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How much water and ice cubes do you need to make coffee with ice cream hands? Sharing parameters for the Japanese rapid cooling ice rush production process!

Published: 2026-08-18 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/08/18, Soon! We are about to enter the hot summer, so coffee making will be dominated by iced drinks, even hand-brewed coffee is no exception. (In fact, Guangzhou where Qianjie is located is already very hot!!!) In addition to the parameters, what everyone cares most about when making ice hockey is ice cubes, such as what ice cubes are most suitable.

Soon! We are about to enter the hot summer, so coffee making will be dominated by iced drinks, even hand-brewed coffee is no exception. (In fact, Guangzhou where Qianjie is located is already very hot!!!) In addition to the parameters, what everyone cares most about when making ice hockey is ice cubes. Questions such as what ice cubes are most suitable and how much ice cubes should be used are all questions that the front street often receives backstage. So today, Qianjie came to share with you what kind of emphasis is on making ice cubes for ice hockey~

What is the key to making ice cubes for ice hockey? Compared with locking aroma and keeping cold, ice cubes mainly play a role in quickly cooling down the temperature in the production of ice brewed coffee. Because we want to make a cold and refreshing cup of ice brewed coffee in a short period of time, it is naturally the best choice to use hot water to quickly dissolve the substances in the coffee, and then use ice cubes to reduce the temperature. Therefore, the main role of ice cubes in ice brewed is to cool down. Because ice cubes will melt into water after absorbing heat, diluting the concentration of coffee, the density and quantity of ice cubes will affect the taste and taste of a cup of coffee, as well as the experience of continuous drinking.

For the production of hand-brewed coffee, the ice cubes used are naturally bigger and denser, the better. Because this type of ice cubes will melt slowly, we don't have to worry too much about the concentration of coffee being excessively diluted, the taste will become faint, and the taste will become thin before we drink it in a short period of time. We can maintain a good drinking state for a long time and have a good drinking experience; and if you use ice cubes that are small and are not as hard, they will melt faster than the former at the same amount. If we don't finish our coffee in a short period of time and don't control the amount of ice cubes well, the coffee will soon be over-diluted due to the melting of the ice cubes, resulting in the negative situations mentioned above on Qianjie.

But the ice cubes that many friends use are the type that is small in size and not hard and melts quickly, and then there is no way to change the quality of the ice cubes. Therefore, compared with the density or size of the ice cubes, Qianjie recommends that everyone pay attention to the number of ice cubes. Because by paying attention to the quantity, we can control the degree to which the coffee is diluted, and even if we don't finish it in a short period of time, we don't have to worry about the coffee being over-diluted. As for how much ice to use, Qianjie's suggestion is to let the coffee completely cool down and have a little left. The exact amount mainly depends on the amount of coffee liquid. Naturally, the less the liquid, the better, because the less the liquid, the higher the concentration of coffee will be if the extraction rate remains unchanged!

High-concentration coffee has the ability to offset the melting and dilution of ice cubes, so if we want to make a good cup of ice cream, it is best to make a high-concentration coffee liquor and use it just enough to cool the coffee and add more ice cubes. For example, the ratio used when making ice by hand in Qianjie is constantly tried out based on this theory. If you want to make a pot of ice by hand with low temperature and the right concentration, you may wish to refer to Qianjie. This set of parameters used by Qianjie~Note that it is for reference only. Because everyone's beans, bean grinder, ice cubes have different densities and sizes, in actual operation, you still need to make adjustments according to your current materials.

Brewing sharing In this sharing, the coffee beans used in Qianjie are Qianjie Guixia Village Estate·Red Label Guixia in the bean list of Qianjie Tmall Taobao flagship store. This bean is sun-treated, medium and light baked, with outstanding berry, citrus, rose and other flavors, it is a coffee bean that is very suitable for making ice cold coffee. The extraction parameters are as follows:

Amount of powder used: 15 g powder to water ratio: 1:10 powder to ice ratio: 1:6 Grinding degree: 80% sieving rate of No. 20 sieve, brewing water temperature: 92 ° C, extraction time: 2 minutes before brewing, We can put the ice cubes into the lower pot first, so that the coffee liquor can directly come into contact with the ice cubes after it is flushed out, which not only cools down quickly, but also retains more aroma.

Before brewing, you still use twice the amount of water to steam for 30 seconds.

After the steaming is over, we can divide the remaining water into 2 to 3 stages for injection according to our own water control quantity. If we are proficient in water control and can inject water with small water flow throughout the entire process, then we can split it into two sections. One section injects 70 ml of hot water in a large circle, and the other section injects 50 ml of hot water in a small circle in the center. If the proficiency in water control is not so high, we can divide the hot water into three sections for injection on average. Each section is injected in circles with moderate water flow, and then wait until the liquid in the filter cup has completely dripped before injecting into the next section. In this way, there is a high probability that the time can fall to about 2 minutes, ensuring that the coffee can be fully extracted.

The Qianjie Guixia Village red label Guixia cooked in this way is not only cool and delicious, but also has the right concentration. The taste is sweet and sour, the taste is solid and full, and the flavor is outstanding, with the flavors of strawberry, citrus, blueberry and rose. Combining the sweet and sour taste with the full taste, the whole cup of coffee can be said to be full of juice, which is very good~

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