Siphon Pot Yega Fischer skills | Down pressing, stirring, pendulum, cross

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Siphon pot, easy to operate, widely loved by the public, and can make simple good coffee without destroying the original flavor of coffee, first of all, understand the basic operation of siphon pot:

Siphon cooking is as follows:

For instance,

Ethiopia Yega Xuefei Kochel

Grade division: G1

Variety: Heirloom

Treatment: washing

Degree of grinding: small Fuji ghost teeth 4.5 (siphon is generally a little thicker than hand flushing)

Water temperature: 91 degrees

Steps:

1. Fill the kettle with water and coffee powder on the pot (make sure the hook of the filter is hooked)

two。 Heat the lower pot with an alcohol lamp or gas lamp (make sure the appearance of the lower pot is dry and dry)

3. The upper pot is inserted obliquely in the lower pot and heats up with the water in the lower pot.

4. When the lower pot bubbles slightly, insert the upper pot completely into the lower pot and confirm that it is a close match.

5. The water in the lower pot will slowly rise to the upper pot through the glass tube (some water will remain in the lower pot as normal)

6. Gently press the coffee powder into the water with a stirring stick and gently stir for 1 or 2 times.

7. As the powder is added first, stand still for about 45 seconds.

8. Stir gently again

9. Remove the fire from the lower pot so that the coffee from the upper pot flows back to the next pot

10. After the coffee in the upper pot has completely flowed back to the next pot, gently push the upper pot and pull it out to separate the upper pot and the lower pot (do not rotate)

After mastering the basic operation method of siphon pot, in order to further improve the level of siphon use, it is undoubtedly a very important topic to study how to stir. Different stirring will lead to subtle changes in the flavor of coffee. We can try how different stirring will change the coffee from the two aspects of stirring technique and timing. Phellodendron mandshurica (Thunb.)

The grip of the stirring rod

Take the stirring rod as the axis, as if holding a pen, holding the stirring rod with thumb, index finger and 2 fingers.

The middle finger against the stirring rod.

The method of stirring

Although there is a non-mainstream strong mixing method, but the vast majority of stirring have reached a consensus, that is, stirring should be gentle, no matter what means, do not use too much force. But remember that gentle does not mean slow, not like slow motion even if gentle, gentle should be a kind of feeling, is the grasp of strength. Here are some common techniques.

1. Down pressing method

In fact, the pressing method is not stirring, but pressing down the coffee powder originally floating on the water, so that the powder can be in close contact with the water. When pressing down, let one end of the stirring stick slide along the wall of the upper pot, and slowly press the powder into the surface of the water, not to the end, just shallow. The core of the pressing method is quietness, and there must be a state of mind that does not disturb coffee extraction in order to give full play to this technique. This technique is generally used when the water is stirred for the first time as soon as the water rises to the top of the pot.

2. Stirring method

The circle method is very easy to master and is usually more like stirring. When stirring, you should also stir gently, insert the mixing piece into the liquid surface at 1/3 of the depth of the kettle, and then stir it in a circle along the kettle wall. This technique is the easiest way to make what the Taiwanese call a hill-shaped powder.

3. Pendulum method

The pendulum method allows your mixing stick to be carried out in the arc of the pendulum, and when stirring should also be gentle, insert the mixing piece into the liquid surface to 1/3 of the depth of the upper pot, then press the coffee powder along the arc shown in figures 1 to 2 below, and pull the mixing stick to the pot wall (try not to touch the pot wall). This technique is the easiest way to make the coffee taste softer.

4. Cross method

The cross method should still be gentle, and the handle will be more demanding, and the stirring trajectory is shown in the picture. Stir the pieces gently back and forth with "cross" on the surface of the water. This technique can be used alone or with the pendulum method.

The timing of stirring

The discussion on the timing of stirring is relatively simple. At present, the mainstream is two and three times, and the two times of stirring are in the

Water rises to the upper pot, stir once (first add powder) or water rises to the upper pot, add powder and then stir (then add powder)

Stir once during flameout

Three times is to add a stirring in the middle on the basis of two times.

I personally understand that the core question of two and three times is aimed at whether steaming needs to be carried out throughout. If the coffee powder is fresh enough, the firepower is well controlled, and the coffee powder is stirred in place for the first time, the coffee powder will form a lid. This is called steaming.

Practical parameters of extraction time:

30 seconds 45 seconds → medium deep baking, deep baked beans

45 seconds 60 seconds → moderate shade, suitable for shallow baking, medium baking, shallow baking

The → concentration, consistency, aroma and bitterness increased for more than 60 seconds, which is suitable for heavy-flavored old cigarettes.