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Coffee at home hand brewing guide, beginners want DIY brewing coffee, equipment, coffee beans how to pick, how to buy?

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 want to describe, in the consumer's mind, how novices enter the realm of brewing coffee. With the most economical amount, drink the most suitable coffee for yourself.

Everyone starts brewing coffee for different reasons, this article only talks about the most economical and labor-saving brewing methods and judgment methods.

Iced coffee, hot coffee, latte, espresso brewed at home?

You can make lattes at home.

The method is right, you can make lattes at home

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

Hot Americano: coffee maker, French press, filter paper hand brew

Iced coffee: French press, filter paper hand brew

Latte: French press, espresso machine, mocha pot

espresso: espresso machine, mocha pot

How to make coffee, how to choose equipment?

Although there are five common ways to brew coffee, in terms of CP, I only push the coffee maker and French press. Filter paper hand washing is fun. But time, money and its flexibility is really not high, can only make iced hot coffee, there are a bunch of eyebrows to learn, at first to learn the pre-soak, water flow size, extraction rate, coffee powder and water ratio, cup wall coffee powder thickness, brewing position and other variables, it is a bit complicated. Therefore, even if the filter paper type hand flushing group is the mainstream now, I do not recommend it.

Coffee machine is really convenient, press a button, but the initial investment amount is slightly higher, flexibility is relatively low, and divided into American and Italian coffee machines, my suggestion is, coffee machine as your second coffee brewing equipment, first use French pressure to find your preferred taste, and then use that taste to pick the right coffee machine.

French pressure is the first choice I recommend to beginners, 600 yuan or so French pressure is very easy to use. All the effects that can be achieved by hand punching, French pressure can almost do it, or even more. Ice, hot, latte, foam. The metal strainer is also boiled in hot water once a week. Although French press is still not as easy as coffee machine, but a device can make ice, hot, American, latte and other kinds of coffee, but also can be used to make tea or milk foam. Low initial cost, high flexibility, is my personal choice outside the coffee machine.

What's wrong with coffee beans?

Just entry friends, in addition to price, I think the most should understand is baking degree! Baking degree can be roughly divided into shallow, medium and deep. Remember a principle, the deeper the beans, the less likely they are to sour, but the less the characteristics of the coffee beans themselves. The shallower the cultivation, the more likely the beans are to sour, but the easier it is to preserve the characteristics of the coffee beans themselves.

In addition to roasting, the choice of coffee beans is also different from the way you want to brew. If you want American coffee, I wouldn't recommend buying a cheap espresso bean/powder, because espresso is usually used in high temperature and high pressure extraction processes such as espresso machines or mocha pots. Beans are usually roasted to a very deep depth, with a charred flavor and a good milk, but it is relatively difficult to taste the flavor of fine coffee.

Of course, none of the above is absolute, and there is nothing wrong with making Italian coffee. But after all, there are products with the same price as Italian comprehensive beans at the lowest price of single coffee beans. Remember, even a $75 packet of coffee can get you started on fine coffee if you do it right.

Coffee beans sold in supermarkets and coffee shops

Coffee beans are mainly divided into, the store's discount package (large package), as well as general coffee shops or tourist attractions in the package. You can pay attention to the date of manufacture of coffee beans in the store, which is usually a bit scary. But the date coffee beans are made doesn't even matter as much as the way consumers buy them back. After the coffee package is opened, if it is not properly preserved, as long as seven days, ochratoxin will be produced.

That said, unless you can drink it in seven days, I strongly advise against buying bulk coffee! Believe me, I've been a victim of buying coffee beans in bulk. Even after opening, they were all placed in sealed cans, but because one person drank slowly, I was still severely swollen during that time, prone to foot soreness, fatigue, and traces of helmet straps did not disappear after four hours. Symptoms are all related to the kidney, which is exactly where ochratoxin A has the greatest impact on the human body. Fortunately, my symptoms went away without medication after I stopped using the big coffee.

What is the price and grade of coffee beans?

The business world is mainly about supply and demand. Expensive beans are not necessarily better than cheaper beans. Often, because some coffee beans have obvious characteristics, demand exceeds supply, causing abnormal price inflation. Many times a thousand beans would not taste five times as good as two hundred beans, but because of the limited availability of a thousand beans, there would be a significant price difference.

So I suggest you buy some basic beans and drink them regularly. The money spent per day can be controlled between about 7- 20 yuan, and occasionally drink some special coffee to taste fresh. Live a good life. Personally, I like to take advantage of the characteristics of small bags of coffee. I buy three basic beans a month, including Cerrado, Santos, all kinds of mixed beans, and a bag with gold mantinin or Kenya AA or even all kinds of manor beans. Even though I myself drink two large glasses a day, it's about 800c.c. Coffee drinkers, as long as 600 yuan a month, compared to buying coffee outside at least 1000 yuan a day, but also can drink all kinds of better coffee, and all kinds of coffee new experience. This is also the charm of making your own coffee. Although I haven't been to Brazil, I've had at least three local flavors of coffee beans. Sometimes it's funny to think about it: )