How to make your own coffee? How to choose the first set of coffee utensils for coffee rookies?

With the popularity of boutique coffee culture, more and more consumers have a demand for freshly ground coffee. Coupled with the fact that the knowledge of coffee on the Internet is becoming more and more transparent and easy to understand, many people will think the same thing after reading it: "me!" Take care of yourself! At home! Go for it! " .

In order to make a good and stable cup of coffee at home, coffee utensils can be said to be more and more complex. For many coffee rookies, how to flush the coffee to the right taste is not the most difficult. The hardest part is how to find the right coffee utensils without spending money unjustly.

Because I really don't know how to choose, many friends said that I bought a bunch of coffee utensils, and the ash on it was an inch thick! But I haven't used it a few times...

Before choosing the coffee utensils

First understand the importance of fresh and freshly ground coffee beans!

If you want a good cup of coffee, the freshness of coffee beans is particularly important. Although coffee beans are in a dry state and can be stored for a long time, the shelf life of the flavor is indeed very short! The best taste period for a packet of freshly roasted coffee beans is about 30 days after the baking completion date.

In general, coffee beans produce a large amount of carbon dioxide in the roasting process, which has the effect of locking the flavor of coffee. After baking, the carbon dioxide will be reduced over time, and the flavor will be carried away by carbon dioxide, so the longer the coffee is left, the less the flavor will be. After coffee grinding, the section of coffee particles increases, which will accelerate the dissipation of flavor.

Bean grinder

Is the most important of all the tools!

Many buddies who have just started brewing coffee will think that the bean grinder is very expensive, so they casually buy a cheap one, or a spiral blade grinder that is not a coffee grinder. Although the expensive bean grinder is not necessarily the best, but the cheap bean grinder is really not good!

It is certain that the price determines the quality of the bean grinder. If it is only daily cooking rather than store products, it is suggested that the budget of the hand grinder should be set at about 50-2000 yuan; the budget for the electric bean grinder should be set at about 1500-5000 yuan.

The hand mill is characterized by convenience and easy to carry. The electric mill is characterized by convenience and high precision. In theory, the efficiency, grinding quality and stability of the electric mill will be higher than that of the hand mill, and the price will naturally be higher than that of the hand mill. If hand mill and electric mill are of the same price, priority will be given to contestants.

The price difference of the bean grinder is so big, in addition to the brand, more is the knife head in the middle! As the most important part of the bean grinder, different cutters directly affect the diameter distribution of coffee powder, that is, it determines whether the coffee powder is uniform after grinding, and the degree of grinding has a great influence on the taste of coffee.

For those who want to make hand-made coffee at home, it is recommended to choose a bean grinder with a cone cutter head. The cone cutter head grinds the coffee beans into irregular, but overall uniform coffee particles. The cone knife close to the granule leads to a longer water absorption path, so it will be exposed to water for a longer time, so the initial release of soluble substances is less, and the concentration will not be too high, but it is not easy to produce miscellaneous taste and astringent taste when xylem absorbs less water for a long time.

Filter cup

A V60 can go all over the world!

If as a coffee novice, there is really no need to worry about what type of filter cup to buy, a V60 can go all over the world! When you have a better understanding of the principle of coffee brewing, it is not too late to buy other ones. (code clerk's personal experience: bought a bunch of various filter cups, and finally, except for v60, all accumulated an inch of dust. )

The design of the spiral convex groove on the inner wall of the V60 filter cup can twist and squeeze the water falling down, and the design with a 60-degree angle can serve the center of the flow paper, prolonging the extraction route and increasing the contact time between coffee powder and water to ensure the complete extraction of coffee.

The coffee extracted by V60 emphasizes acidity and aroma and can show the flavor of coffee beans. The more skilled the cooking technique is, the stronger the consistency will be.

At present, there are two common models of V60, No. 01 is suitable for brewing 1-2 people's coffee, the minimum powder load is 10g, the maximum powder load is 20g, the maximum powder load is 20g, the lowest is 20g, and the maximum is 30g.

At present, the common materials of V60 on the market are ceramics, glass and resin. Just buy resin, really! Resistant to falling and durable!

Hand brew coffee pot

Choose a gooseneck pot!

The spout is the most important factor affecting the shape of the water column. The types of spouts on the market are roughly divided into thin mouth goose neck, wide mouth goose neck, elephant trunk mouth, flat mouth and olecranon, which have great influence on the difficulty of water outlet and operation space.

Many buddies who have just started to learn to brew coffee by hand have poor stability of water injection at first, so it is not recommended to use a large diameter spout. The spout diameter of the goose neck thin mouth pot is small, and even if the novice does not have stable water control, the flow and parabola will not be too large, so it will be easier to operate.

The capacity of the hand pot determines the center of gravity when cooking, and the center of gravity also feels the stability of the flow of water. The hand pot with too small capacity will lack the center of gravity and float very much when filling water; although the center of gravity of the hand pot with large capacity can stabilize the flow better, it is not suitable for small friends. Therefore, it is recommended to choose a hand punch with a capacity of 500-600ml is more suitable.

For the choice of temperature control pot or non-temperature control pot, this can be decided according to your own budget, temperature control pot will be more expensive than non-temperature control pot, if the budget is not large, you can choose non-temperature control pot + fast display electronic thermometer.

Coffee filter paper,

Choose filter paper bleached by bioactive enzymes!

First of all, the price of coffee filter paper also determines its quality, but also determines its filtering effect, not to buy too expensive, but also to buy too cheap, for example, the price of 100 sheets of tapered filter paper is generally in the range of 30-40 yuan.

Filter paper is also divided into different shapes, suitable for different filter cups. Conical filter paper is selected for cone filter cup, trapezoidal filter paper for trapezoidal filter cup and cake cup filter paper for cylindrical filter cup. The V60 recommended above is a tapered filter cup. According to the model of the filter cup = the model of the filter paper, remember to buy it against the model.

There are two kinds of common filter paper on the market, log filter paper and bleached filter paper. Log filter paper will be several pieces cheaper than bleached filter paper, but the disadvantage is that it has a more obvious paper smell.

At present, the well-known big brands of bleaching filter paper use advanced enzyme bleaching, which is different from the traditional chemical bleaching. Enzyme bleaching uses bioactive enzymes for bleaching, which is widely used in the field of medicine. The advantage is that it has no paper flavor, and the disadvantage (not a disadvantage) will be several pieces more expensive than log filter paper.

Coffee sharing pot

Be sure to choose one that is resistant to high temperature!

When choosing a sharing pot, look at whether the pot itself is resistant to high temperature, instead of buying it when you see it looks good. Especially in summer, many friends like to make iced coffee, if the temperature of the pot itself is lowered because of ice cubes, and the water temperature when brewing is less than 80 to 90 degrees. The sharing pot of poor quality is prone to crack because of its low hot spots when brewing coffee!

Electronic scale,

It is best to choose the one with timing.

The electronic scale is responsible for weighing the coffee beans and the weight of the water, calculating the brewing time so that each parameter can be digitally copied, while ensuring the stability of each coffee brewing.

It's fine without timing, but it may just be a little bit of trouble, and you need to use other tools to time. The price of the general electronic scale is about 50-100 yuan, do not buy too expensive, most of the functions are the same!

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