What brand of household coffee machine is good? how to use a small household coffee machine? which coffee machine is good?

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Today we are going to talk about coffee machines. Before you talk about coffee machines, you first have to have a general understanding of the classification of coffee. Coffee is classified in different dimensions, such as by extraction method, by green bean type, by country, by region, by grade, by processing method and more detailed classification.

Yeah, I know it drives you crazy, and so did I at first. But if you want to improve your coffee taste, you have to work hard to master it. You say, time is too late to get on the bus, according to your preference for coffee to choose coffee machine on the line, this is more reliable than blind.

Let me tell you the simplest coffee classification according to the extraction method. To put it bluntly, it is what equipment you use to make coffee.

Coffee is classified by extraction method

single coffee

Single-product coffee refers to coffee extracted from a single variety and single appliance, such as coffee made by drip coffee machine, French press pot, siphon pot and hand brew pot.

espresso coffee

Espresso is coffee extracted at high temperatures, high pressures, and a high powder-to-water ratio.

Common espresso coffee: espresso and your usual cappuccino, latte, caramel macchiato, etc. are made with espresso base liquid, added with milk and other drinks to make.

Mainstream home coffee making equipment has these:

the pressure pot

Making coffee with a press is one of the cheapest and easiest of many coffee machines. The basic principle is to release the essence of coffee by steeping it through full contact between water and coffee powder. It consists of a Pyrex bottle body and a metal filter with a pressure rod. It can also be used to make tea.

Some friends may wonder, what good coffee can such simple equipment make? Don't underestimate the French press pot. If you master the water powder ratio, coffee bean grinding thickness, water temperature and extraction time, the French press pot can also make a cup of fine coffee that meets the Gold Cup standard.

SCAA standard water chalk 18:1, 500ml of water with 28 grams of coffee beans

2. Grind coffee beans to very coarse granulated sugar particles

3, water temperature 92 degrees Celsius

4. Extraction time 4 minutes

Just four steps, according to the method I gave, a cup of fine coffee that meets the Gold Cup standard can be done. If it doesn't taste good, cut me!

drip coffee maker

Drip coffee machines are one of the essential small appliances in American homes. The operation is very simple, as long as the required amount of water to the tank, filter paper into the funnel-shaped filter, and then ground coffee powder into the filter paper, turn on the power switch press the button, not much time, a pot of hot coffee cooked.

There are many types of drip coffee machines, but the basic principles are the same. When purchasing, the higher the wattage, the better, because the higher the wattage, the stronger the power of the heater (the general household is 850), and the better the coffee taste.

The whole pot of coffee is best brewed and drunk immediately. Although many drip coffee machines now have insulation function, the coffee is overheated, evaporating aroma and oil, which will make it sour and bitter, and the taste is greatly reduced. Lazy friends who like to simply drink American coffee, drip coffee machine is very suitable for you.

siphon coffee maker

Siphon coffee brewing method is also known as distillation, plug wind method. The way coffee is brewed like an experiment, slowly burning, gently stirring, water flow rising and falling, very emotional, very ornamental.

The siphon pot is mainly composed of a siphon pot upper pot, a siphon pot lower pot, a bracket, a pot cover, a stirring rod, filter cloth and an alcohol lamp. Although it originated in Europe and America, it was popular in Asia. It was first popular in Japan and Taiwan. Siphon coffee machines were common in old cafes and western restaurants 10 years ago in mainland China. Now there are not many.

Siphon coffee machine is coffee, put coffee powder into boiling water to stew, and then filter out the coffee grounds to make coffee, taste relatively stable.

Hand-made coffee

Hand-brewed coffee is the rise of the third wave of coffee culture, advocating high-quality coffee. Coffee is seen as a craft or craft product, and in the third wave of coffee, the method of making coffee is as important as coffee itself.

The equipment needed to make coffee by hand is not a large object, but basically includes: bean grinder, filter cup, filter paper, hand pot, electronic scale, thermometer, sharing pot.

Although the introduction to hand-brewing coffee is simple, you need to master some skills. For example, the choice of coffee beans, grinding degree, water temperature, water powder ratio, brewing time and so on.

No matter what kind of equipment you use, practice more and try more to improve your skills and experience. Do not blindly pursue equipment before you reach a certain degree of experience, which is not recommended.

Italian coffee maker

Do not rule out the majority of lazy coffee drinkers, they feel that hand-made coffee is unfathomable, their own handling may destroy the expensive high-quality coffee beans, then the advantages of the espresso machine are reflected. The espresso mechanism makes coffee so fast that it takes only 20 or 30 seconds to make two cups of coffee at the same time.

Hot water can dissolve the water-soluble substances in coffee powder, and pressure can emulsify part of the insoluble oil in coffee powder. These substances make Espresso coffee very fragrant and strong. Make people want to drink when they smell it, and fall in love with it when they drink it!

Some people think that the coffee made by the espresso machine is so strong that the caffeine content must be very high, right? Wrong! absolutely wrong! The coffee made by the Espresso coffee machine contains the least caffeine!

Because caffeine is a water-soluble substance, the longer the coffee powder is in contact with water, the more caffeine will be dissolved. Using the espresso mechanism to make coffee is the shortest of all methods. Caffeine is too short to dissolve in such a short time, so Espresso coffee contains the least caffeine.

In addition, the effect on caffeine content also depends on the variety of coffee beans. Generally speaking, the caffeine content of Arabica coffee beans is 1.1% Mel 1.7%, and the content of Robusta coffee beans is 2% Mel 4.5%. When drinking coffee in Vietnam, most of the coffee beans there are Robusta beans, and my heart beats fast after drinking.

Italian coffee machine can be divided into fully automatic and semi-automatic. Semi-automatic requires you to manually grind the coffee beans into powder and then fill them into the machine to make coffee. You can artificially adjust the particle size of coffee powder and the water temperature of the coffee machine. Different techniques have a great impact on the taste of coffee products, so it is suitable for coffee enthusiasts who like to make their own coffee.

You don't have to worry about everything from grinding beans to brewing, just put the beans in the bean trough of the coffee machine and press the button in just a few seconds. A cup of espresso you want includes espresso, cappuccino, latte and caramel macchiato. The quality of the coffee is excellent and stable.

Mocha pot

If you like espresso and think the Espresso coffee maker is expensive, then the mocha coffee maker is the cheapest machine you can drink espresso. The Espresso machine is so expensive that not every family can afford it, and the average small family has a small population, does not drink too much coffee, and does not need to put such a large coffee machine. Europeans prepare a mocha pot to make coffee at home so that they can drink coffee at home whenever they don't want to go out to the cafe.

Mocha coffee pot has nothing to do with mocha. Mocha pot boils coffee at about 2 to 3 atmospheric pressures, which is not as good as the 9 atmospheric pressures of large Espresso machines, but it can also emulsify a small part of insoluble oil and aroma. Coffee is still textured and tastes worse than Italian coffee machines, but it is cheaper and the quality of coffee is stable.

The disadvantage of the mocha pot is that the water is to be boiled and the boiling water is easy to extract unnecessary bitter substances from the coffee. There are some tips to share. Turn off the fire when the first drop of coffee comes out. Use a mocha pot to make coffee, because the contact between water and coffee powder is not long, in order to dissolve as much material as possible, the grinding of coffee powder is as fine as Espresso coffee. Every time you finish cooking, you must rinse immediately, otherwise the residue in the pot will be fermented and moldy, which will make the pot have a strange smell for a long time, and affect the taste of coffee.

For the sake of the appearance of the mocha pot, the shape is so retro that I can't help but buy one and put it at home, which is not only practical but also can be used as a decoration, killing two birds with one stone.

Capsule coffee machine

There is also a coffee machine suitable for the ultimate lazy person, which is the capsule coffee machine invented to make espresso more convenient.

Compared with semi-automatic coffee machines and fully automatic coffee machines, capsule coffee machines only need water and coffee capsules to make a cup of coffee. The manufacturer pre-packed the coffee powder into a plastic capsule and then filled it with nitrogen to keep it fresh. When drinking coffee, as long as you put the capsule into a special machine, you can quickly drink a cup of coffee.

Capsule coffee machine follow-up coffee capsule, the price is not cheap, generally a capsule to make a cup price of 5-10 yuan, you use coffee beans to calculate 2-3 yuan a cup. And some capsule coffee machines have poor compatibility, such as Nestl é machines you can only use Nestle capsules. The flavor of the coffee made by the capsule coffee machine is relatively fixed, and your range of choices is very small.

Summary

Having said so much, I know you have a headache, so I'd better sum it up for you. Knock on the blackboard! I don't care. Praise me! )

If you like individual coffee, you can choose: hand coffee maker, French presser, drip filter coffee machine, siphon coffee maker

If you like Italian espresso (espresso) and fancy coffee (mocha, latte, cappuccino, etc.) you can choose: Italian coffee maker, mocha pot, capsule coffee maker

Good coffee allows us to enjoy the pleasure of bitterness in our mouth, to remember what we should remember, to forget what we should forget, to keep having fun, to be curious, to learn to persevere and to become the kind of person we want to be.

There is no high-end way of brewing, only different preferences and styles, no matter what kind of coffee machine, there is a shining point that can not be replaced waiting for people to explore it.

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