Teach you how to make a good cup of coffee yourself! How to use an automatic coffee machine to make coffee

As one of the three most famous beverages in the world, coffee has already become a necessity for many people. Although there has been a lot of speculation about Starbucks' profitability recently, it does not affect the sales of the brand, even though in the eyes of many people, Starbucks is an ordinary cup of coffee, like a McDonald's hamburger, but it is undeniable that Starbucks represents an acceptable, average cup of coffee.

When I wanted to travel abroad, I was attracted to a coffee shop. With a brief introduction, my legs couldn't help stepping into it: "life is shorty by the bad coffee", so today's topic is how to say goodbye to instant coffee.

First of all, you need a coffee maker. There are many kinds of coffee machines, and the cost also varies greatly. From drip coffee pots of 100 yuan to professional multi-head coffee machines of tens of thousands of yuan, it is not easy to find a style that suits you. The price ceiling of the coffee machine introduced today is stuck at about 5000 yuan. The financier with a higher budget, please make a direct detour to the coffee city and choose private business according to the standard of price flashback.

Product recommendation

Drip coffee maker: Electrolux ECM051

Reference price: 156 yuan

The drip coffee maker is the most "people-friendly" coffee maker in the family. By heating the water temperature, filtering the coffee powder, dripping coffee oil and mellow coffee liquid, the overall product concentration is low, so it is suitable for daily drinking. Electrolux ECM051 provides a 4-6 cup measuring tank, which can make more than one cup of coffee at a time, and has a chassis heat preservation function, which is suitable for household use. The international brand coffee pot recommended in this category can be done at about 150 yuan, and if you choose a domestic brand, the price can even be halved. After all, the overall technical difficulty of such products is lower.

Tips: due to the different thickness of coffee powder, coffee shavings often pass through the filter screen. For fine powder users, coffee filter paper is recommended to increase the purity of coffee drops and reduce the appearance of residues.

Mocha coffee maker: Tiamo 801 (for 4 people)

Reference price: 278 yuan

Mocha coffee maker is actually an European coffee maker between American drip coffee maker and Italian coffee machine, which is easy to use and closer to espresso in concentration, so it is suitable for household use. Compared with the crude extraction method of the drip coffee pot, the mocha pot uses the vapor pressure in the pot to quickly extract the essence of finer ground coffee particles. At present, the more mainstream brands are Tiamo and Hero, which are made of stainless steel outer layer. When choosing and buying, we should pay attention to whether it contains the safety valve, so as not to overflow due to the overload of internal pressure.

The coffee powder needed in the mocha pot is medium to fine powder, and a more mellow coffee can be obtained after circulation.

Tips: it should be noted that most mocha coffee pots need an external heat source (alcohol cooker or induction cooker), so pay attention to matching use.

Capsule coffee machine: Nestle capsule coffee machine PIXIE series

Reference price: 1200 yuan

The emergence of the capsule coffee machine is absolutely the greatest liberation for lazy people who are keen on coffee. Although there is no tedious hardware, the capsule coffee maker can serve a cup of espresso with the same quality and pure taste in a short period of time, which is perhaps the most recognized part of fast-paced workers: fast food, but it's not easy.

"PIXIE" is a series of capsule coffee machines designed by Nestl é, which are distributed according to different producing areas and contract factories (DELONGHI EN125L and KRUPS XN3008), bright color matching and compact body, which are the biggest features of the capsule coffee machine.

The PIXIE series has 19Bar's high pressure extraction system, which can quickly heat and extract the essence of capsule coffee in 25-30 seconds. The water tank capacity is 0.7L and can hold 9-11 capsules.

Tips: at present, there is a large gap in the price ladder of the capsule coffee machine. The basic models of about 1000 yuan are all direct extraction and do not have the function of milking, while the price of similar products of illy (Ymai 1) which won the iF Design Award has soared to the level of 2500 yuan. It is recommended that users confirm in kind before buying, and can refer to be equipped with a milking machine to use together.

Pump semi-automatic coffee machine: EUPA TSK-1819A

Reference price: 798 yuan

1819A is one of the most representative products of Cankun Italian coffee machine, and it is also a classic model of household semi-automatic coffee machine within 1000 yuan, although domestic and foreign brands have many products competing with it in the same price range. However, in the face of higher steam pressure and all-stainless steel fuselage design, 1819A still has exuberant vitality.

1819A uses 1.6L water tank, all stainless steel fuselage, with 19Bar high pressure steam extraction power, can extract the oil essence of espresso powder, which is also the most basic requirement of a cup of espresso. In addition, the 1819A is also equipped with a steam sprinkler, using a flower cup, you can easily make a cup of frothy cappuccino coffee.

Tips: as the most common type of household Italian coffee machine, the price of semi-automatic model is mostly in 500-2500 yuan, higher price products may be equipped with pressure display and thermometer and other functions, the main extraction performance is not much different, it is recommended to choose according to brand preference and price acceptance section.

Automatic coffee machine: SAECO Odea Go

Reference price: 3000-3900 yuan

Compared with the semi-automatic coffee machine, the threshold of the full-automatic coffee machine is slightly higher. Because it is equipped with a bean grinder and steam milking system, the price of the full-automatic coffee machine basically starts from 3000 yuan. Seaco launched the world's first full-automatic household coffee machine in 1985, with high brand awareness, and Odea Go is the representative of a small-size household automatic coffee machine. Coffee beans will be ground, compacted, brewed, dregs in a rotation to complete, only 25 seconds, 1.5L water tank, 15Bar pressure, can produce 12 cups of espresso continuously.

For busy urbanites, the fully automatic coffee machine means that a cup of coffee can be easily made in the process of washing, as well as the small size and mute design of the Odea Go (compared to the equivalent fully automatic products). This is also the biggest reason why many families choose Odea Go.

It should be noted that Odea Go also has a follow-up product Odea Giro that won the iF Design Award, which is similar in appearance but uses a double boiler design, with stronger extraction capacity and continuous production capacity, and a price gap of nearly one thousand yuan. At present, in the vast majority of e-commerce, the price of Odea Go is about 4000 yuan, but according to the author's experience of many purchases, the actual transaction price in the shopping platform can be pulled down to less than 3000 yuan.

Tips: among the household automatic coffee machines, Odea Go is the smallest in size and the cheapest. If you choose a quasi-professional full-automatic coffee machine with larger size and more functions, the price will also range from 5000 to 10000 yuan. Users are advised to experience it at the relevant counters of major merchants.

Semi-professional semi-automatic coffee machine: Nuova Simonelli Oscar

Reference price: 5500 yuan

In the category of home coffee machines, the proportion of quasi-professional grade is pitiful. As the biggest difference between household machines and professional machines, boiler material is a major standard, so most of the products using brass boilers have higher prices. In terms of overall extraction capacity and steam pressure stability, it is quite different from traditional household machines.

In the quasi-professional domestic machine, Nuova Simonelli Oscar and Rancilio Silvia have always been enemies of life and death (that is, the size S that coffee players are interested in talking about), the former uses a 0.75 to 1.9L double boiler, while the latter although the boiler capacity is only 300cc, but the stainless steel panel still appears to be more professional, although the price is slightly different, but for high B coffee players, this is definitely the most rack of brains within ten thousand yuan.

Nuova Simonelli Oscar is made of engineering plastic and has a unique double boiler design, which does not need transition in the process of coffee extraction and steam milking, and can even serve as the demand of small commercial places, with 4-hole steam sprinklers to bring more steam. It should be noted that the fuselage weight of Nuova Simonelli Oscar has 17KG. After reading the disassembly map in the network, we can't help but sigh. If this product has the face of stainless steel, the price of ten thousand yuan is the take-off.

Tips: quasi-professional coffee machines put more emphasis on the fun of making coffee, although it runs counter to the original intention of easy access to coffee, but this is also the fun of coffee lovers.

Points for attention

Details that can not be ignored that affect the quality of coffee

1. Warm cup

Talking about so many coffee machines, in fact, in the process of making coffee, many friends ignore the process of warming the cup. A cup of finished coffee is produced at a temperature of 85-88 degrees, and the most suitable temperature for milk is 60-70 degrees. (and can release the most lactose), and a cold mug can quickly reduce the coffee temperature by 5-10 degrees. This obviously reduces the taste of the coffee, so it is recommended to keep the coffee cup at a certain temperature before drinking it, which is why many coffee machines have a warm cup zone on the top of the machine.

two。 Water quality

Like tea, in the process of coffee extraction, the water quality occupies an important part of the final product evaluation score. Therefore, whether it is out of the requirements of coffee or the love of the coffee machine, it is recommended to use pure water.

3. Ingredients

A cup of coffee, its practical professional point of view to measure whether qualified or not is a little harsh, everyone has different hobbies, so the versatile characteristics of espresso is particularly prominent, excipients, is the key to the success of a cup of fancy coffee. From Hershey chocolate sauce / caramel sauce to cinnamon powder (I believe many friends have drunk Starbucks ginger coffee, well, thanks to it), to chocolate powder and light cream (half-mixed with milk and salt, that is, the top of the cream-salt coffee), all contribute to the completion of a fancy coffee with a soaring evil value.

Mix this cup of coffee in your favorite way!

4. milk

Even the instant coffee on the opposite side of this article is inseparable from the addition of milk (plant fat powder). In the choice of milk, it is recommended to choose whole milk, because in the process of milking, the real source of milk is the milk fat, the milk with fat content within 3.2g/100ml, it is difficult to deduce the wonderful blend of coffee and milk. Most coffee machines recommend using milk with about 3.5g of milk fat, while coffee shops will choose dairy products with 3.8g of milk fat.

5. Bean grinder

Suggestions for the last category of quasi-professional players: a good coffee machine needs a bean grinder that matches it to ensure the uniform thickness of the coffee powder in order to extract the most complete Cream from the brewing head, the thousand-yuan Huijia ZD-16 and the 2000-yuan Pegasus 900N are all good choices.

Write at the end

With regard to the choice of household coffee machine, we recommend several products for you according to the type, coffee extraction method and price, hoping to help friends who are keen on coffee. Of course, it is also recommended that you do your homework before shopping. After all, coffee machines are not easy to wear and tear in household appliances. So,Say goodbye to instant coffee.