How To Make Perfect Coffee

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You're making coffee. Great coffee. The kind that reminds you first thing in the morning of everything else you appreciate in life. And yet, no one ever taught you how to make coffee properly. When you stop in at your local coffee shop, everything is hidden away behind the counter, too far removed for you to understand.
It's a shame to waste these moments on bad coffee, and if you're going to drink it every day, or if you're going to serve it to other people, it may as well be good, right? Actually, it should be better than good. It should be perfect.