Why do more and more people like to make coffee by hand? what are the advantages of making coffee by hand?

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A cup of hand-brewed coffee with perfect aroma and flavor is not only contributed by the variety and baking characteristics of beans, but also needs to be matched with the right brewing skills to help bring the wonderful taste of coffee beans into full play.

There are quite a lot of methods and matching pots for brewing coffee, and their functions and design concepts are ingenious. In recent years, the popular hand-brewed coffee pot has become the first choice for many coffee beginners after buying coffee beans because of its simple utensils and low price threshold. Although it is an entry-level appliance, hand-brewing coffee, which pays attention to hand-feel skills, is still an exquisite knowledge of how to handle and brew temperature and speed.

In general, the most basic members of hand brewing coffee utensils include hand pots, filter cups, filter paper or filter bags, etc., which is characterized by a slender spout and a small mouth, which can pour out a stable column of water. In addition, the spout is slightly bent, so that the column of water can flow out a proper arc. The concave and convex groove design in the hand filter cup can be used as filter paper to fit the ditch wall and keep the space for air discharge. most of the filter cups on the market are tapered or trapezoidal, the flow rate of the tapered filter is fast, and the extracted coffee tastes mellow; trapezoid is slow, the taste is rich. On the other hand, the filter cup made of metal is more special, because it does not need to be used with filter paper, so it can retain more coffee oil, and the coffee tastes strongest.

After selecting the beans, grind it into an ideal thickness, open the filter paper and put it into the filter cup, soak the filter paper with hot water and preheat the filter cup, then pour the coffee powder in, pat the edge of the cup with your hand so that the coffee powder is evenly distributed in the filter paper, start with the center of the cup, gently put the water column into the water column, circle from the inside to the outside, soak all the coffee powder and stop. Wait for about 30 seconds for the gas in the coffee beans to escape and expand, this step is called "awake" beans, when the coffee powder will collapse and the white bubbles are no longer produced, then pour out hot water at a slow speed and maintain a fixed amount of water to be injected around the circle. In the process, observe the internal brewing state of the filter cup, so that the coffee powder is fully boiled and extracted.

Hand coffee reminder

Brewing techniques will make the flavor of coffee different, so the extraction time of filter paper brewing should not be too long, usually about 2-3 minutes, otherwise it will release too much sour and bitter taste.