Comparison of coffee brewing methods: how to make coffee at home?

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Do you want to enjoy a cup of homemade coffee quietly at home? Have you found the ideal cooking equipment? Each kind of appliance has its own unique style and performance, and the difficulty is different. Just like finding a coffee bean you like, you may need to keep trying and comparing until one day, you can easily brew out a cup of coffee that makes you very satisfied.

Today, the editor summarized some mainstream cooking utensils and equipment, as well as simple cooking suggestions.

Let's start with filter extraction:

Hario V60

The Hario V60 drip filter cup, which was invented by a combination of chemical, glassware and coffee. The name V60 comes from its 60 °tapered angle, which has been made of ceramic, glass, plastic and metal. The final version of the V60 uses a copper filter cup designed for high thermal conductivity to achieve better extraction with better heat retention.

The V60 caters to many variables in coffee making, mainly in the design of these three points:

1. Cone at an angle of 60 degrees: this prolongs the time for the water to flow through the coffee powder to the center.

2. A large filter hole: this allows us to control the flavor of coffee by changing the flow rate of water.

3. Spiral pattern: this allows air to escape upward from all around to maximize the expansion of coffee powder.

Suggestion: the filtering speed of V60 is fast, medium and fine grinding is recommended, and the method of water injection is random, as long as it is uniform enough. Flavor features: bright, clean and refreshing.

Kalita Wave

[Kalita Wave] is a flat-bottomed hand filter cup from Japan. The flat-bottomed design can make the extraction more sufficient. The difference between KalitaWave and the HarioV60 we are familiar with is that the bottom is flat. Although the aroma of the cake cup is not as strong as that of the conical filter cup, the overall flavor of the beans also has a solid taste and sweetness that will always be very good ~ match the cake cup special waveform filter paper Kalita filter paper, specially deepen the design of side grooves, will make you have a better hand flushing experience.

Suggestion: Kalita Wave drip filter cup is suitable for moderate grinding, it is recommended to be a little thicker than when you use v60, this filter cup is relatively slow to enter the water. Although there are three drip holes, they are all very small. Coffee powder grinding too fine will increase the extraction rate, will not make the flavor more prominent, but will be easy to over-extract, drinking the end will be astringent.

Chemex

This classic Chemex Coffeemake coffee maker with an elegant and elegant body has a history of 74 years.

Chemex coffee pot uses the high temperature and corrosion resistant glass flask in the chemistry laboratory as the foundation, it is resistant to high temperature and chemical corrosion, the whole process does not come into contact with the possibility of plasticizer, and the taste of the coffee is clearer and cleaner. The overall shape of Chemex is like a combination of triangular flask and funnel, minimizing the adverse factors in hand-making, fully showing the ultimate flavor of boutique coffee, even beginners can make good coffee.

Because the Chemex filter paper is 20-30% thicker than the general style, and unlike the Japanese filter cup wall with many exhaust ribs, the air flow only depends on the front single exhaust groove, so it is normal to have a higher resistance and slower flow rate. Of course, thick and high-quality filter paper is definitely a major focus of Chemex, because it makes the coffee taste cleaner.

Suggestion: the extraction of Chemex is actually a way between pourover and immersion. The reason why coffee shops in the United States like to use it so much is that Chemex does not need too difficult skills and can be operated like a fool. So, you can steam with Chemex, but you don't have to cut off the water, just inject it at one time.

American trickling filter

Advantages: easy to clean and easy to use.

Disadvantages: the water temperature of the machine is unstable and the spray head is not wide enough, so that the coffee powder can not be extracted properly. And good machines are usually more expensive.

Suggestion: if you are busy, or the environment does not allow too much operating space, you can choose a simple and fast American machine, because its production can actually be very stable.

The following is immersion extraction:

Smart Cup

Smart Cup (Clever Coffee Dripper)-Smart Cup combines the advantages of French pressure pot and hand punch pot, which is simple, convenient and easy to use. If it is difficult to skillfully master the steady flow of water, and can not accept the French pressure of fine powder, then the smart cup is easy to operate, but also can take into account the choice of flavor.

The secret of the smart cup is that there is a piston at the bottom of the cup, which is usually in a diving state (there are four feet below, leaving him hanging in the air). After pouring into the water and closed under pressure, the piston firmly blocks the flow of water. when placed on the container, the lower piston is pushed up and the coffee comes out.

Suggestion: in fact, it should be called "fool cup" and "rookie cup", because even rookies can get started easily. There are only a few points to note:

The main results are as follows: 1. The amount of powder reaches 1pm 3 of the filter cup.

2. In addition to water injection, steaming and steaming after steaming all need to cover and soak.

3. Water injection does not need to be too full, leaving an inch of space in the upper part.

French pressure kettle

Pros: Super simple! The fault tolerance rate is very high, that is to say, you can easily brew a cup of professional coffee, as long as there are good coffee beans, freshly ground coffee powder, the right water temperature, you can completely present the original appearance of the coffee. And it can release oil to a great extent, giving us a smoother taste when we drink it.

Cons: there will be some fine powder, and some people will think that the coffee is not clear enough, but for others, this primitive, rugged flavor is the charm. Another serious disadvantage: good coffee beans must be used.

Suggestion: use good beans and soak them casually.

Philharmonic pressure

Philharmonic pressure is not only a creative product with great ingenuity, but also a practical product. It combines the immersion extraction method of French filter pressure pot, the filter paper filtration of hand-brewed coffee, and the rapid and pressurized extraction principle of Italian coffee. So in theory, the coffee brewed by the Philharmonic can have both the richness of espresso, the purity of hand-brewed coffee, and the smoothness of a French kettle.

The game of AeroPress is changeable, its maneuverability, the controllability of coffee extraction factors are changeable, and there are no absolute rules, so it is deeply loved by the majority of senior coffee lovers.

It is suggested that the water temperature is 74 ℃-85 ℃, the ratio of powder to water is 1: 8 to 1, the ratio of powder to water is 15, the degree of grinding is very coarse to medium and fine, and the extraction time is 1 to 3 minutes. Philharmonic pressure is highly playable, so there are basically no standard tutorials.

And finally, espresso:

Italian machine

Pros: looks like a huge professional. In addition to making familiar drinks such as lattes and cappuccinos, most importantly, drinking espresso will have a superior feel~.

Disadvantages: too many variables, it is difficult to produce stably. And complete maintenance is required every day. The key point is that the price of bean grinder and coffee maker is more than ten times that of hand-made utensils!

Suggestion: lovers who have a certain economic foundation and simple operation experience can choose, although the price is really ruthless, but there are many ways to play, enough for you to play for a long time.

Mocha pot

The mocha pot causes the pressurized steam to pass directly through the coffee pressed powder and through the coffee pressed powder to extract the inner essence of the coffee, coupled with brewing with deep-roasted coffee beans, so the coffee has a strong aroma and strong bitterness. the general situation of coffee and the emergence of a thin layer of coffee oil, this layer of oil is the origin of Italian coffee.

Advantages: it can make strong coffee, and the mocha pot is changeable in shape and can be collected as a decoration.

Disadvantages: it is difficult to control the temperature, it is difficult to control the time of water passing through coffee powder, and it is difficult to make good coffee stably.

Suggestion: this is really not recommended.

Siphon kettle

Siphon coffee can best show the original taste, aroma, sour taste, bitter taste, highlighting the taste differences between different individual coffee, the taste is more full-bodied, mellow, mellow.

The taste of siphon coffee will be different in addition to the beans itself. because it is heated by the fire source, it will also produce differences in high, medium and low temperatures with brewing, thus creating rich flavor changes.

The first thing you feel when drinking is hot! Hot! Hot! Then there is sweetness, the sour taste will only come out when the temperature drops slightly; at high temperature, the aroma of coffee is very strong, and when the temperature drops to 70 degrees, the inherent rich taste of coffee beans will gradually emerge.

Suggestion: to master the stability, especially the water temperature of coffee, and the timing of various operations, you may need a lot of experiments and experience to accumulate stable conclusions.

Turkish kettle

Since 2011, Turkish coffee has jumped out of the traditional brewing method and started to step into boutique coffee. And opened the door of the Turkish Coffee International Competition, inviting good players from various countries to join the competition, so as to improve the quality and brewing skills of Turkish coffee, but compared with other coffee brewing methods, Turkish coffee developed to boutique coffee a few years later.

Turkish coffee is a way of making coffee, an ancient coffee culture, but for us, it is also a new habit of life. And the new habits, is the need to have fun, coupled with the edification of time, can be integrated into life.

Suggestion: Turkish coffee has not yet kept up with the trend, the way of brewing still needs to rely on more attempts and explorations, interested enthusiasts can study it in depth.