The most economical and labor-saving way of brewing American coffee at home

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American coffee _ what is American coffee

I have been making coffee for about ten years. I dare not say that I am a master, but I have stepped on a lot of thunder that I can step on. Today, I would like to describe how beginners should enter the field of brewing coffee from the perspective of consumers. With the most economical amount, drink the coffee that suits you best.

Everyone starts to make coffee for different reasons. This article only talks about the most economical and labor-saving way of brewing and judging.

Iced American coffee, hot American coffee, latte, Italian coffee at home?

You can also make lattes at home.

With the right method, you can also make lattes at home.

Many people think that they can only make hot coffee at home, but as long as they are used correctly, all four kinds of coffee can be easily made at home. For all kinds of bubble methods, the common corresponding equipment are as follows

Hot American coffee: coffee machine, French press, filter paper handbrew group

Iced American coffee: French press, filter paper hand flushing group

Latte: French press, Italian coffee maker, mocha pot

Italian espresso: Italian coffee machine, mocha pot

How to make coffee and how to choose the equipment?

Although there are five common ways to make coffee, in terms of CP, I only push the coffee maker and French pressure. The filter paper hand flushing group is fun. But time, money and its elasticity are really not high. You can only make ice-hot coffee, and you still have a lot of eyebrow corners to learn. at first, it is a bit complicated for beginners to learn such factors as pre-soaking, flow size, extraction rate, ratio of coffee powder to water, thickness of coffee powder on the cup wall, brewing position, and so on. Therefore, even if the filter paper type hand flushing group is now the mainstream, I do not recommend it.

The coffee machine is really convenient, just press a button, but the initial investment is a little higher and the elasticity is relatively low, and it is divided into American coffee machine and Italian coffee machine. My suggestion is to use the coffee machine as your second coffee-making equipment. First use French pressure to find your preferred taste, and then use that taste to choose the right coffee machine.

French pressure is the first choice I recommend to beginners. French pressure of about 600 yuan is easy to use. French pressure can do almost all the effects that hand punching can do, or even more. Ice, heat, latte and milk foam can be made. The metal strainer only needs to be boiled in hot water in a pot every week. Although French pressing is still not as easy as a coffee machine, a device can be used to make tea or milk bubbles in addition to ice, hot, American, lattes and other coffees. With low initial cost and high flexibility, it is my personal choice besides the coffee maker.

2q1 French filter kettle product page

What's the difference between coffee beans?

For beginners, apart from the price, I think the most important thing to know is the degree of baking! The baking degree can be divided into shallow culture, medium culture and deep culture. Remember a principle: the deeper the beans are cultivated, the less sour they are, but the less the coffee beans have their own characteristics. The shallowly cultivated beans are more likely to be sour, but it is also easier to preserve the characteristics of the coffee beans.

In addition to the baking degree, the choice of coffee beans is also different from the way you want to brew. If you want American coffee, I don't recommend buying low-cost Italian coffee beans / powder, because Italian synthesis is usually used in high-temperature and high-pressure extraction processes such as Italian coffee machines or mocha pots. Beans are usually roasted to a very deep, charred taste, just right with milk, but it is relatively difficult to taste the flavor of boutique coffee.

Of course, none of the above is absolute, and there is nothing wrong with making Italian coffee into American coffee. But after all, the lowest price of individual coffee beans is the same as that of Italian-style comprehensive beans. Remember, even with a small packet of coffee worth 75 yuan, you can begin to learn the basics of boutique coffee with the right method.

The difference between coffee beans sold in supermarkets and coffee beans in coffee shops

Coffee beans are mainly divided into volume bags (large packages) in stores and medium packages in general coffee shops or tourist attractions. You can pay attention to the date of manufacture of coffee beans in the store, which is usually a bit scary. But the date of manufacture of coffee beans is not even as important as the way consumers buy them back and preserve them. After the coffee package is opened, ochratoxin will be produced as long as it is not preserved properly for seven days.

In other words, unless you can finish it in seven days, I strongly recommend that you don't buy a bag of coffee! Believe me, I was the victim of buying large packages of coffee beans. Even after opening the seal, I put it in a sealed can, but because I didn't drink fast, I still had severe edema at that time, my feet were sore and tired easily, and the traces of helmet straps did not disappear after four hours. All the symptoms are related to the kidney, which happens to be the part where ochratoxin A has the greatest impact on the human body. Fortunately, after I stopped using large packages of coffee, my symptoms were cured.

What is the price and grade of coffee beans?

The business world is mainly supply and demand, the more expensive beans are not necessarily better than the cheaper ones, often because some coffee beans have obvious characteristics, demand is greater than supply, resulting in abnormal soaring prices. In many cases, beans sold for a thousand yuan are not five times as delicious as two hundred beans. It is only because of the limited production area that can supply a thousand beans that there is a significant price difference.

So I suggest you mainly buy some basic beans to drink. The amount of money spent every day can be controlled at about 7 Murray 20 yuan, and occasionally drink some special coffee to taste fresh. Live a life of good taste. Personally, I like to take advantage of the characteristics of small packets of coffee. I buy three basic beans a month, including Cerrado, Santos, all kinds of mixed beans, and a packet of slightly higher-priced coffee beans and flour with gold manning or Kenyan AA or even all kinds of manor beans. Even though I have to drink two large cups of 800c.c a day. Coffee binge drinkers can drink all kinds of better coffee and the new experience of all kinds of coffee, which costs at least 1000 yuan a month compared to buying coffee outside every day. This is also the charm of making your own coffee. Although I have never been to Brazil, I have drunk at least three kinds of local coffee beans. Sometimes it's interesting to think about it:)

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