What kind of utensils do you need to make coffee by hand? what is the ratio of powder to water in Blue Mountain Coffee?

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Hand-brewed coffee general household coffee equipment often see that someone will use a spoon to hold the coffee beans to grab the approximate weight.

An important point mentioned at the beginning of the book "the Science of Cooking" is that ingredients need to be measured accurately, and the weight of a cup of flour may vary greatly depending on the individual's way of packing.

Of course, coffee is also a kind of food, so the weight of coffee beans needs to be measured accurately with scales, which is usually recommended to be accurate to the first decimal place. What does the weight of coffee beans affect? Today, Resa Cafe is going to introduce to you that it plays an important role in the world of hand-brewed coffee. It can strongly influence the flavor of coffee, and it is a very key parameter, ── powder-to-water ratio, in hand brewing.

Before discussing the issue of powder-to-water ratio, we should first unify the standard of water use. when you steam the coffee by hand, you leave water that may be 30c.c but only a few cc. Where does the rest of the water go? It turned out to be absorbed by coffee powder. So the powder-to-water ratio discussed here certainly does not include the amount of water absorbed by coffee powder, but only the amount of water left in the coffee cup, for example, 10g extraction 100c.c. The ratio of coffee to water is 1:10, and because of this, we usually recommend that beginners buy a graduated receiving pot to observe how much coffee has been extracted.

With the best ideal value in the gold cup theory (Ideal Optimum Balance) as a reference, the ideal powder-to-water ratio will fall at 113. 88-12-12, while how to choose it is related to your personal preference, such as the preference for lighter coffee in the United States and the opposite in Europe (see Espresso), so you can choose the value between 1:15, that is, 14g 210c.c./20g 300c.c coffee liquid, which is the more common proportion of hand brewing at present.

In addition, friends who like the strong aroma and taste can also consider the powder-to-water ratio of 1:10, with a larger bean grinder scale, in the case of kalita nice cut, you can choose the scale 6 (normal hand impulse is 3.5) and 20g 200c. C. big 30g flush 300c.c. Coffee liquid, coffee concentration is only a little more than the golden cup theory, but all the aroma and characteristics of coffee will be much magnified.

The ratio of two kinds of powder to water is recommended to those who like hand-brewed coffee to try: d