How to soak the freshly ground coffee powder? What kind of utensils do you need to brew your coffee at home?

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We all know that coffee, three-in-one instant coffee in supermarkets and instant coffee powder in powdered or bottled bottles, as well as freshly ground coffee served in cafes and fast food restaurants, are all coffee. But not every kind of coffee will taste good, especially freshly ground coffee. We must master the skills of brewing coffee in order to make delicious coffee. Let's learn it together.

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Do you make coffee in a pot?

Brewing coffee refers to the extraction of essential aroma and nutrients from coffee powder and does not have to be stewed in a small pot.

In the earliest days, people did not have more utensils to filter the coffee grounds, so they would directly use the pot to make coffee and then drink the coffee liquid on top. Later, in order to avoid eating coffee grounds, people put coffee powder into small cloth bags and then boiled it. Now there are many utensils that can make coffee. It includes coffee machines, hand brewers, French presses, siphon pots and other utensils specially used for extracting coffee.

How to make coffee tastes good?

In fact, we don't care about how many coffee containers there are, what we care about is how to use these coffee containers correctly to make the coffee more delicious!

Limited to space, we will not talk too much about the making techniques of each coffee vessel (for those who are interested, please refer to my previous article for a detailed introduction). Today we will mainly take a look at the commonalities of all the utensils in brewing coffee and how to make the coffee made by them more rich and delicious.

Be sure to pre-invade moisture

If there are conditions for this step, you must do it. Don't say that the instruments you use do not have this function. The method is always more difficult than difficult. Of course, the easiest thing is to operate manually, dripping and bubble-type appliances make it easy for coffee powder to come into full contact with water, while other tools can also be used.

Be sure to pay attention to the matching degree of grinding

Whether a cup of coffee is good or not, in addition to the coffee bean itself and roasting, production is the biggest volatile factor, and the subjectivity is greater. Grinding plays a very important role in production, so it is necessary to match the roughness and fineness of the grinding powder to avoid excessive extraction caused by insufficient extraction or too fine powder.

(drip type utensils, such as hand brewing and dripping coffee machines, are recommended to use medium powder; immersion utensils, such as French presses, etc., are recommended to be too thick; instruments that rely on pressure filtering, such as Italian coffee machines, Ello presses, etc., are recommended to use fine powder.)

The water temperature is exquisite.

For hand-brewed coffee, the water temperature is generally recommended between 82 and 92 degrees, which can be adjusted according to the characteristics of coffee beans.

Quantity and proportion should be appropriate.

Everything must have a dose and proportion, and coffee is no exception. For different utensils, the ratio of powder to water (the ratio of coffee powder to water) is also different, so you should pay attention to adjust it according to the utensils you use. If you don't understand, you can leave a message and I'll give you some advice.

Can I add sugar if it's too bitter?

Why not? Whether it tastes good or not is not something that professionals can comment on. After all, you are the one who drinks it. You think it is too bitter. Why not add sugar or milk to taste?

Remember, professionals only evaluate product attributes and relatively more objective olfactory and taste experiences in a professional context, but their comments don't determine whether you like it or not, so don't worry about what they say, just refer to it. Eat and drink is to satisfy the appetite, do not think so much.

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