Make yourself a cup of coffee, spend the day at home, and teach you how to brew it step by step

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1. Buying advice for beginners

Beginners boutique coffee world, the order of purchase: coffee beans, grinder, coffee beans, hand-made pot, coffee beans, all kinds of filter cups, coffee beans, coffee machine last, do not have to buy.

Good coffee beans are important, so say it many times.

When you first knock on the door, you often get caught up in the myth of purchasing equipment lists. Sometimes envy others, but choose the most suitable tool within their own ability is king. The best tools are readily available, the most convenient to use and brew tools, and the key is whether the coffee is good or not. Using different coffee cups can sometimes add to your coffee mood.

Drink more, compare more

Coffee novices are advised to try more, drink more. Try to taste the flavor brought by the experience region. There is no secret to taste coffee. Drink more and drink the original flavor best.

Before buying beans, you can go to the store first, taste the flavor cooked in the store on the spot, and try to reproduce it at home. Usually business with the grinder is more professional, grinding uniformity will be higher, you can drink the flavor details, relatively more, so the grinder is the most worthy of investment coffee equipment, drink can not go back.

2. Coffee brewing is important.

Water quality and temperature

The temperature of the water will affect the amount of substances dissolved in the coffee. Simply put, the higher the temperature, the more aromatic substances will be dissolved in the coffee, and the use of good filtered water quality will make your coffee better.

Grams of coffee beans per serving

How much weight of coffee beans, how much weight of water, can get a fixed proportion of delicious coffee. Using accurate electronic scales can greatly increase the chances of successful brewing.

brewing time

The longer the brewing time, the longer the coffee is soaked in hot water, the stronger the flavor will be, and the more substances dissolved in the coffee will be. The relatively good ones will be better to drink, and the bad ones will be worse to drink.

grinding fineness

The grinding scale must be matched with the brewing method and apparatus used, and choosing the brewing apparatus suitable for yourself can greatly enhance the fun of drinking coffee. Here are a few common brewing methods, and the appropriate grinding scale:

Light baked Pro Tips

If you want a little acid: the water temperature is higher, control it at 90~88 degrees. Then slow down a bit, this will get more aroma, and emphasize the acidity of the beans. If you don't want to drink too much acid, lower the water temperature a little, at 86~84 degrees, rush a little faster, you will feel the obvious sweetness and fruity.

It tastes better when it's cold. Because it won't sting the throat, it also makes the flower fragrance more obvious. Sweet and sour light baking, very suitable for hot summer morning, clear as a bell like acid, a sweep of damp sticky wake up gas.

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3. Brewing apparatus and corresponding scale

grinding degree of brewing

Follicular, hand-washed small Fuji ghost teeth 3~3.5

French pressure small Fuji ghost teeth 7.5~8

Saifeng, Philharmonic pressure small Fuji ghost teeth 3.5~4

Italian coffee machine SuperJolly non-segment fine adjustment

Follicular, Hand Punch

Use filter cup and filter paper or filter screen to make filtering tool, very convenient to use. In general, American coffee makers use the follicular concept to brew coffee. There are many hand-washed filter cups available on the market, such as T type, cone type, V60, smart filter cup, etc. Follicle type is recommended to be moderately fine ground, small Fuji ghost teeth 3~3.5.

French tea press

French Press (French Press) This way of brewing many people, because it is very simple, and do not care too much about the details, the most suitable for lazy French-type human, because the brewing time often forget the timing, so more than 5 minutes, so the French pressure is suitable for coarse grinding, small Fuji ghost teeth 7.5~8.

Sporting pot, Philharmonic pressure

Usually will use the match wind pot (Syphon, or Siphon) people, can be said to be home coffee brewing experts; and the Philharmonic pressure (Aeropress) is a new coffee brewing tool in recent years, looks a bit like a large syringe, you can use brute force to force the extraction time of coffee, usually using moderate grinding, small Fuji ghost teeth 3.5~4.

Italian coffee machine

Italian coffee popular for a while, many people's homes are inexplicable bought a, but no use of countermeasures. Suggestion: Since you have spent a lot of money, why not invest a little more and buy a special grinder suitable for Italian coffee grinding fineness. A good grinder makes espresso, and it gets you to heaven. A bad grinder will make you cry your heart out.

Grinding scale: Small Fuji ghost teeth may not be fine enough, it is recommended that the Italian special grinding machine (Super Jolly non-segment fine adjustment).

So, the bean chipper

It is recommended to collect the propeller-type electric bean-cutting machine sent by swiping the card points in the cabinet, or give it to my mother to grind pepper, mung bean powder and spices. The bean-chopping machine is used to crush, not to be called grinding. Disadvantages are hacked coffee particles, fineness gap is too large, and can not control.

When over-grinding, the heat generated by the machine has exhausted the aroma of coffee. Thrifty you, but also the wall electrostatic adsorption of fine powder, one by one removed brewing. This flour-like powder is why your coffee flavor is particularly complex.

4. How to store coffee

Taiwan's climate is relatively humid and hot, so it is necessary to prevent coffee beans from being heated or damp. Store in an airtight jar, in a cool cabinet out of the sun, is the best way.

The best way to store coffee is to brew it quickly and drink it into your stomach. Coffee beans that have been opened are not recommended to be placed in a household refrigerator (-5 to 5 degrees), but if it is a red wine refrigerator (17 to 18 degrees), it is ok. When purchasing coffee beans, it is recommended to select freshly roasted coffee beans from local coffee shops in Taiwan.

Small purchases ensure freshness. In fact, the freshest coffee beans are not necessarily the best to drink. The best drinking time is usually 7~15 days after coffee roasting.

The bean bag used by the store to pack coffee beans, preferably a closed bag with a one-way vent valve. If you store properly, you will be surprised that coffee beans last longer than you think. After opening, you must drink it as soon as possible. Of course, you can drink it slowly and slowly feel the ups and downs of coffee flavor. This is also a kind of fun.

Key Review of Storage

Start by buying from local fresh bakers

It takes 7 to 15 days to ripen after baking

Buy only what you can drink.

Make sure the bean bag has a one-way vent valve.

Keep in an airtight jar in a cool cabinet. Don't ice in the home refrigerator, but the red wine refrigerator will do.

Enjoy as soon as possible after opening