How to make a good cup of coffee with a follicle?

Make a good cup of coffee

Follicular coffee is the quickest way to taste good coffee without too much trouble and no extra utensils, but there are still some things to pay attention to.

1. Clean your coffee pot.

If you want to make a good cup of coffee, the most important and easy to overlook is the cleaning of the coffee pot, so you should first clean it with hot water, and you'd better brush every place carefully with a kettle brush. If there is no kettle brush, you can put ice cubes and warm water into the pot and stir in a circle. Ice will scrape off the residue on the kettle wall for you, and fill the whole coffee pot with clean cold water after washing. If the water is very clear, It means you've cleaned it up, if not, hey.. Let's do it again!

two。 Put filter paper and coffee powder

Put the filter paper into the filter, pay attention to the edge of the filter paper can not bend inward, otherwise you may accidentally pour coffee powder on the outside of the filter paper, then the result will be a cup of choking coffee, coffee powder should try to concentrate in the center of the filter, into a hill, do not spill everywhere, the coffee brewed with filter paper is usually not too strong Because too much coffee powder can not pass through the filter paper smoothly, it will affect the taste of the whole pot of coffee. the amount of coffee powder depends on the type of filter paper and the size of the filter, which usually takes many attempts to find out the most suitable portion. generally speaking, there are 1/4 to 1/3 filters, half of which is too much. in addition, we should pay attention to the cooperation of filter paper, filter and coffee powder. Ask your boss that too large or too small filter paper can lead to a disastrous cup of coffee

3. Begin to brew

Next, install the filter and the coffee pot. If you are using an electric coffee maker, just add hot water and wait. If not, this is the beginning of the test and the most critical step. When pouring hot water, start slowly in a circle around the coffee powder concentration. The movement should be smooth and uninterrupted. Never rush down directly from the middle. You are not making noodles), so it is better to fill a pot of hot water in a small hand-held hot pot for easy control, and the control of the amount of water is also very important. At the beginning, the amount of water can be a little smaller, so that the coffee powder can slowly moist from around, contain the aroma, and then slowly pour more water. At this time, you should pour it in a circle, and always pay attention to the speed of coffee filtration to adjust your amount of water, if you soak well. You will smell the pungent aroma of coffee, and there will be some tiny bubbles around the coffee powder in the filter.

4. Enjoy your coffee.

The final step is to add something according to your taste. As for the coffee pot, it doesn't matter to wash it later, especially for hand-brewed coffee, because there is no heat preservation, and the hot water touches the room temperature when pouring water, so the temperature of the coffee is just right. It would be a pity if you don't drink it!

The instruments to be prepared are:

1. Fine-mouthed kettle

Coffee shop equipment store common copper slender neck kettle, his effluent diameter is only 0. 5cm, so it is a good choice for beginners to make good coffee even if they are not stable in the control of the flow of water.

two。 Filter

A device shaped like a funnel for holding filter paper. There are two common brands on the market, one is German-made Melitta, there is only one drop hole at the bottom, and the other is Kallita, which is developed in Japan based on Deguo's research, with three holes at the bottom. With this filter, the method is slightly different, here is the use of German-made Melitta filter. P.S purchase filter should pay attention to the size and number of people, do not think that bought six people can also make four or two people of coffee, so there will be a difference in taste.

3. Filter paper

Filter paper is consumable with filter, so each kind of filter must have matching filter paper, and it is better to buy the filter with the same factory brand and the same specification.

4. Filter pot

Here refers to the coffee pot filled with filtered coffee, it should be noted that its heat preservation effect is good, there is a capacity scale, can help control the amount of water when brewing, in order to maintain the temperature can be heated on the fire to keep warm, it is best to choose heat-resistant 200. C's glass pot.

5. Other

Cooling towel, 10g coffee spoon, mini clock. The towel had better be made of cotton, because it is used to help the kettle at 100. The temperature should not be too thin when it is cooled at C.