What utensils are needed to make hand-brewed coffee | teach you how to make hand-made coffee correctly

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"I'm a novice at coffee. I'm looking for simple utensils for making coffee by hand, but I'm not familiar with brands or anything, and I'm afraid of buying it by mistake."

"after buying coffee beans, I want to make my own coffee, but I don't know how to start. What kind of equipment must be prepared? "

1. Bean grinder

To choose the appropriate bean grinder, there are the following key points:

a. The grinding thickness can be adjusted.

b. It can be cut and ground evenly.

c. It is not easy to generate heat

According to the key points of the above three bean grinders, it is recommended not to buy blade bean grinders (besides being unable to accurately adjust the grinding thickness, it will also generate heat in the process of operation, thus destroying the quality of coffee beans.

In addition, first turn on the power of the bean grinder, let the grinder grind the coffee beans while running, or first put the coffee beans and then turn on the power grinder and then grind the beans, there will be a difference in the thickness distribution (particle size) between the two. If you have a bean grinder at home, you might as well give it a try.

(it is recommended to turn on the power before throwing beans)

Bean grinder with adjustable grinding thickness

two。 Electronic scale

An electronic scale that can accurately measure the weight of 0.1 grams of coffee beans. (if there is an electronic scale, it is not recommended to use spoons or bean spoons to measure. Coffee beans will affect the total weight of each tablespoon of coffee beans due to different sizes, resulting in extraction error, volume ≠ weight)

The amount of water injected can be seen by using an electronic scale, so that the water injection is no longer based on feeling, but the actual weight and water volume of coffee beans are maintained at the expected value (powder-to-water ratio).

In addition, friends who require more precision can weigh the powder instead of the beans, because the coffee beans that have been weighed may cause a slight weight error due to the residual powder in the bean grinder, which is said in advance as the coffee beans that need a little more powder, which can be weighed after grinding, and the possibility of error can be reduced to a minimum.

Weighing up to 0.1 grams and electronic scales with timing function

3. Filter cup

The filter cup can be divided into trapezoidal and tapered filter cups, which can be cooked with filter paper, metal filter mesh or filter cloth.

We recommend the use of smart filter cup, because the cooking process is very simple, do not need special skills, easy to use, cleaning and maintenance is also convenient. Combined with the concept of brewing + brewing, first pour water and then soak, the use of smart filter cup can show the original style of coffee.

Only the use of filter paper filter and metal filter will have a taste difference, filter paper will be more refreshing and sweet, filter will retain the lubricating flavor of coffee oil but higher turbidity.

When using filter paper, it is recommended to use hot water soaking filter paper to remove the smell of the paper, and the flavor of the brewed coffee is better. If you are worried about the excessive influence of the smell of the paper on the flavor of the coffee, you can choose bleached filter paper.

Smart filter cup with filter paper

4. Hand punch pot

What we suggest here is a temperature-controllable hand-flushing pot. According to personal habits, you can choose different weights of hand pots, such as women can choose 600cc capacity of hand pots, better grasp the stability of water flow.

In addition, the difference of spout and the material of hand punch will affect the water output, flow speed, heat preservation, thermal conductivity and other factors. Use a proper hand pot to control the flow of water so that the water can be evenly mixed with coffee powder.

Temperature-controllable fine-mouth hand punching pot

5. Thermometer / timer

Thermometer: if the hand pot does not have the function of temperature control, it is recommended to use an electronic thermometer in the water of the hand pot to watch the current water temperature. Water temperature is a major cause of coffee brewing. If the water temperature is too high, it may release the bitterness and astringency of coffee char. if the water temperature is too low, it will not show coffee flavor and insufficient extraction.

The whole thermometer can be immersed in ice water with ice cubes at least 2hammer.If it is shown as zero, the thermometer is accurate.

Timer: if the electronic scale does not have the timing function, it will need a timer to record each time point during cooking, including starting water injection, steaming, stirring time, falling time, stopping extraction time and so on. By now, all mobile phones should have a timing function. )

Use a hand punch with a thermometer

As the saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen its tools. With these utensils, you can also make good coffee at home.

Hand-made tutorial

Step 1: prepare water

Water quality is very important, and it will affect the degree of extraction and the final taste of coffee.

Water temperature is also important: we recommend that the water temperature be between 82 °and 88 °.

Step 2: purify the filter paper and share the pot

No matter how "advanced" filter paper, always more or less with "miscellaneous smell", purification filter paper is a very important process of hand-brewing coffee.

Step 3: weighing beans and grinding [particle size suggestion is shown in the figure below]

The amount of coffee beans brewed by hand is 15-20g. According to the powder-to-water ratio at 1:15, you can get a pot of 225ml~300ml coffee.

If the bean is less than 15g, the requirement for water injection stability and water control ability is very high.

If it is higher than 20g beans, the stability and speed of water injection will also be higher.

Step 4: stew

Start injecting water from the middle of the coffee powder, as thin as possible, and make the transition from the center to the edge in about three laps to ensure that the coffee powder touches the water evenly, while avoiding water injection on the filter paper.

Step 5: three-stage extraction

The first stage of water injection: the first stage of water injection begins after stewing for 20 seconds. Add the stewed water to the 120ml, and the water injection in this section will be completed in about 30 seconds. Second stage water injection: the interval between the second stage water injection and the first stage water injection is about 10 seconds. Please start the second stage of water injection before the powder noodles do not collapse. Add stew and the amount of water in the first stage, the total amount is about 220ml, and this section is completed in about 30 seconds.

Start water injection from the center, slowly expand the water injection radius, the maximum outer diameter of water injection should always be kept at a distance above the filter paper 1cm. The spout is still as close to the puffed coffee surface as possible. If brewed properly, a regular round fine foam and grease will be formed on the coffee powder surface, which is the range of water injection we need to maintain.

The third stage water injection: the interval between the second stage water injection and the second stage water injection is about 10 seconds. Pay attention to start the third stage water injection before the powder surface collapses. Start water injection from the center, slowly expand the water injection radius, the maximum outer diameter of water injection should always be kept at a distance above the filter paper 1cm. Coffee powder at this time has fully absorbed water, become heavy, so this section of the spout can be slightly higher, from the coffee powder horizontal 10cm or so, the water should be stable, the coffee particles should be fully mobilized.

It is not difficult to make coffee by hand, but it is difficult to brew the original flavor of coffee, which takes a long time to practice.

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