What kind of coffee is the French press suitable for? Is the coffee in the French kettle light? How to use Starbucks pressure kettle?

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What exactly is a good cup of coffee?

In the past, under the influence of Japan and Taiwan, people thought that coffee should be mellow and fragrant, that it was not bitter, and that it took a few spoonfuls of sugar or cream to make a complete cup of coffee.

The third wave of coffee and food safety issues also make us want to know where the ingredients we put in our mouths come from, and begin to understand what kind of coffee is, what country it comes from, where it comes from, how high it is, and how high it is planted. What kind of treatment, etc. Just as Taiwan recently opened up the import of Japanese beef, premium and beef are popular, and so is coffee. The price of rose summer varieties grown in Panama in the past has soared year after year because of the fragrance of flowers and rich fruit flavors. While people are pursuing a higher quality of life, their knowledge and flavor of coffee are also constantly improving. the definition of good coffee is from the bitter and strong coffee in the past, and gradually people begin to like coffee with a balanced sweet and sour taste and a warm taste. It would be even better with the special flavor of the place of origin. The world of coffee is not absolute, there are too many factors that affect the flavor of coffee, can constantly explore the possibility, this is also the attraction of coffee.

"quality and temperature of water"

In fact, 98% of a cup of coffee is water, so the choice of water is very important! Water that is too soft or too hard is not suitable for brewing coffee. You can buy a water quality TDS pen to test the water used for brewing. TDS (total Total Dissolved Solids dissolved solids) of about 150 is suitable for brewing coffee. The brewing water temperature is too low to release all the flavor substances in the coffee, too high water temperature is easy to over-extract, there will be bad impurities astringent taste, it is recommended to try from the water temperature of 90 degrees. .

"the importance and fineness of fresh grinding"

After the coffee beans are ground, the flavor will slowly lose over time and air. To put it simply, it is like when eating sashimi, the chef or the chef may not start to deal with the fish until the guest orders. The same is true of coffee beans. Grinding coffee before brewing can retain the original flavor of the coffee as much as possible. I would advise my friends to buy a bean grinder if they want to make their own coffee at home, so that they can choose to buy ripe coffee beans instead of ground coffee powder, and grind the coffee beans before brewing at home to keep the coffee more flavor. Different brewing methods have a suitable degree of grinding, if it is Italian coffee, you need a fine degree of grinding, while hand-brewed coffee can be tried by medium or medium rough grinding. .

'The choice of cooking utensils'

Different coffee utensils have a great influence on the flavor of coffee, and now there are different preferences for hand-brewed coffee or soaked coffee such as French filter pots. The coffee brewed through the filter paper is relatively clean and refreshing, and the coffee through the metal filter has a more greasy feeling after soaking. Different cooking methods will also affect the cooking time, just like taking pictures, the shutter time is too short or underexposed, too long and overexposed, so the appropriate cooking time is also very important. It is recommended to try the flavor from 2 to 2 and a half minutes.

Of course, this time is not absolute, but also corresponding to the grinding fineness of coffee powder.

Adjustment of the ratio of coffee powder to water

Everyone has different standards for shade, but the trend we can see is that people will no longer pursue that black coffee should be strong and bitter in the past. Generally, the ratio of black coffee powder to water is from 1: 8 murmur10 in the past, that is, 1 gram of coffee powder will add 8-10 milliliters of water, to 1 gram of powder will add 12 murals of 15 milliliters, which is more important to drink comfortably and smoothly. You can refer to the coffee concentration and extraction rate according to the coffee gold cup extraction theory. The ideal extraction rate is 18 Murray 22%, and the coffee concentration is 1.15 Murray 1.35%.

So, how do you use a press to make a nice pot of coffee?

Recommended grinding thickness: medium / fine sugar thickness. Many people use a pressure kettle to grind the coffee powder thicker, but the editor believes that unless the bean grinder you use produces a lot of very fine powder, which makes the coffee bitter quickly, the editor still recommends starting with a moderate grinding degree.

Weigh the fresh coffee beans and grind them into coffee powder before brewing the coffee.

Use low-mineral fresh drinking water suitable for brewing coffee and bring to the boil.

Pour the ground coffee powder into the kettle.

Pour in the right amount of hot water, gouache ratio is 75g/L, try to use a faster speed to make all coffee powder wet as soon as possible.

Soak the coffee powder in hot water for 4 minutes, during which time the coffee powder floats on top of the hot water.

After 4 minutes, stir the coffee powder with 1 tablespoon and try to sink most of the coffee powder to the bottom.

But there is still a little coffee powder floating on the top, and you can take it out with a tablespoon.

Wait another 5 minutes and let more coffee powder sink to the bottom.

Put in the metal piston and be careful not to press it down. The action of pressing down will create an eddy current, stirring up the coffee powder that had sunk to the bottom of the water.

Gently pour the coffee liquid into the coffee cup through the metal strainer. There will be a small amount of fine coffee grounds in the coffee liquid when you are almost finished. Remember, don't finish. So you can have a cup of fresh, delicious and flavored coffee.

What kind of beans are suitable for pressing pots?

For the coffee beans in the former street, for example, there are no more suitable French pots than [Mantenin] [Queen of Brazil] and [San Juan Theodore of Honduras]. Whether it is the taste or flavor, it is very suitable for the French kettle.

Qianjie suggested that the brewing parameters of the pressure pot:

The small Fuji grinds the filter rod at a uniform speed after four minutes of soaking for 488 ℃ / 1 / 15 / immersion.