A good way to drink good coffee in the office-the use of French filter press

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As mentioned before, a good way to drink good coffee in the office is to use a French filter press.

And the French filter press has the characteristics close to the professional cup test.

Can be very "stable" to drink the original characteristics of coffee beans

This is because the variation of the French filter press is very simple, there are only three.

1. The thickness of coffee powder

Second, water temperature

Third, brewing time

But after I've been making coffee in the office over the past few months,

French pressure still has a tactical influence, mainly in two places.

First, when adding hot water, the mixing degree of water and coffee powder

Second, stir again after standing for a period of time.

And there are many ways to use French pressure filter pots on the network.

Everyone's methods are also a little different.

I would also like to share my method with you.

I hope everyone can have stable and delicious coffee.

However, it is different from others to use two cups of French filter press

I use a French filter press with five cups.

Because there are too many people to drink in the office, everyone drinks two drinks at a time.

You can't spend more than an hour making coffee!

The following are the steps for my brother to use the French filter press, please refer to it!

The first step is to fill the pressure filter pot with hot water, that is, to warm the pot

This is because the pressure filter must extract coffee for a long time without additional heat supply.

So warming the kettle at the beginning can reduce the temperature escape after heating the water later.

The second step is to grind the coffee powder while you are in the warm pot.

Generally speaking, if you are getting started, you can use the hand magic bean machine shown below.

The amount of coffee powder is about 10 grams of coffee beans in a cup, about one spoonful of a normal coffee spoon.

The coffee spoon in the picture is about twice the size of an ordinary plastic coffee spoon, so one spoon is 20g.

My filter press needs to be soaked in four cups, so use two spoons

You can also adjust the amount of coffee beans according to your preference, of course, the more, the stronger.

The thickness of coffee powder is about the same as that of sugar.

The point is that it must not be finer than the metal mesh of the pressure filter pot.

You can also adjust the amount of coffee beans according to your preference, of course, the finer the stronger.

Step three, pour in the coffee powder.

Of course, you have to pour out the water from the warm pot first.

Step 4, flush into the hot water

The reason for saying "rush in" rather than "pour in" is that hot water must be fully mixed with coffee powder at this stage.

It's the same reason that Saifeng kettle stirs when hot water comes into contact with coffee powder.

And I like to mix water with coffee powder while heating water.

That is, it was washed at the beginning, after all the coffee powder was soaked in water.

Then let the hot water flow along the edge of the pot.

At the same time, if you think that the mixture of coffee powder and water is not good,

You can shake the pressure filter to remix the coffee powder with water.

Do not shake too hard, too much shaking will cause the air to mix in and cause sour and bitter

In addition, some people will ask for a water temperature of about 90 degrees C.

Therefore, it is recommended to put the water from the drinking fountain in a cup and wait for the water temperature to drop to 90 degrees C.

But because I don't have a thermometer,

It is also wishful thinking that the water from the water dispenser is less than 100 degrees (I don't know if I haven't measured it).

So omit this step.

However, it is recommended that you use a thermometer.

Factors can be controlled.

Step five, rest.

Needless to say about this step, just wait.

I'm used to putting the handle on.

I am also willing to think that the temperature and aroma will dissipate more slowly.

This step can be called steaming, and there are similar steps between the Saifeng kettle and the hand-flushing pot.

My habit is to wait two minutes.

At this time, we can observe the situation of coffee powder.

Ultra-fresh coffee powder will vomit thick bubbles.

However, after the coffee beans are roasted, they should be kept for a day or two.

The taste will develop in a more balanced way

This is another story.

Step six, stir again.

The purpose of this re-mixing is to mix the coffee powder with water again after the coffee powder has just been steamed.

So that coffee powder can be extracted evenly.

Some of the coffee powder will not be soaked in water, while the other part will only be steamed by steam.

Some people may suggest using tools to stir, such as bamboo slices in the wind kettle and so on.

However, the younger brother thinks wishfully that he can minimize the interference from the outside world.

Maybe the bamboo chips will taste, and maybe the mixing tool will lower the temperature.

So I think my hands are omnipotent, so shake it with your hands.

Again, avoid being too strong, for the reasons mentioned above.

Step 7, rest again.

Just like step five, just wait.

I'm used to waiting for a minute at this stage.

At this time, you can look at the state of the coffee powder.

It will sink slowly.

Step 8, press the kettle

The reason why French filter press is called filter press

It was because he had to press the pot that he filtered it.

As for the French style, I heard that it was invented by the Italians, but it is popular in France.

It can't be called semantic style, so it has to be called French style (this sentence is what I said)

Anyway, just hold it down.

But when you press down, you have to press it slowly.

Otherwise, the coffee powder will come out in large quantities from the edge of the metal filter and the glass.

And drink until your mouth is full of dregs.

Step 9, pour out the coffee

This step, needless to say, is enough.

But if you don't use any utensils and don't want to drink too much fine powder,

Then pour it slowly and don't pour it until there is some coffee left.

So there will be less powder.

Otherwise, you can also use flannel to filter, so you won't drink fine powder.

However, this technique will also lose some of the aroma.

Because flannel will filter out the grease in the coffee.

And if flannel is not properly cleaned and preserved, it will be stained with a strange smell.

How weird it is, I don't know, and I haven't had it either.

In addition, if you use two cups of French filter press

And I don't like to drink fine powder.

Some people suggest that we can buy the filter cloth used in the wind kettle to wrap the metal filter screen.

So you won't drink fine powder.

Of course, there will be the same problems as flannel.

However, after the results of the actual test,

There will still be some fine powder coming out.

The above is my little experience of making coffee in the office.

I hope it will be helpful to people who want to have good coffee in the office but can't get in.

Of course, if there are any mistakes or any doubts about the above

I also hope that the advanced seniors will not put forward corrections.

Let the wrong message stop here, and the right message be passed on forever.