Which is better, the Philharmonic press or the French kettle? How to use the Love Press- method to press the pot to make coffee?

If asked about the difference between the front street and the French press, the Philharmonic press is a coffee that uses a small amount of hot water to extract a high concentration of coffee through pressure, which tastes mellow and clean. The method of pressing the pot is a pressure-free state, belonging to a step of filtering coffee grounds, because the operation is convenient and can drink the complete coffee flavor, so the advice of many coffee whites in the front street is to start from the use of the method of pressing the pot.

First of all, let's take a look at the extraction principle of the Philharmonic Pressure and the French Pressure Pot

The structure of Ailei pressure can be simply decomposed into three parts: pot body, filter cover and piston pressure cylinder. It combines the soaking extraction method of French filter pot, filter paper filtration of hand brewed coffee and pressure extraction of Italian coffee machine. Its working principle is to mix coffee powder with hot water, squeeze air with a pressure cylinder, penetrate the filter cover and extract coffee with clean flavor.

The method of making coffee is to completely soak the coffee in the pot, and then use a press rod with a metal filter to separate the coffee from the coffee grounds. This brewing method gives a very good coffee mellow feeling, which can increase the texture and grease, and the final coffee is quite clean. Compared to the skills of brewing coffee, such as brewing steams, techniques, etc., the brewing method of the French press pot does not require much skill, and there are many places that can be overridden.

Through the extraction principle of the two appliances, we can know that the Philharmonic pressure can quickly extract a high concentration of coffee, while the French pressure pot is the simplest and most convenient to extract the flavor of the coffee beans themselves.

Then let's look at the grinding required for the Philharmonic press and the French press.

Ale Press is generally a coffee appliance for easy and quick espresso extraction. Therefore, Qianjie suggested that the grinding degree should be adjusted to the grinding degree (very fine powder) of the extracted Italian concentrate when making coffee. Very fine powder can produce resistance with high-pressure hot water when pressing down the piston to truly extract the essence of coffee.

Front Street suggested that the method of pressing the pot should be adjusted to the coarse grinding degree of coffee powder, and the particle size of white granulated sugar can be used. If the grinding degree is too fine, too much ultrafine powder will pass through the metal filter, making the coffee not so clean and affecting the taste. The grinding degree used in the front street recommended method press pot is the size of coarse granulated sugar.

Next, Front Street Coffee was brewed with a Kocher from Ethiopia to see the difference in coffee flavor performance between the two brewers.

Production area: Ethiopia Yega Shefi Kocher

Altitude: 1800-2200 m

Coffee Bean Variety: Heirloom Native Species

Treatment method: washing

Brewing water temperature

For different degrees of roasting coffee beans, the temperature of the water taken will also be adjusted. The recommended temperature for brewing coffee is between 86-93 ° C. In the front street, it is recommended that the water temperature of the beans cooked deeply should be lower. It is recommended to be between 86-88℃. Because the beans baked deeply are loose, the water absorption efficiency is high, and it is easy to extract. If the water temperature is too high, it is easy to have bitter and scorched taste. Brewing shallow baked beans is recommended for 90-93℃, with higher water temperature can extract the aroma and acid of shallow baked beans (flower and fruit acid), because the beans of shallow baked beans are harder, increase the water temperature can increase the extraction efficiency of coffee powder, avoid the appearance of acid and other unpleasant flavor. Medium baking can choose 88-90℃. This time the front street uses Ethiopian Kocher, brewed using 91-92 degrees water temperature.

Front Street Philharmonic Pressure Brewing Parameters

Abrasion: Very fine powder

Water temperature: 92 degrees

Powder: 20g

Powder water ratio: 1:9

Front Street Use Philharmonic Pressure Steps:

1. Take out the filter cover, press on the special filter paper for Philharmonic pressure, and soak it with hot water to make the filter paper stick tightly to the filter cover.

2. Put the pressure upside down, pour 20 grams of ground coffee powder into the pot, then pour 180 grams of hot water at 92℃, and start the timer.

3. After pouring, gently stir with a stirring stick for 50 seconds. Close the filter cap and squeeze upwards to remove excess air.

4. Turn over the press, filter paper and filter cover down, coffee powder up, squeeze down the press to extract, about 30 seconds to complete the extraction. At this point we get a high strength coffee solution of about 150ml. The total extraction time was 1 minute 30 seconds.

5. Pour the coffee solution into 120ml of hot water for dilution. The diluted coffee solution can better distinguish the flavor.

6. Stir and shake until smooth and serve.

Aile pressure brewing flavor: after diluted with ice and hot water, you can feel the acidity of citrus, clean taste, middle has the sweet feeling of black tea, very comfortable.

Front Street Coffee Method Press Pot Brewing Parameters

Grindability: coarse granulated sugar size

Water temperature: 91 degrees

Powder: 15g

Powder water ratio: 1:13

How to use the front street pressure pot:

1. Preheat the pot with warm water; pour the ground coffee powder into the pot, and then inject 195ml of hot water (91℃), the amplitude of water injection can be larger (about 3 seconds to complete injection), let the coffee powder tumble, improve the extraction efficiency.

2. After filling, pull up the strainer, cover the pot and wait 4 minutes.

3. After four minutes, gently press the filter rod down to 1/4 of the pot body to prevent the fine powder at the bottom from flowing to the top.

Brewing Flavor: Light floral notes, rich citrus acidity, clean palate, oolong tea sweetness.