The right way to make coffee! Can you teach yourself how to make coffee without a coffee maker?

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Hand brewed coffee can be said to be an art, philosophy, practice and search for the process of self. Coffee serious and fastidious friends, I believe all have this experience: every day brewed coffee taste will have differences, in the end is that link different? Each time, different situations are recorded and studied, and efforts are made to produce coffee with consistent taste and stable level.

More casual friends can be treated easily and enjoy the empty feeling of brewing coffee. Yes, operating coffee equipment is a pleasure and a toy. If you feel troublesome and stressed, then making coffee by hand may not be your cup of "coffee".

There are a variety of tools to choose from, their investment amount and difficulty are different, the following five common types, for everyone to learn to brew coffee.

Chemex pot

Chemex coffee pot is a very fun toy, the purchase threshold is low (about HK$250 to 600, depending on the size), the operation cost is also cheap, just change the filter paper or wash the filter cloth. However, she is easy to learn difficult to refine, grinding beans, water temperature, water injection speed and gestures, etc., will affect the extraction of coffee, beginners often brew a different taste every time, to grasp the stable level, it is very difficult.

A barista once said,"With Chemex, you have to be calm, clear, and free of distractions to make pure coffee." It looks like he is talking about Buddhism and practicing martial arts, which shows the interesting point of Chemex coffee pot.

Moka Pot

Mocha pots are also not expensive, and you can buy a basic model for HK$200 (of course, if you like designer works such as Alessi or Philippe Starck, it is another matter). My first hand-brewed coffee toy and beans (I remember Colombia beans) were bought from Mr HO, the "Olympian Coffee" in Oberley Street, Central. The years passed away in a hurry, and the old master died a long time ago. Fortunately, my family took over, and the coffee fragrance still wafted.

To this day, Bialetti and Alessi in Italy are still the companies that produce the most mocha pots. Mocha pot is divided into 3 layers, in the bottom filled with water, ground good coffee on the middle funnel, and then the upper layer installed, put on the stove heating, the bottom of the water boiled pressure through the funnel to the upper layer, coffee in the process of extraction. The operation is simple but there are many variables, so the mocha pot is also easy to learn and difficult to refine. The influence of the fire size, coffee amount and grinding degree is greater than that of other brewing methods, and the finished product is particularly rich and has a burnt aroma (it is also easy to overcook). It is a very challenging brewing method.

French Press

Depending on the size, French press pots can usually be bought for around HK$200 to HK$500. There are many brands, and Bodum and Hario should be the most popular in Hong Kong.

French press pot is relatively easy to master, as long as the coffee beans for moderate particle grinding, water temperature is correct, wait 2 or 3 minutes after filling, a cup of coffee is finished. That's why most baristas recommend that friends in the office or new to hand-brewed coffee start with the French press. The author complained that the operation of the pressure filter pot was dull and not very stylish many years ago. He gave away all the pressure filter pots at hand. He was given a Bodum Chambord by others years ago. When he used it again, he felt that it was simple and convenient, easy to operate and stable. It felt a little like falling in love again.

Hand over (Pour Over)

Hand flushing pot and conical filter cup should be matched into a pair of good partners, the price is not high, not careful will buy several. The long and pointed nozzle design of the hand brew pot is to improve the control of the speed and strength of the water injection, and the conical filter cup is responsible for controlling the hot water extraction process.

In conical filter cups, products from Hario, Kalita and Kono are very popular, and these brands have spent a lot of effort on research and development. Hand washing pots are most widely known for Kalita, Moon Rabbit Seal and Noda Enamel products. The former is copper products, and the latter two are enamel (or enamel). The touch on the hand is cool and warm respectively, which is quite interesting.

The hand-made pot could be regarded as an extraction tool suitable for both novices and veterans. First of all, she had a relatively large tolerance space. Even if she was not skilled, she would not completely destroy a cup of coffee. At the same time, it can bring out many fine points of coffee, and fully express the smoothness, aroma and various flavors of coffee. The light roasted coffee beans popular in recent years are also very suitable for hand brewing.

Syphon

Siphon coffee pot originated in Germany, using the structure of the upper and lower two pots and a unique siphon coffee pot as a brewing tool. Hario is a popular brand in Hong Kong and is widely used at home by coffee shops and coffee lovers alike. The siphoning pot is elegant and eye-catching. Watching coffee fall and fall between the two pots is like magic. It also offers many topics, all of which add a unique flavor and charm to her.

Perhaps because of this, everyone has a special multi-form attention to the siphon pot, such as the gesture of filling water, the action of stirring coffee powder, etc., which has caused extensive discussion among coffee lovers. I love the siphoning pot for its concrete and subtle representation of coffee (similar to Chemex), but I am frustrated that it is not easy to achieve stable results (similar to Chemex), and it takes time to operate and clean the tools, which can only be used on weekends and holidays.