RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
I like the Folgers bags, too, but I started making my own to save $$. I use Finum Tea Filters, 100/box, available online at Amazon and other places. Use a small funnel and one scoop of fine or Turkish grind coffee, fold over twice and staple. For strong coffee, I use two in a large cup. Leave 'em in or remove. I make a whole bunch and take them to the office where I can only heat water. Perfect!
Posted on 10/28/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
Empty out the tea from the tea bags, save for your tea ball.
Flil the bags with a tablespoon or so of good coffee, staple back shut, and you have it.
Posted on 02/10/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
Connie, thanks, that seems like a better idea. It would be thrifty and less time consuming.
Posted on 06/05/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
Elaine, I am using a teabag as a pattern to go by. Put my coffee in to it and staple it. Not gonna sew it but do it as the teabags are done.
Posted on 06/04/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
The tea bags I buy from Safeway just have it folded and a string is added and then stapled. That sounds easy to me. But I've noticed when I scoop the coffee into my coffee maker tiny pieces of coffee want to float away and I wonder what kind of mess would come with making my own coffee bags. Scooping over and over.
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RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
Connie, if you are going to sew them, why not sew them from coffee filters. It would be much more cost effective. Sewing them seems like a lot of work to me. Just try going to the website and learn to fold them like that poster suggested. Would be much easier I would think.
Posted on 05/11/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
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By Connie Acree (Guest Post)
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I am thinking about making my own "coffee bags" using very fine interfacing form my sewing stash. Probably two tablespoons of coffee would do it. I did try it with my interfacing and 1 tablespoon of coffee and wasn't quite strong enough. I am going to take an old tea bag apart to see how it is done and go from there.
Posted on 05/11/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
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By crazyliblady (Guest Post)
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Try this website
http://www.englishteastore.com/tsac.html
Posted on 05/10/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
When my husband went on a business trip to Israel last year, the coffee there was simply a spoonful of fresh coffee grounds in a cup of hot water. You just let it sit for a couple of minutes, allowing the water to turn to coffee and the grounds to settle to the bottom of the cup. You don't drink the cup dry since the coffee grounds are in there, and you have to be careful of disposing of it. Sometimes we do this at home now and I pour the last of the coffee into the garbage disposal. Also, I like milk in my coffee, and this works just fine even when milk is added.
Posted on 05/06/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
StashTea.com sells tea or coffee bags. You can check them out on their website and make your own.
Posted on 05/02/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
Or you can use what I do: a "manual coffeemaker". (You can see it at Melitta.com, click on "Our Products" and then "Manual Coffeemakers".) I see they're charging $2.99 for them on the website; I paid about $5.00 for mine at a Raley's supermarket here in town. It uses the #2 size cone filters, takes about 1/3 (maybe more or less depending on how strong you like your coffee) of a scoop of coffee for one cup, place the "coffeemaker" with the filter and coffee in it on top of an empty mug, boil the water in your microwave or on the stove and pour the water into the filter; but you know what? I just use a paper napkin instead of those expensive filters. (I tried making my own "manual coffeemaker" by using a plastic funnel--which is pretty much all that the Melitta product is--but I couldn't find a funnel with a hole small enough, has to be REALLY small, about the diameter of a round toothpick and I couldn't figure how to make the holes smaller in any of my funnels, so I splurged and bought the $5.00 Melitta product. I figure life's too short to drink instant coffee, yuck!)
Posted on 05/01/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
I made these years ago, I'm not a coffee drinker, but once in awhile I would like a cup of coffee. I take a little over a teaspoon of coffee, placing it in the middle of a coffee filter draw up the edges to close, wrapping it with cotton string leave a tale for removing. Drop the bag in the bottom of the cup, pour the hot water in, and let it steep a few minutes, worked perfectly. I stored them in an airtight glass jar.
The problem with using a tea ball is the coffee is so fine it floats out of the holes.
Posted on 05/01/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
I would use coffee filters and add the amount of coffee needed. Then tie all the ends together in a ball using clean ponytail holders or rubber bands. I hope this helps!
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RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
Thank you for your ideas but I must clarify myself. I am talking about Folger's single serving coffee bags. They look and work like tea bags. You simply put on in your cup, add boiling water, brew and done. I have seen items such as tea balls for loose tea and was wondering if something similar could work for coffee as well. Any ideas?
Posted on 05/01/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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englishteastore.com has t-sacs in size 1-2-3&4 serving sizes. They are about $4.25 for a hundred sacs. I like them because I can make multi flavored teas...
Posted on 04/30/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
Michawnpita is right. I went to youtube and typed in making your own coffee pods and it gave very clear directions. Thanks Michawnpita!
http://www.youtube.com/results?sear ... ng+your+own+coffee+pods&search_type=
Posted on 04/30/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
Why couldn't you cut out round pieces of coffee filters the size you need and fill with coffee (whatever it takes for one cup) and bring edges to the top and tie off with some unwaxed, unflavored dental floss?
Posted on 04/30/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
Kelly, she is talking about the kind of pot that you use a pod in. It is coffee completely enclosed in a filter. I have one too but brought it to work in case someone wants a cup of coffee but I assume they are expensive to buy and would like to know myself.
Posted on 04/30/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I know that I saw on You Tube at one time, how to make your own coffee pods (for those pod maker coffee pots) I would think that would work. The cost of the pod maker would more than make up for itself really quick. I also know that I have loose tea bag envelopes that you can put tea or coffee in, I think my friend got them for me from San Francisco Herb company, a GREAT place to get bulk herbs and such, but you have to have a min. order of $30. But if they have them, then someone else will too.
Posted on 04/30/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Making Single Serve Coffee Bags
Just like in a busy cafe, portion all the coffee in filters, stack 'em up and put them in an airtight container.
Posted on 04/29/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse
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