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What is the most suitable ratio of grinding water to make coffee by hand? Hand-brewed coffee with one knife and one knife to share it!

Published: 2026-04-08 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/04/08, There are often friends who ask Qianjie to introduce some solutions that can make coffee "easily". Don't inject water or control water too complicated, and then don't require too long extraction time like French press pots and smart cups. It's the kind of way to make coffee just by pouring water. "Is there possible such a plan? "One

There are often friends who ask Qianjie to introduce some solutions that can make coffee "easily". Don't inject water or control water too complicated, and then don't require too long extraction time like French press pots and smart cups. It's the kind of way to make coffee just by pouring water. "Is there possible such a plan? "A friend smelled it. Of course! As Qianjie has been sharing, compared with which water injection method to use, Qianjie Association recommends that novice friends first understand the underlying logic of extraction. Because many times, it is not because of how we pour and inject water that the coffee tastes good, but because we use the right parameters, so we can use this water injection method to brew a pot of delicious coffee. The core difference between solutions such as one-knife flow, three-stage, and four-six flushing is the difference in their extraction parameters. The parameters behind these water injection methods are the fundamental reason for making a cup of coffee. Water injection is just a way to artificially control the pace of extraction, but can also be understood as an auxiliary method. By controlling extraction, we can more stably get a cup of delicious coffee, or the coffee we want.

In other words, as long as we find the right parameters, we can easily make a cup of delicious coffee even without using any complicated water injection and water control! So without saying much, Qianjie will come to share a brewing plan that can make coffee without any "fancy" techniques and just pour water!

A solution that can easily make coffee by just pouring water ~ This solution is recommended to use it with cake/flat filter cups. The flat-bottomed filter cup has always been called a "newbie friendly filter cup" because its bottom is flat and there will not be a big difference between the diameters of the upper layer and the bottom. This structural design allows coffee powder to be laid out in the filter cup. The powder bed will not be too thick and will be more evenly distributed. Even if we don't control the water too much, we can get the coffee to be extracted relatively evenly, and novices can easily make a cup of delicious coffee. So you can use it with a flat-bottomed filter cup.

Then the extraction efficiency of the parameters we use will be slightly higher than that of conventional brewing, because this brewing will not have too many sections and agitation of water flow, so the grinding and water temperature will be slightly higher to avoid the extraction efficiency being too low and insufficient extraction occurs. Take the former street as an example! The coffee beans used in Qianjie this time are Qianjie Essi Huakui in Qianjie Tmall flagship store. During regular brewing, the parameters used in Qianjie are: powder amount 15g, powder and water ratio 1:15, and grinding degree 75%~80% of the sieving rate of No. 20 sieve. The grinding and extraction time of fine sugar is 2 minutes, the filter cup is V60, and the brewing method is three-stage.

If we use this "just pour water" flushing method, then our parameters will be: powder amount of 15g, powder and water ratio of 1:15, grinding degree of 90% of the sieving rate of No. 20 sieve, fine sugar Grinding and brewing water temperature of 92°C, matching filter cup to make cake filter cup. It's very simple to brew, but steaming is still necessary! First of all, steam for 30 seconds with twice the amount of water poured into the powder.

After the steaming is over, we first use water to circle it to break the "barrier" of the powder bed.

Then inject the remaining target water in one breath at a fixed point in the center! If the filter bowl is not big enough, the water flow can be slightly smaller to prevent the filter bowl from being unable to hold all the hot water because its capacity is not large enough. When the injection is complete, we only need to wait for the hot water in the filter cup to finish dripping, then we can remove the filter cup and end the extraction. The extraction time was 2 minutes and 34 seconds in total.

Doesn't this brewing look a little familiar? That's right, logically speaking, it's actually a single knife flow. After all, the hot water is divided into two sections, but there is not so much stirring around it. So naturally, the taste of coffee will also tend to be balanced by a knife flow. Because the hot water is injected in all one breath, the coffee powder will be soaked in the hot water for a relatively long time. This will allow the coffee powder to be extracted more evenly, the amount of dissolved substances will tend to be the same, and the taste will be relatively balanced.

Because the extraction is sufficient, the coffee will have a high sweetness and a prominent flavor. We can obviously drink the unique strawberry, guava, cream and oolong tea and other classic "Huakui flavors" of Huakui coffee! The taste is full and solid, with a long finish, which is very good. So the above is all the content shared on Qianjie this time. Interested friends can try it at home. It's really simple ~

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