The soul of coffee lies in brewing and teaching you to make good coffee with V60

Why is the V60 hand filter bowl so popular?

Why is the hand-dripping coffee made with it so delicious?

The invention of Hario V60 hand filter bowl is the crystallization of chemical analysis, glass making and coffee brewing technology. If you are familiar with the Chemex manual drip filter coffee maker, you will know how people used chemical analysis to make this classic coffee maker.

Hario, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, was founded in 1921. At first, the company is committed to the production and sale of all kinds of glass products for physical and chemical experiments. After 30 years of unremitting efforts and painstaking research, Hario finally invented a special glass material "Hario Glass". This kind of glass is made of 100% pure natural minerals, the glass is heat-resistant and the material is natural and environmentally friendly. In 1949, Hario used this glass to make its first domestic glass siphon coffee maker. Then in 1957, Hario improved the siphon pot and replaced the glass screen with a cloth filter.

Since the launch of this siphon pot, Hario has won a number of design awards around the world. However, compared with the signature product V60 hand filter bowl, which came out 10 years later, this popular siphon pot inevitably looks a little insignificant. The name "V60" comes from the tilt angle of the walls of the hand filter bowl (60 °). At first, the V60 hand filter bowls were mostly ceramic and glass, and then the company launched the same products of plastic and metal.

The ultimate product in the V60 series is the brass hand filter bowl shown below, which has better thermal conductivity and more perfect coffee.

Characteristics of V60 hand filter bowl

With the V60 hand filter bowl, you can freely control a number of variables in the coffee making process, which is much more adjustable than any other drip filter coffee machine or coffee maker on the market. V60's high performance comes from three major features of its own design:

1. The tilt angle of the four walls of the filter bowl is 60 °, which makes it easier for the water to flow to the center of the filter bowl and increases the contact time between coffee powder and water.

two。 The filter bowl has only one outlet, which allows the user to adjust the taste of coffee by controlling the speed of water flow.

3. The four walls of the filter bowl are arranged neatly, which can squeeze the excess air to the maximum extent and ensure the uniform distribution of coffee powder.

In the process of brewing coffee, the two major factors that users can control are the thickness of grinding and the speed of water flow. If you pour water more slowly, the coffee will taste more mellow; if it is too fast, the coffee will become plain and thin.

The thickness of the grinding will also affect the taste of the coffee, if the coffee powder is ground more finely, the water will filter the coffee powder more slowly.

Combined with the above two factors, we sum up the following laws:

1. Uniform flow + fine grinding = moderate alcohol thickness

two。 Slow flow + fine grinding = mellow and thick

3. Uniform flow + medium grinding = light taste

4. Slow flow + medium grinding = light taste

It should be noted that coffee powder should not be ground too fine, otherwise it will lead to blockage of the outlet.

How to use V60 hand filter bowl like an expert

V60 hand filter bowl can give users a lot of imagination and room to play. You only need to remember the following basic steps and combine them freely.

Before making coffee, you need to prepare:

1. Boil high quality water to 90-96 ℃ (if you don't have a thermometer, just wait 30-45 seconds after the water boils)

two。 Fold the filter paper from the seam

3. Wet filter paper and bowl with hot water, this process can not only remove paper smell, but also play a preheating effect. Note: if you skip this step, the cold coffee powder will instantly come into contact with hot water, which will lead to extremely inadequate extraction.

4. Grind coffee powder.

When making, you need to pay attention to:

1. In view of the special shape of the filter bowl, you must use a thin-mouth kettle, otherwise it is difficult to pour water in a ring with an ordinary wide-mouth kettle, and the flow will become difficult to control.

two。 First pour hot water with 2 times the amount of powder to prebrew the coffee. Pre-brewing is very important for coffee brewing. You can judge the freshness of coffee by the bulging of coffee powder. Wait patiently for 30-45 seconds before you begin to pour water in a ring. The grinding degree of coffee powder determines the brewing time. Ideally, the total brewing time of coffee should be within 2-4 minutes.

Tips for V60 brewing

1. Unless the coffee powder is too fine, the V60 hand filter bowl will not be clogged during production. Because the V60 hand filter bowl flows faster than other drip coffee machines or coffee pots, the coffee powder is ground more finely than ordinary drip coffee.

There are four kinds of 2.V60 hand filter bowls. You need to decide the preheating time according to different materials. When using ceramic filter bowls, your preheating time is longer than stainless steel, glass, plastic or brass filter bowls.

3. The action of pouring water must be ring-shaped, only in this way can the coffee powder be fully stirred and extracted evenly and fully.