If you think your at-home coffee just can't compare to one you'd get at a coffee shop, maybe you are making one of these common brewing mistakes.

Making coffee at home should be simple, right? Just grind the beans, add water, and voilà. It’s caffeine bliss. But if your home brew tastes bitter, flat, or just “meh,” chances are you’re making one ...

Katherine Peach is a well-caffeinated, Brooklyn-based writer, who focuses on all things coffee for CNET. Peach's reviews and writing have appeared in Tasting Table, Mashed, LAist, Yahoo Life, MSN and ...