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Some novices found that when making coffee by hand, there was no coffee smell, and even the water smell was very heavy. What was going on? Is the coffee bad?

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Excellent water quality

The hardness of the water affects the solubility of coffee contents. The so-called hardness of water refers to the total concentration of calcium and magnesium ions in water. The lower concentration is soft water, and the higher concentration is called hard water.

Most tap water in our country belongs to hard water, and the water in the north is harder than the water in the south.

Soft water has high solubility and strong coffee taste. Hard water contains more calcium, magnesium ions and minerals, resulting in low solubility, so coffee taste light.

Therefore, we should try to choose soft water and try to avoid using high-hardness water such as "tap water" for coffee. So what kind of water should we use to make hand-brewed coffee? The water used to make coffee is pure water with low hardness, while distilled water and mineral water, because distilled water is too pure, coffee extraction rate increases, things that should not be extracted run out, the taste will be bitter and strong; mineral water contains calcium and magnesium, hardness is too high, it is not suitable to reflect coffee flavor.

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low water temperature

Too low coffee fragrance is not easy to come out, taste will be light with water taste. The solubility of coffee is also proportional to the temperature of the water.

If the temperature of the coffee is low, the content of the coffee is dissolved in a small amount, resulting in insufficient coffee flavor and heavy water flavor.

Under normal circumstances, it is recommended that everyone brew with water of about 90 - 92 degrees, such as Yega, Sidamo, Costa Rica, Panama, which we often drink, and some of the more deep-baked mantinin, Brazil, the water temperature can be appropriately reduced, the taste will be better.

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- Not enough time for steaming coffee-

Steamed coffee is insufficient, there will be heavy water taste.

The first water injection: water can not be less, less coffee powder water absorption is not sufficient, it is recommended that about 1:2 of the water steam (15 grams of powder, 30 grams of water steam) , after water injection, coffee powder will absorb water expansion

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- Inappropriate water injection-

If the water injection speed is too fast, it will cause the coffee content to be unable to fully dissolve and mix with the water, resulting in the separation of coffee and water. The water injection speed can be delayed properly or the water injection mode can be changed to improve it.

Sequence: first water injection steam-proof → second water injection → third water injection (→ fourth water injection)

Water injection rate-gradually increased from small, slow to fast, daily brewing| How to control the flow of water? How to practice hand washing water flow?

When drinking coffee, if your friends always drink the taste of water, you may wish to start solving these problems first. The taste of coffee will be much better.

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Some novices found that when making coffee by hand, there was no coffee smell, and even the water smell was very heavy. What was going on? Is the coffee bad?

-1-

Excellent water quality

The hardness of the water affects the solubility of coffee contents. The so-called hardness of water refers to the total concentration of calcium and magnesium ions in water. The lower concentration is soft water, and the higher concentration is called hard water.

Most tap water in our country belongs to hard water, and the water in the north is harder than the water in the south.

Soft water has high solubility and strong coffee taste. Hard water contains more calcium, magnesium ions and minerals, resulting in low solubility, so coffee taste light.

Therefore, we should try to choose soft water and try to avoid using high-hardness water such as "tap water" for coffee. So what kind of water should we use to make hand-brewed coffee? The water used to make coffee is pure water with low hardness, while distilled water and mineral water, because distilled water is too pure, coffee extraction rate increases, things that should not be extracted run out, the taste will be bitter and strong; mineral water contains calcium and magnesium, hardness is too high, it is not suitable to reflect coffee flavor.

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low water temperature

Too low coffee fragrance is not easy to come out, taste will be light with water taste. The solubility of coffee is also proportional to the temperature of the water.

If the temperature of the coffee is low, the content of the coffee is dissolved in a small amount, resulting in insufficient coffee flavor and heavy water flavor.

Under normal circumstances, it is recommended that everyone brew with water of about 90 - 92 degrees, such as Yega, Sidamo, Costa Rica, Panama, which we often drink, and some of the more deep-baked mantinin, Brazil, the water temperature can be appropriately reduced, the taste will be better.

-3-

- Not enough time for steaming coffee-

Steamed coffee is insufficient, there will be heavy water taste.

The first water injection: water can not be less, less coffee powder water absorption is not sufficient, it is recommended that about 1:2 of the water steam (15 grams of powder, 30 grams of water steam) , after water injection, coffee powder will absorb water expansion

-4-

- Inappropriate water injection-

If the water injection speed is too fast, the contents of coffee will not be fully dissolved and mixed with water, resulting in the separation of coffee and water. The water injection speed can be delayed properly or the water injection mode can be changed to improve it.

Sequence: first water injection steam-proof → second water injection → third water injection (→ fourth water injection)

Water injection rate-gradually increased from small, slow to fast, daily brewing| How to control the flow of water? How to practice hand washing water flow?

When drinking coffee, if your friends always drink the taste of water, you may wish to start solving these problems first. The taste of coffee will be much better.