The design principle of the V60 filter cup! Why is the V60 filter cup called V60? What is the difference between a V60 hand-brewed coffee filter cup and a cake filter cup? Who invented the V60?

If you are a novice and want a coffee guy who has been in the industry for a long time to recommend you a practical and easy-to-use hand-brewed filter cup, then Qianjie believes that the filter cup he recommended to you is probably a product launched more than 20 years ago-V60.

Even though new filter cups are constantly introduced every year, as of today, there is still no filter cup that can shake the V60's position in the field of handwashing. If you explain why the V60 is so popular, Na Qianjie believes that it can definitely be called "a combination of thousands of advantages" because it is both practical and affordable!

The birth of V60 was invented by a Japanese company founded in Tokyo in 1921. The main content of this company is glass products, so their company was named "Hario", which means "King of Glass". Hario first produced heat-resistant glass instruments and equipment related to scientific research institutions. It was not until the 1940s, when coffee became popular in Japan, Hario seized the opportunity and began to design and make coffee-related instruments. The siphon pot is the first coffee equipment they produce.

Because for a long time at that time,"slow-soak extraction" was the mainstream in the coffee market. No matter what kind of appliance, most of them are developed around the concept of making coffee brew longer and having a more mellow taste. Filter cups from brands such as Kono and Kalita are excellent representatives. So the Hario company began to have the idea of creating a hand-brewed filter cup that was different from the conventional, had a faster flow rate and a completely different experience. With this in mind, Hario began the design of filter cups. Finally, after several modifications, a filter cup called V60 was officially launched in 2004.

It can be said that the emergence of this filter cup just caught up with the trend of the times. At that time, the mainstream coffee roasting was turning from deep to shallow under the influence of the third wave. People's pursuit of coffee flavor is no longer just the mellow sweetness of deep roasting, but also the exquisite and sour aroma that can show the flavor of the region. At that time, the extraction effect of most filter cups focused on the mellow taste and balanced flavor tonality, which could not well express the flavor level of lightly roasted coffee, which left a large blank for the filter cup market suitable for lightly roasted coffee. The V60 was launched during this time period and successfully filled this gap, so this caused it to have a strong response and become widely popular once it was launched.

Advantages of the V60 Filter Cup The success of the V60 was mainly due to its multiple revolutionary designs at the time, such as a larger water outlet and long and multiple guide ribs, which were then matched with the conical shape of the filter cup., jointly built into a generation of classics. Cone angle of V60: The reason why V60 is named V60 is because its filter bowl body is a conical structure, which looks like a large "V" character from the side, and the included angle on both sides is 60°C, so it is named after V60. We can understand that this is a conical filter cup with an included angle of 60°C.

Because the structure of the conical filter cup is narrow to wide from bottom to top, it will allow the coffee powder to build a thicker powder bed. At the same time, the cross-sectional area of each layer of the powder bed is different, from top to bottom. small. Such a powder bed structure can make the coffee washed out more layered, because the extractions received by each layer of coffee powder are inconsistent, and the amount of dissolved substances is different. Therefore, compared with fan shaped and cake filter cups, conical filter cups can pour out more layered coffee, but relatively speaking, the taste of coffee will not be as balanced as that of the two.

Large water outlet of the V60: The V60 has a large aperture water outlet! The number and size of water outlets of the filter cup is one of the main factors that determine the speed of draining water during brewing. Because the V60's launching aperture is relatively large, its launching speed will be faster.

The fast flow rate can prevent excessive soaking when extracting coffee powder, which can make a difference in the precipitation of coffee powder. To put it simply, it will further increase the layering of coffee. Because the brewing technique and water injection method can also affect the speed of water entry, the filter cup with a fast flow rate can have more ways to play. The V60 can easily adapt to various extraction schemes by adjusting parameters and water injection methods.

V60's diversion ribs: It can be said that the most iconic feature of the V60 is the long and protruding spiral diversion ribs that are covered throughout the cup.

The protruding ribs can support the filter paper and form air pockets! The role of these air pockets is to allow the powder bed to better exhaust air during the brewing process and increase the drainage rate of coffee liquor. What is different from most filter cups is that these guide ribs are not straight lines but winding spirals, so they can also guide in addition to exhausting air! The main body of guidance is hot water. During the extraction process, the liquid in contact with the ribs can pass through more coffee powder, which allows the hot water to extract more objects and dissolve more flavor substances.

Combining the above three points, we can know that the brewing advantages of the V60 are "fast flow rate","the brewed coffee can have rich layers" and "more rich gameplay". Even now, this advantage is still not outdated. We can see the clues from the frequent use of it by the champions at the World Coffee Brewing Competition. The V60 filter cup has a lot of different materials to choose from! Such as ceramics, resins, glass, metals, etc. Filter cups made of different materials have different extraction advantages, which is affected by the specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity of the material. Qian Jie has introduced it in detail in previous articles, so I won't go into it too much here. Among all materials, Qianjie likes the most than the resin filter cup. Putting aside the advantages in extraction, the resin V60 filter cup has two advantages that other materials are difficult to have. One is resistance to drops! Even if the filter cup is accidentally knocked down from the table and dropped to the ground, it may not necessarily fall apart;

Another is affordable. The price of the resin version of the V60 will hardly make you feel any burden. It is very suitable for novices to use when they are just beginning to explore! Even if the hole is broken or abandoned later, you will not feel reluctant because of the price of the filter cup.

So to sum up, we can understand why the V60 is still so popular until now. Not only very practical, but also affordable. But to talk about its shortcomings... There is still some! If a novice wants to use it to make a good cup of coffee, it takes some practice. Because the powder bed piled up by the V60 will be thicker and the water will be discharged faster, it will pay more attention to the skills during brewing and the cooperation between parameters than other forms of filter cups. For novices, this requires more exploration and practice to fully utilize the characteristics of the V60. Then, practice slowly ~

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