What is the difference between a cake filter cup and a V60 conical filter cup? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the flat-bottomed filter cup brewing solution?

If there is any filter cup other than the V60 suitable for novices, then the cake filter cup is definitely the best choice recommended by Qianjie. Because it not only makes it easier to make a cup of delicious coffee, but also, as Qianjie often shares, coffee brewed with a cake filter cup will have a better sweetness.

So what is a cake strainer? A cake filter cup actually refers to a flat-bottomed filter cup with a flat bottom, but because the filter paper it is used with looks like cake paper for baking a cake, it is also known as a cake filter cup. Because the bottom is flat, the powder bed structure of the flat-bottomed filter cup is different from that of conical filter cups and trapezoidal filter cups. For the same amount of powder, the thickness of the powder bed in the cake filter cup will be thinner, and the thickness of the central powder bed will be similar to the thickness of the surrounding areas. This can make the extraction more uniform, because the injected water can evenly extract the coffee powder in all positions.

At the same time, because the thickness is similar, when using a cake filter cup to brew coffee, we do not need to adjust the range of water injection to ensure the uniformity of coffee extraction as when using a conical filter cup. This directly simplifies the brewing and makes it easy for many novices who cannot control the water well to brew a delicious cup of coffee.

So if you want to find a filter cup with the opposite characteristics of the V60 to play with, then the category of cake filter cups can be considered. In addition to being simple to use, the coffee brewed with a cake filter cup will have a more balanced taste. Because unlike conical filter cups, the extraction of cake filter cups will be more uniform, although the coffee brewed with it will not have as rich layers, the balance of flavor and thickness will be more prominent. Just what you need to note is that since most cake filter cups will be released slowly, we'd better make appropriate adjustments based on the tonality of beans in terms of the use of parameters. So next, Qianjie will share the specific parameters used by Qianjie and the brewing method when using the cake filter cup to brew coffee.

There are many filter cups for brewing and sharing cake, such as Kalita's Wave, Origami, etc. are all good choices. So this time, Qianjie still chose the Origami/origami filter cup to share because its color is really so pleasing. In terms of coffee beans, the former street used this time is the new former street Ethiopia Hathiu, which was recently listed in the bean list. The extraction parameters are as follows:

Amount of powder used: 15g powder-to-water ratio: 1:15 Degree of grinding: 10.5 scale of Ek43, 70%~75% sieving rate of No. 20 sieve (slightly thicker than usual) Boiling water temperature: 92°C Steaming is the same as usual, using twice the amount of water (30ml) of powder to steam for 30 seconds. After the steaming is over, we use a moderate water flow to inject the second and third sections of hot water by drawing a "mosquito coil." The so-called "mosquito coil" means that the path of water injection follows the vortex of the mosquito coil plate, from inside to outside and then from outside to inside, and continues to circulate until the target water volume is filled.🌀The water volume of hot water in the second stage is 120ml, and the third stage is 75ml.

When the injected hot water completely penetrates, we inject the third section of hot water, and then we just need to wait for the coffee to finish dripping to remove the filter cup and end the extraction. The extraction time is 2 minutes and 15 seconds. I believe it is not difficult for you to see that this brewing method is really very simple. It does not require strict control of the scope of water injection, just needs to go back and forth in circles. As Qian Jie said, the cake filter cup combined with this water injection method can easily make a cup of delicious coffee. This cup of Hathieu has a balanced taste of sweet and sour, full taste, and rich flavor. It has berry, guava, floral, peach and other flavors. It is very good ~

So the above is all the content shared by Qianjie this time. If you also want to try other filter cups other than the V60, then the cake filter cup may be a good choice ~

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