The advantages of using the method of pressing the kettle who invented the kettle?

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Since the 11th century, coffee has been brewed and drunk as a cup of drink. After a long period of invention and improvement, today, there are many ways to make coffee by hand. The process of drinking a cup of hand coffee can be as complicated as a siphon coffee pot or as simple as a pressure filter pot. The brewing process of siphon coffee pot or filter coffee cup is interesting, and it takes a lot of skill to make the coffee taste pleasant. But please don't think too much about coffee. If you want to cook coffee with your own hands and enjoy the fun, you don't have to exercise for three or five or seven years before you are qualified. Now give you Amway a very easy to use, but can fully reflect the original flavor of coffee brewing tool-French pressure filter pot (French Press).

The debut of French pressure filter kettle

Pressure filter pot (hereinafter referred to as pressure pot), also known as filter kettle (press pot) or coffee filter kettle (coffee plunger). The French press filter pot first appeared in France in 1850. Of course, all inventions, such as cars and computers, were in a crude form compared with what they are now. The French kettle was no exception, of course. At that time, it was not a special tool for brewing coffee. It was also a simple tool composed of a glass or plastic container and a metal filter with a pressure bar. At that time, more people used the pressure pot to make black tea than to make coffee.

"Piston filter coffee device"

As you can imagine, the prototype of the pressure filter pot will soon be found defects. Because the metal filter is not completely separated from the coffee grounds, the effect is not great, and the coffee washed out is insufficient in taste and taste. In March 1852, a breakthrough was made in the form of the French pressure filter pot. At that time, a horsepower metalworking man and a businessman got a patent for the "piston filter coffee device". The patent mainly states that a metal can connected with a movable rod has a hole in the bottom of the rod and a layer of flannel is sandwiched above and below. If you pull the movable rod, it can move in a cylindrical container. If you press the lever to the bottom, the filtered coffee is left above the lever, isolating most of the coffee grounds. This patent has made great progress in the form of the French kettle.

Although the French pressure filter pot originated in France, it is still the work of the Italians to make this method of cooking familiar. In the late 1920s, around 1929, Attilio Calimani, a designer from a Milan company, officially registered a patent for a modified version of the pressure filter pot, and filter coffee became more and more popular.

French pressure filter pot = lazy pot?

For those who like to drink coffee, and even those who are used to making coffee at home, what is your impression of the French pressure filter pot? Easy to operate? For lazy people? No technology to speak of? Whether you have a good or bad impression of it, indeed, the cooking skills it requires can be said to be quite easy to operate compared to other tools, as shown in the picture. Because the coffee extraction principle of the French pressure filter pot is soaking, not filtering, so it does not pay much attention to water injection gestures and speed, as long as according to the appropriate proportion of brown water, water temperature, time, it is not difficult to make a pot of delicious coffee.

However, simply using the word "lazyman pot" to describe the French press filter pot seems to hastily overlook its advantages. The French pressure filter pot is not only easy to operate, but also very light in shape, easy to carry and easy to use. It doesn't matter at home or in the office, even if you leave it in your suitcase when you travel. In addition, the use of pressure filter pot without filter paper, as long as the extraction is completed by pressing the pull rod, can be separated from the coffee grounds, environmental protection, there is no need to prepare a variety of tools. The multi-use of one pot is another advantage of pressing the pot. As mentioned earlier, at first the French used it to make black tea. Even if the pressure kettle has been improved, it can still be used for making tea, coffee, or even hot and cold. Therefore, there are friends who do not drink coffee, but still use French kettles.

Taste the original coffee with a different taste

The French pressure filter pot is very convenient to use, but the coffee brewed is not "clean" and tastes dregs. Is it because you didn't use the filter paper? No, this is what makes French-pressed filter coffee unique.

Because the pressure filter pot is soaked, the coffee powder can be separated from the coffee without filter paper. But it causes oil and other larger aromatic particles in coffee to pass through the filter and enter a cup of coffee. Therefore, the coffee brewed in the pressure pot will be more round and thick in taste and consistency, and it also increases the feeling of roundness. Therefore, many coffee lovers like to brew deep-roasted coffee in a French pressure filter pot to fully enjoy the sweetness and richness of deep-roasted beans.

As for dregs to drink, this is absolutely avoidable. First of all, with a tool without filter paper, the grinding degree should be medium to coarse, and if you use a French pressure filter pot, it is best to grind the coffee beans like crude salt. Moreover, after soaking, when pressing down the lever, you must press it to the end. If you pull it up and down repeatedly, the coffee powder will come out easily, resulting in dregs.

Recommended parameters of front street normal pressure

15g powder, powder / water ratio 1:15, water temperature 88 ℃, medium coarse grinding.