Instant coffee VS espresso VS hand coffee Why is hand coffee so popular

In the third wave, the focus returned to the beans themselves, and people began to care about the whole process of brewing coffee, such as how coffee farmers plant and harvest, how roasters roast, and how baristas brew.

Brewing coffee is seen as an art form and no longer focuses on Italian coffee. Modern coffee extraction methods have many kinds, such as cold extraction, French filter pressure, suction type, mocha pot, etc., different extraction methods will give coffee different flavor. Even if you choose the same kind of coffee beans, the coffee flavor will change due to different extraction instruments, among which "hand drip" is regarded as the best way to exert the flavor of coffee beans.

"Instant coffee" as its name suggests, that is, with hot water can be drunk. It doesn't filter coffee grounds because it's made from dehydrated coffee extract. Although instant coffee is convenient and cheap, its flavor and taste are worse than freshly ground Italian coffee and hand-brewed coffee.

Expresso, which requires a large appliance to make, is pressurized by a machine that pushes hot water into the coffee powder and extracts 30 ml of espresso in 30 seconds. Its taste mellow muddy heavy, rich and full, the surface has a layer of coffee fat, it is latte, cappuccino and other fancy coffee base.

The popular modern hand-brewed coffee is a type of drip filtration coffee, which is made by pouring hot water into the coffee powder and "dripping" the coffee through filter paper and filter cup. Coffee Spectator's Kuroshiology points out that hand brewed coffee is soft and clean, with a fine round flavor, which is very suitable for fine coffee. It makes it easier to taste the coffee beans themselves and feel the characteristics of different beans, which is why hand-brewed coffee has attracted more and more people.