Introduction to Coffee knowledge single Coffee extraction equipment

Generally, you can drink coffee to a single product without sugar and milk, which is a high-level veteran. Individual coffee is also known as vegetarian coffee, or Zhai coffee, which shows that ordinary Chinese still have a great misunderstanding about this kind of coffee! After all, in the eyes of most ordinary people, coffee is synonymous with bitterness! No bitter, no coffee!

Most of the people who really like individual coffee have drunk the really good coffee. And these coffee beans have been carefully roasted, preserved and extracted. Most of these people can tell the sour from the bad, as well as the various flavors of the coffee. Most people who have had a good coffee will be affected by the sweet and sour fruit contained in the coffee; the nutty flavor; the chocolate flavor; the chaff honey. Wait for the taste to attract. However, due to the poor coffee environment in the whole market, the quality of coffee practitioners is mostly unqualified, resulting in only a handful of coffee shops in a city that can drink imported coffee. So most of the players who play boutique coffee are individual players and enthusiasts.

The extraction method of individual coffee has been evolving ever since it was discovered by shepherds. Nowadays, in the extraction of individual coffee, traditional siphon and modern hand pulping occupy the vast majority of the market! Mocha kettle, French pressure kettle, Turkish kettle, ice drop, Philharmonic pressure also have some loyal customers. Next, let's get to know all kinds of coffee extraction equipment step by step.

Siphon pot:

This product should be regarded as one of the most performing methods in the extraction of single coffee! in 1840, the British took Biya's test tube for chemical experiments as a model to create the first vacuum coffee pot. Two years later, Mrs. Bachang of France improved the kettle with a little sunny shape, and the familiar upper and lower convection siphon pot was born, English name Syphon. But it is the Japanese who really turn siphon into and carry forward. At present, the middle and high-end siphon pots on the market are basically covered by Japanese brands! The most representative models are HARIO TCA3/5 and KONO SK3A/5A. The figures correspond to a table of 3 or 5 people.

Siphon pot extraction mode

Siphon pot is the use of siphon principle, let coffee in the pot up and down two steps to complete the whole extraction process. We can accurately control the production of coffee by controlling water temperature, grinding, powder quantity, water quantity, extraction time and mixing method. This is one of the reasons why technically rigid Japanese love siphon. Siphon is the extraction method with the largest number of adjustable variables in all kinds of single product extraction. If you study a little, as long as it is a qualified extracted coffee liquid, it is enough to make the tip of your tongue enjoy.

If the good beans, coupled with the best extracted coffee, the thick and dense flavor is enough to make you unforgettable for a lifetime.

After years of development, the appearance of siphon has not changed much. But the change in heating methods continues to escalate. From the initial slow heating, and difficult to control the firepower of the alcohol lamp upgraded to the firepower can be accurately controlled and fast heating gas stove, to the current more ornamental halogen lamp. We can see the gorgeous transformation of siphon from the initial basic coffee extraction to advanced extraction and then to boutique performance extraction! But because of the working principle of siphon, its disadvantages are as obvious as its advantages. The structure is complex and there are many accessories, the extraction process of open fire (except halogen lamp) is difficult, and the cleaning and preservation of filter cloth is difficult (siphon filter cloth is required to be cleaned in boiling water every time, and soaked in clean water and kept at a low temperature in refrigerator). As a result, ordinary coffee lovers and some fast-vanishing coffee shops have directly abandoned this boutique extraction method. However, in the group of coffee lovers with high fever, and boutique coffee shops (except for coffee shops that do not have the technology to siphon B) siphon is still the preferred way to extract good coffee. Even if not for a sip of coffee, the gorgeous performance of siphon extraction in front of the girl, as long as the face is not too LOW will certainly hold the beauty back, right?

Siphon pot is recommended.

I do not recommend those domestic shanzhai brands on a treasure! Because most of the domestic glass products can not meet the requirements of siphon sudden heat and local heating. Buy it back and use it once or twice and then hang up! If you bought it for 13 at home, please ignore my words! If you want to really understand siphon, the minimum HARIO TCA3 price of authentic products on Taobao should not be less than 280. If you not only want to really play siphon, but also want to be more BIGGER. Then KONO is your best choice! More elaborate processing technology, more BIGGER shape. The luxury brand image in the coffee extraction equipment suits you, but … 3-4 times the price of HARIO! In addition, in order to cater to lazy cancer patients, HARIO has developed a siphon pot with filter paper (specific model can search some treasure), but I do not recommend it, because using filter paper, the flavor of coffee is very different from the traditional flannel filter cloth, losing the meaning of siphon. Why not cook a piece of filter cloth for 2 yuan and change it one piece at a time?

KONO SK 3A siphon kettle

HARIO TCA3 siphon kettle

Hand-made coffee:

Hand-brewed coffee originated in Germany and was first invented more than 100 years ago by a German housewife: Bentz Melitta. On June 20, 1908, Melita registered her invention with the Royal Patent Office: a copper coffee filter cup with a water outlet at the bottom, the world's first follicular coffee cup. At that time, Melita Benz set up the "Melita Company" in her own home with a small amount of money, and used her autograph Melitta as a registered trademark of the product. But the same brewing technology is once again deified by the Japs! Nowadays, the middle and high-end hand-flushing equipment is basically covered by Japanese brands. HARIO, KONO, Karita. There are also some very small brands that sell at exorbitant prices. At this point, we have to admire the Japanese who strive for perfection in everything.

Hand coffee filter

The earliest Merita filter cup copper arch filter cup gradually evolved into a fan-shaped single-hole filter cup. From copper material to ceramic material! Nowadays, some coffee collectors still like to collect out-of-print Merita ceramic filter cups. Since the 1950s, the Japanese have almost become obsessed with Melita filter cups, and various kinds of filter cup appliances of various materials have emerged one after another. A whole set of theory and operation technology of hand-made filter coffee has been established, which has been loved by more and more people, and began to design and develop some more characteristic filter cups with original structure. (such as: V60 and Karita cake, fan-shaped 3-hole cup) of course, all kinds of hand pots and racks are suitable for all kinds of people and brewing habits. The surrounding equipment is also contending for flowers on the island.

Melita single hole filter cup

Due to the simplicity and convenience of hand-brewed coffee and its bright and fresh style, it has occupied most of the siphon territory in recent years. Nowadays, it is the most popular extraction method for single coffee. There are three kinds of filter cups that are most used by hands. here we make a brief introduction to facilitate your choice.

Fan filter cup

First of all, let's talk about the Melita fan-shaped single-hole filter cup, the later 2 holes and the 3 holes in Karita's evolutionary version. Single-hole fan-shaped filter cup brewing way is simple, it is easy to get a cup of qualified coffee. However, because there is only one filter hole, the later stage of bubble extraction will flow more and more slowly with the pore being blocked slowly, which is very easy to cause the transition of extraction, so the application range is narrow. In the later stage, the imp Karita basically solved the defect of the single hole with a simple method. There are two more holes. In this way, it not only maintains the advantage of simple brewing of the room-type filter cup, but also basically solves the problem of over-extraction caused by hole blockage in the later stage. Basically, three times of water injection can brew a cup of high-quality products. It is more suitable for beginners.

Recommended product: Karita 102 three-hole filter cup

Karita 102 three-hole filter cup

V-shaped filter cup

Secondly, we are about to talk about the famous V60! according to my impression, V50 should be invented by HARIO, but Baidu has no way to verify its origin. Warriors are welcome to give advice. V-shaped filter cup completely solves the problem of easy clogging of fan-shaped filter cup, and is suitable for coffee extraction with various roasting degrees. But at the same time, because the flow rate of the goods is easy to be too fast, it is easy to cause insufficient extraction, and the requirement for steaming technology is quite high, so it is not suitable for newcomers to use. But for veterans, this product is obviously a cup in hand, all-inclusive. So in the world's major coffee boutiques, everyone can see V60 in the hard work. Among them, HARIO V60 filter cup with thunder pot is the perfect partner. With small input and large output, it is unanimously recognized as a famous star product. If the HARIO V60 is a star product, then the KONO V filter cup with the same appearance is a typical rich and handsome! The finer workmanship and the slight difference in opening make the extraction style of KONO and HARIO V60 products obviously different. The punching method also has more BIGGER. There will be an introduction in this later chapter, please stay tuned.

Recommended products: HARIO V60 filter cup (resin, glass, ceramic) KONO famous door filter cup

HARIO V60 filter cup

My favorite filter cup

Finally, let's talk about one of my favorite filter cups, which has a good share among minority enthusiasts. The way of playing is also quite special! It is the Karita 185155 three-hole cake filter cup. This filter cup is affectionately called the cake cup because the filter paper looks like the paper holder of some kind of cake. This filter cup also belongs to the slow flow filter cup, which is very suitable for playing Japanese-style one-cut flow. Get a coffee product with a clean background and very distinctive characteristics. The extraction control is also very simple, so it is worth trying. This product is unique to Karita's family, but the domestic shanzhai factory TIAMO already has exactly the same structure and material products, and the price is only Karita's 1max 4. Friends who pay attention to practicality but not BIGGER can consider to start.

KALITA 185 filter cup

In addition to the hand filter cup I mentioned above, there are many other products! For example, CHEMEX, which has a high appearance and price, smart cups made in Taiwan, Swiss gold and other metal mesh filter cups, and so on. HEMEX has not played, does not express opinions, other metal filter cups because the coffee has dregs, I can not accept it, so PASS. Students who like can search for information on their own.

The choice of hand flushing pot:

There are some filters for hand-brewing coffee, but you can see from the name that there is another key to hand-brewing coffee. Then the control of water flow is also the focus of improving the quality of hand-brewed coffee. In order to control the flow of water more finely, Japanese manufacturers have developed a variety of hand punching pots with spouts and body designs. Generally speaking, the hand flushing pot can be divided into Euro-American hand flushing with large water flow and Japanese hand flushing with fine water flow control. The material of the pot is also generally divided into copper and stainless steel or enamel. As for what kind of pot to choose, in addition to your favorite punching method, it is best to try one by one to see which pot is more suitable for your hand shape and brewing habits. Because there are many kinds of hand-punching pots, and the appearance is high. Many friends have a penchant for collecting hand pots. Many friends often shout their hands after losing the new pot! Looking back, the cabinet behind has been filled with all kinds of beautiful pots.

HARIO VKB-120HSV suitable for coarse flow

The "magic pot" Karita palace pot suitable for fine flow

Melita 1.3L hand punch pot

Mocha pot:

Mocha pot is the closest to Italian coffee machine in single product extraction, of course, there are many friends who use mocha pot to match beans. The mocha pot also uses pressurized hot water to quickly penetrate coffee pressed powder to extract the essence of coffee. Compared with the Italian pump coffee machine, this product is much more difficult to control. So many friends will think that the coffee brewed from the mocha pot is properly scorched and superb! In fact, a large part of the reason is that the mocha pot is considered to be a beginner's way to get started with low-threshold coffee. Most of this kind of first burning do not realize the importance of the bean grinder, and the extraction technology of coffee is not fine. So it is normal for the product to be easy to extract and have a scorched taste! I have played with mocha pots before. The reason for playing with this is in a coffee shop owned by Taiwanese. At that time, I spent a lot of money to drink a cup of Blue Mountain, which was perfectly made by mocha kettle extract. The thick sense of balance and supple BODY are unforgettable today. But then after his Bilody double valve exploded on the induction cooker... I don't play with this thing anymore. Although the goods are safe to operate under standard procedures, think of the chainsaw-like scene in the kitchen at that time. Anyone who has ever blown a mocha pot knows that. So. Novice, I don't recommend mocha kettle as an extraction method!

Product recommendation: Billerty double valve, please ignore the rest

Biledi double valve mocha kettle

Ice drops:

Hearing this name is full of BIGGER! Ice drop coffee originated in Europe (why Europe again!). Because the coffee distiller was invented by the Dutch, some people call it Dutch Coffee, espresso or water drop coffee. Ice drop coffee is extracted bit by bit through the compatibility of coffee itself with water, mainly by condensation and natural osmotic water pressure for about 8 hours. Of course, the taste of coffee extracted by coffee distillers varies with various factors such as coffee roasting degree, water volume, water temperature, droplet speed, coffee grinding fineness, and so on. Hot summer to a pot of ice droplets, feel clean and refreshing taste is also very enjoyable. There are not many brands of ice drop equipment! Polarization is serious! Either it is high-end European goods, the price is tens of thousands, or the assembly line production like TIAMO! There is no recommendation here, in fact, there is no technical content, choose a good-looking one that you can afford!

Philharmonic pressure:

In recent years, a single product coffee extraction method has become popular, which is also a method of using pressure to improve the extraction rate. The appliance looks like a big syringe. After water injection, it can be steamed like French pressure, and then through manual pressure, the coffee liquid can be extracted by high-pressure filter paper. It belongs to a novel extraction way which is convenient to carry and clean, and has a lot of games. This thing with a small hand mill is a good equipment for traveling or enjoying coffee in the office.

Legal pressure:

This game has a long history, also known as French filter pot, tea maker, French Press. A simple brewing appliance consisting of a heat-resistant glass bottle (or transparent plastic) and a metal filter with a pressure bar, which originated in France around 1850. At first, it was mostly used to brew black tea, so it is also called tea maker. French pressure pot brewing coffee is the way of soaking, through the water and coffee powder in full contact with the stew method to release the essence of coffee. Because its extraction method close to the cup can really release all the flavor of the coffee (good and bad) and easy to brew, it has been respected by some friends who pursue the original taste. Because of its rough filtering method, the extracted coffee liquid will also have coffee grounds, so it is not very suitable for users who care about coffee grounds.

Turkish coffee pot:

Turkish coffee, also known as Arabica coffee, is the ancestor of European coffee, which has a history of 700 to 800 years. It is one of the oldest coffee extraction methods so far. Because of its choice of deep-grown coffee, and ground into a very fine powder extraction, and requires the boiled water to boil! So so far I dare not try this kind of coffee extraction. Its extraction method also violates the mainstream of boutique coffee extraction, so only a very small number of coffee enthusiasts who take a fancy to coffee culture or extremely heavy-mouthed coffee enthusiasts insist on playing. But the craftsmanship of the Turkish coffee pot is so exquisite and ancient that a good Turkish coffee pot can be put on the Bogu shelf at home to improve BIGGER!

In fact, there are many methods of coffee extraction. Due to space constraints, the author lists the mainstream and some non-mainstream extraction methods one by one for everyone's understanding. The starting point of capital investment of single coffee extraction equipment is lower than that of Italian coffee. You can try the way you like one by one, and finally choose the way you like! But still, a good bean grinder is a must for fine coffee! For those who really like coffee, please first focus on the bean grinder and then start your own journey of coffee extraction.