Buttermilk, agreed, IMO this coffee brewed egg thing its not worth it. Kinda reminds me of Jack Daniels, they filter all the good stuff out of it.
The secret to a high quality cup of coffee comes down to four things: Beans, water quality and temperature and time. Howard (Schultz--Starbucks), brews his coffee in a mocha pot. Some feel that the French Press offers the best extraction. Is good but I think the mocha pot produces richer more viscous coffee (how I like mine). This egg coffee reminded me of cold brew. It pulled all of the dark and toasty notes out leaving a pale light brown semi-opaque mild coffee flavor. Not my cup of coffee--as it were.
Smurf, I hear what your saying, if your brew is a little bitter:
1.) Descaling and cleaning all coffee pot pieces with white vinegar. I use Urn and Brewer cleaner
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004L8XAW2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I do this every week. You can see how brown the water gets even after washing it out wth soap.
2.)Clean your grinder. I run some brown rice through, then whole coffee beans to get the rice off the blades. Use a tooth brush to detail. I do this every six months.
3.) Water: Some of you have heard my H2O rant before. Using water to cook with as an ingredient, must be the highest quality you can find. I use distilled. "Taste and odour threshold concentrations in water were determined for 59 potential drinking water contaminants, including pesticides, phenol, chlorinated phenolic compounds and anisoles, geosmin, 2-methyl-isoborneol and aluminium sulphate" so the scholarly article said.
4.) Use premium beans but they don't have to be fresh roasted or picked by children off the tallest tree on the highest mountain either. I like the French Roast profile and buy mine at Trader Joes (Bay Blend).
5.) Beans that are uniformly ground fresh will give the broadest flavor bouquet. Sorry, those little spice mills that pass as a coffee grinder won't cut it. Better off using a high powered blender (which works).
6.) Water temperature must be between 195 and 205 degrees. Most electric per style pots brew outside this range.
7.) When all else fails, sprinkle a dash of salt in your joe. It cuts the rancid bean oils and bitter unwanted flavors.
Lastly, You don't drink coffee Marc? Dam Pinko