.

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Re:Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields bette... by aqme28 on Monday December 11, 2023 @04:31PM (#38605786)

I can absolutely tell when onions are sauteed or not sauteed though

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