I have been a coffee drinker now for about 10 years. It seems these days that I just cannot get going in the morning without that first injection of caffeine.

Years ago, as I was just getting my coffee drinking habit formed, I’d fire up my trusty stainless steel coffee maker and brew up some fresh java for my ride to work. But there was a problem with this ritual, and it was a serious one. The issue was that I just could not seem to get the coffee consistent to the exact same taste, body, aroma and strength each time. No matter how careful I was in measuring out the beans or pre-ground coffee, it was just never the same each day; until now!

I have found the solution to inconsistency in daily coffee drinking: the coffee pod.
Here is a definition of exactly what a coffee pod is:
“…coffee pods are freshly roasted coffee, ground perfect, tampered to the correct pressure and then encapsulated in a paper filter-like covering.”

The nice thing here is that your coffee is made perfectly every time because the beans and coffee are pre-measured at a factory, and not in your kitchen on-the-fly. In addition, there is no mess to clean up after I make my single cup coffee each day.
Now the only thing I have to be concerned with is the cream and sugar which are also pre-measured because I buy them that way! Now I have perfectly consistent coffee each day, and that makes me happy.

But coffee pods have many more uses than just for your home brewed coffee. My church has a big machine where coffee pods are used. You stick in 50 cents, pick out your flavored coffee pod (Columbian, breakfast blend, etc), slide it into the machine and press a button. I like this because it means less mess and once again, consistency.

The final key to that perfectly consistent cup of coffee comes in the water you use. It may not sound like much, but water definitely makes a difference. I have a reverse osmosis drinking water system at my house that gives me the cleanest and purest water around.

So to recap: the perfect and consistent cup of java can be achieved with just a few simple steps including the use of pure water, coffee pods and pre-measured cream and sugar packs. If you are anything like me, you will appreciate that perfect cup of coffee done right, day after day; consistently.