Learn the basics of making coffee-how to choose and buy coffee brewing methods and utensils

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Can rookies with zero basics of coffee be on SCA? How much does it cost? How long is the study cycle?

For beginners, this article is based on my experience from a layman to a person who has mastered most of the ways to make coffee.

An article that integrates the tips for the selection and purchase of each way and utensils of brewing coffee and analyzes it from the point of view of convenience and no waste of money.

When I was just an office worker who sent cups to a convenience store, I felt that the threshold for hand-made coffee was so high, that I needed to be very professional, and that I had to spend a lot of money.

The best thing to do is to hang an earbag with a follicle and feel the taste of fresh coffee. This is really the place where sending a cup of coffee can't satisfy me!

If you had the same idea as I did, you started to want to step into this "kind of cool, want to try" coffee brewing world.

After you really understand the advantages and disadvantages and budget scope of each brewing side, you can purchase related equipment, or you can take some hand-brewed coffee experience / series courses.

If you want to seriously introduce a lot of things, today we would like to introduce a variety of brewing methods and appliances from a different point of view, because according to our understanding, many people will receive equipment in the end.

Introduction to the way of brewing coffee-including entry price, eyebrow angle of appliance selection, non-professional recommendation

1. Hand punch

"the wonderful time of enjoying the aroma of coffee alone, everything seems to be at a standstill at this moment!"

Lazy person degree: ★★ (the highest five stars, the higher the more suitable for lazy people)

Brewing time: 3 minutes.

The budget for appliances is about 80 yuan up.

Advantages: fast brewing speed, rich taste, with different types of filter cups, according to personal preferences to brew a cup of coffee is a very happy thing, starting from grinding beans to enjoy the aroma of coffee. I feel very lovely to see the steaming appearance of the coffee, and the whole process is very fascinating and enjoyable.

Disadvantages: it is a bit hard for beginners to drink a few "strange" cups of coffee, people who love environmental protection may not be able to bear to use filter paper all the time, but this can be made up for. It can be changed into a filter cloth or a stainless steel filter cup, which is a good way to take care of the earth. But of course the taste will have a little impact, but I personally think it doesn't hurt.

Key point: one of the very common ways of brewing coffee, which is also an extended version of follicular coffee, for beginners, in addition to a variety of appliances that make people a little dizzy, it is really difficult to control the flow of water at first. There are a lot of teaching films on the Internet to refer to, hands to be stable, if the arms are not strong enough girls will be a little hard, well, it is really sour! Apart from the texture of coffee beans, apart from the practice of skills, the influence of utensils is really important. Let's talk about it later.

Unprofessional recommendation: beginners actually buy a fan-shaped or cake-shaped filter cup and a hand-flushing pot at the beginning, with a bag of earbags and a mug below, you can start to practice. You don't need to buy everything at once, because "you don't know exactly where your patience is and how different it is." let yourself first experience the fun of hand-made coffee, and then slowly collect the whole set of equipment!

We happen to sell some filter cups and fan-shaped filter cloths, which you can refer to.

two。 French filter kettle

"this is really a wonderful way for busy office workers!"

Lazy person level: ★ (up to five stars)

Brewing time: 5 minutes.

The budget for appliances is about 50 yuan up.

Advantages: ultra-simple brewing, grinding beans, pouring hot water, pressing the phone for 4 minutes, slowly pressing down the filter, pouring out, and being able to do my own thing in the middle makes me very Oulu (Taiwanese: praise), and as long as the bean texture is not bad, absolutely 0 failure, but also can make tea, return St. OMAR Omar Saints Coffee Tea, I really highly recommend.

Disadvantages: although I highly praise it, of course, it also has shortcomings. Coffee oil is very rich because there is no filter paper. It is said that there is an ingredient in coffee oil that is not very good, and the flavor level is not as rich as that of hand-brewed coffee. Finally, it is easy to drink coffee grounds and difficult to clean; remember that coffee powder should not be ground too fine, so as not to drink a pile of dregs!

Key point: never accept the necessary items of equipment!

Unprofessional recommendation: multi-purpose and simple use makes it the best choice for busy people, whether it's drinking hot coffee, iced coffee, drinking by yourself, drinking by many people, making tea, making coffee and tea, one pot is done. The difference between the utensils lies in the thickness of the glass, the fineness and durability of the stainless steel mesh, and now there are filter papers that can be used together to filter out the coffee grease, but it may be much less fun to brew your own coffee. this is just a good thing to meet the needs of ordinary life.

3. Mocha pot

"it's a strong coffee with a unique flavor, so I'll choose it!"

Lazy person level: ★★★ (up to five stars)

Brewing time: 5 minutes.

The budget for appliances is about 100RMB up.

Advantages: mellow taste, can be extracted close to the Italian espresso cooking method, can be made into American style, latte, simple utensils do not take up space.

Disadvantages: only suitable for medium-baked coffee, it is the favorite of latte-flavored coffee lovers!

Key point: people who like thick flavor are highly recommended to collect mocha pots, which can make espresso easily and quickly, and lattes can be made by adding milk, which is very attractive.

Unprofessional recommendation: you who do not want to be occupied by the bulky Italian coffee machine, that is, the equipment of the mocha pot, originally needed to rely on gas stoves to make coffee, but now there is an electric device, the price will be higher and there will be an automatic power-off system, safe and convenient.

4. American coffee maker

"put down the coffee beans, turn on the switch, and a cup of delicious American coffee awaits you."

Lazy person level: ★ (up to five stars)

Brewing time: 5 minutes.

The budget for appliances is about 200 yuan up.

Advantages: easy to operate, adjust the proportion of powder and water, need to put filter paper / cloth, filter out some coffee grease, five minutes (or even less), you can get a pot of American coffee, very suitable for busy you, by the way, you can also return St. OMAR Omar Saint coffee tea.

Disadvantages: need to occupy a small piece of indoor space, if you do not pay attention to the amount of water, but it will be flooded to the table, it is recommended to put a chassis under the machine, in case of an embarrassing accident, it is everywhere to avoid flooding (leaking the stupid things I used to do before.)

Key point: never accept the necessary items of equipment!

Non-professional recommendation: it is really convenient, and you can brew coffee for the whole family or guests in five minutes. Choose and buy coffee with automatic power-off system and stainless steel pot. This machine is really recommended to you who are busy.

5. Semi-automatic coffee machine

"the Italian coffee machine evaluates the poles, and you should do your homework before you do it."

Lazy person level: ★★★ (up to five stars)

Brewing time: 3 minutes.

The budget of the appliance is about 1000 yuan up (including milk foam function).

Advantages: you can brew espresso, make milk foam, and make your own hot latte, as long as it is relatively easy to clean the filter.

Disadvantages: take up space, the fineness of milk foam is easy due to the machine, pay attention to the fineness of coffee powder or fail to brew espresso, if you want to grind beans, you have to add some money, every penny, and can not return St. OMAR Omar Saint coffee tea.

Important: it is really happy to be able to brew your favorite American style or latte by yourself. people with a sufficient budget can buy an automatic coffee machine that can store coffee beans and automatically clean the machine. As long as you throw pressed powder, the level of lazybones will explode.

Unprofessional recommendation: complete one-cent-one-cent brewing method! Because such a machine may not be able to brew satisfactory espresso and milk foam because of the temperature, the taste of milk foam is rough, so the brand should be chosen carefully. In addition, although the LCD panel looks good, the maintenance cost is relatively high, unless you are not interested in studying how to make good milk foam, it is recommended not to buy such a model, because the milk will be stuck in the pipeline, it is not easy to clean, and it is easy to breed bacteria, which must be paid attention to!

6. Siphon coffee

"the ultimate craftsmanship of vision, taste, smell and trinity is said to take a thousand cups to become a talent."

Lazy person level: ★ (up to five stars)

Brewing time: 5 minutes.

The budget for appliances is about 200 yuan up.

Advantages: the coffee is mellow, thick and tastes special, while enjoying the gorgeous craftsmanship. It's really beautiful!

Disadvantages: long time, troublesome cleaning of appliances and poor maintenance of flannel are the biggest reasons for collecting equipment, not to mention that the equipment is not cheap and it is not easy to make siphon coffee well.

Key points: "the fiery red light reflects the coffee powder rolling in the hot water through the siphon pot, and the aroma continues to emanate. Finally, the temperature drops, and the coffee liquid flows slowly into the lower pot with fine golden foam. It is really not too much to call it the most extreme process."

Non-professional recommendation: really push HARIO appliances, the glass thickness is enough, the temperature control effect is excellent, and the texture of brewing coffee is instantly improved! The most difficult thing is to master the heat. Now there is a light wave furnace to replace the traditional gas or alcohol lamp, the safety is relatively improved and the fire source is stable, so that the technical threshold is greatly reduced and very beautiful; but the price of a light wave furnace is not cheap. Beginners suggest that you really don't choose siphon coffee.

Other ways to make coffee

And the Philharmonic pressure and the Turkish coffee maker, but I don't have any contact with this kind of bubble myself, so I just mention it to let you know:

The Turkish coffee pot was the earliest way to make coffee by throwing coffee powder directly into the water to make coffee (that's it!). Be careful when you drink it, it's filled with coffee powder.) In addition, although the Philharmonic pressure is a new product of 2007, it is quickly noticed and loved by coffee fans because of its fast entry, syringe shape, easy to use, easy to carry and clean, and good flavor, and the price is not too high. About a thousand can start, but why haven't I bought it yet?

So how do I choose?

Technically, I enjoy the process of hand-brewing or siphoning coffee for me to brew a cup of coffee in person; to be quick and practical, I will choose a French filter pot or an American coffee maker. This is my choice. Share it with you.

And coffee gadgets that you have to know.

Bean grinder

Divided into hand or electric grinding beans, the price from the cheap 200 yuan up can be bought, integrate guests with my own experience: small weight, please use cheap simple hand grinding beans, ground coffee powder particles average, the disadvantage is that the hand will be sour; large portion and budget is really recommended to spend more than 2000 yuan to buy a professional bean grinder bar, small portable convenient electric bean grinder coffee powder always let people "extremely disappointed".

Coffee spoon

Divided into 5g, 8g, 10g, 12g, these are the most common measuring spoons, the use of spoons is very convenient, if you want to accurately measure the powder, it is recommended to match the electronic scale, now many coffee utensils will give away measuring spoons.

Electronic scale

Two situations need to be used: 1. Accurately measure the amount of soybean / powder, 2. Accurately measure the amount of coffee brewed by hand. The price difference of the electronic scale is very large, because the weight of each bean is not heavy and there is a big difference between one more and one less, so it is recommended to buy an electronic scale calculated to one place after the decimal point to be accurate. In addition, because this machine will measure things with different weights at the same time, so long-term use, if you want the accuracy of the electronic scale to be stable, it is really recommended to buy goods for every penny.

Filter paper

With different types of filter cups, French filter kettles, Ailo pressure, filter paper of different shapes, if you want not to drink bleach, please remember to choose the filter paper of the primary color.

Filter cloth

Filter cloth was first invented, but it evolved into filter paper to make the taste cleaner and not let the residual taste affect the flavor of coffee. However, if you don't pursue the ultimate taste, from the point of view of environmental protection, remember to clean it after use and soak it in hot water. After the water is cool, it can be frozen into the refrigerator to prolong the service life and love the earth to reduce garbage. I would like to!

Coffee pot

Glass coffee pot, the price is close to the people and can also be used as tea utensils, very convenient, hand-brewed coffee if you want to professional measurement of water, with glass coffee pot is very convenient, the above scale will tell you clearly! By the way, you can also use it to make cold extract coffee. Oh, it's very delicious.

Bean storage jar

Want to maintain the freshness of coffee beans, buy one, opaque is the best, more professional vacuum, want to buy cheap, then remember to buy beans with one-way exhaust valve, opaque material packaging, put the whole bag into the can.

Milk foam machine

From a simple point of view, the machine is divided into hand-beating milk foam machine and electric milk foam machine, the former will be more detailed than the latter, but the best commercial Italian coffee machine is the best.

This is the end of the general introduction. I hope it will be helpful for beginners and don't spend extra money on unsuitable equipment. If you have any questions, you can join our LINE@ (there is a link at the bottom of the page). We will try our best to answer what you want. You are welcome. In short, although it is not the most expensive and the best, it is true that one penny is the best, especially for glass-related utensils, which must be thick enough, because the most important thing to make coffee is the temperature. If the temperature is not mastered well, the mellow rhyme of coffee can not play very well.

I hope it will help you to drink good coffee every day.

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