American drip filter coffee utensils

American trickling filter (Percolator)

This kind of pot was used in the United States since the pioneering era of the West in the 19th century and was popularized in the average family at an alarming rate in the 1950s. Just put the coffee and hot water on the fire to cook, this simplicity is not available in other utensils.

It is quite easy to use. First of all, put the extremely coarse ground coffee powder into the filter cup, the weight of the powder is about 10 grams per person. Then put the filter cup into the pot, add the hot water to a height of about 1 cm from the filter cup and begin to heat. When the hot water boils, the steam climbs along the central pipe and ejects from above. Hot water produces convection on the coffee powder in the filter cup, and the coffee ingredients are extracted.

The use of steam pressure is somewhat similar to the proposed espresso mocha pot, but there is one difference: the coffee extract of the drip filter falls into the pot through the hole in the filter cup and is then pushed up again to infiltrate the coffee powder. that is to say, it is not extracted at once, as long as the engine is not turned off, the coffee liquid continues to circulate up and down. The longer you stay on the fire, the stronger the coffee will be. in order to avoid excessive extraction, the fire can be turned off in 2-3 minutes after boiling.