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Will different hand-made coffee filter cups affect the taste of coffee?

Uncle Coffee: we have previously introduced three kinds of hand-brewed coffee filter cups: trapezoidal, conical and wave filter cups, all of which may affect the taste of coffee, the biggest key is the speed of water flow, due to the different design of water guide groove, it will affect the flow rate of coffee extraction.

The traditional trapezoidal filter cup has a small opening and a slow flow rate, so the hand-brewed coffee will taste thicker, but the disadvantage is that the flow rate may be too slow, which makes the stagnant water easy to have bitter taste; while the tapered filter cup has a large hole, the flow rate is faster, but the taste may be lighter. The wavy filter cup is because it has a flat bottom and is equipped with wave filter paper to guide the water down through the grooves on the filter paper. The water flow is the smoothest and the taste of the hand-brewed coffee is the most uniform.

Can hand-made coffee filter cups replace filter paper?

Uncle Coffee: at present, there is a kind of metal filter cup on the market, which can achieve the effect without using filter paper, and the material of stainless steel is also quite durable. The advantage of the metal filter cup is that it can save filter paper, save money and environmental protection, and then retain more coffee grease to make the taste more rich, but also because the hole of the filter is too fine, the fine coffee powder is easy to pass through, and more or less you will drink some powder. it is recommended to filter the fine powder with a sieve before hand flushing, so that the taste will be cleaner.

Combination utensils for making coffee by hand

Hand-brewed coffee is mainly composed of three parts: filter paper, filter cup and filter pot; if you pay attention to it, there should be an incubator under the filter pot to avoid the coffee from getting cold when brewing; the size and specifications of filter paper, filter cup and filter pot should match each other; for example, filter paper for two people should be matched with filter cup for two people.

Hand-made coffee starts with filter paper.

Chen Huihuan said that washing filter paper is good, not only can remove the smell of filter paper, but also can warm the pot by the way. In addition, when using a trapezoidal filter cup to extract coffee, there may be problems with the filter paper. Chen Huihuan suggests that as long as you first use one hand to press one end of the filter paper in the filter cup, and then inject hot water to wash the filter paper, the filter paper will be affixed to the filter cup.

After washing the filter paper, pour the coffee powder into the filter cup, because the freshly ground coffee powder is easy to produce irritating taste during extraction. Therefore, Chen Huihuan will especially beat the coffee powder with his hands, which can not only make the coffee powder come into contact with the air, but also let the fine powder fall slowly. After knocking, the coffee powder will be poured into the filter cup. Instead, the fine powder will be on the upper surface, and the fine powder will not jam the filter cup during extraction, causing the water flow rate to be too slow.

Before extracting coffee, Chen Huihuan also reminded us to pay attention to the surface of coffee powder in the filter cup. If the surface of coffee powder is uneven, you can gently tap the filter cup to make the surface more smooth.