The Book of Daniel

A delightful Reddit thread from a former foreign student who studied in America and misses diner coffee.

… I used to study abroad in the states and I miss those coffees from american diner. I know it’s shitty to some people and I’m no connoisseur and I just enjoy what I enjoy. Does anyone know how to make them? I have little to no coffee-making knowledge.

The answers do not disappoint:

… 92% of diner coffee is about the thick walled mug that has been washed 12,000 times in the last 6 years.

The coffee taste and smell is ingrained the cup. It’s like 75yr old cast iron cookware.

Serious answers:

… Use a basic drip coffee maker and a medium roast, pre-ground coffee like Folgers or Maxwell House. Measure 1 to 2 tablespoons of coffee grounds per 6 ounces of water, depending on your strength preference. Place a paper filter in the coffee maker’s basket, add the coffee grounds, and fill the water reservoir with filtered water. Brew the coffee and serve it in a thick-walled ceramic mug, which is very common in these diners

You forgot “let age 1-2 hours in the carafe on the burner before serving.” It’s really the key, even when I do high end coffee in a high end drip brewer it tastes like diner coffee after an hour or so.