Practical information | A tutorial on the usage of French filter pots

The French filter kettle is suitable for coarse grinding and medium roasting coffee beans. The metal filter is used to fully extract the oil to make the flavor of the coffee beans very obvious. The size of the filter hole of the commercial French filter kettle is not exactly the same, so it must be confirmed before use.

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When it comes to the origin of the invention of the French filter pot, it was originally used as an extraction tool in France, because the use of metal filter screen, can fully extract oil, you can taste the characteristics of coffee beans. The quality of coffee beans will directly affect the taste, in other words, the disadvantages will be obvious. Please be sure to try it with your favorite delicious coffee beans.

Standard for rough grinding

Because the filter mesh of the French filter pressure pot is larger, if you use the coffee powder ground in the middle, the extracted coffee will be mixed with a lot of powder, and the taste will become rustling. However, the mesh sizes of the filter pots produced by different manufacturers are also different, please be sure to confirm the filter.

Steps for the use of French filter kettle

1. Remove the pressure rod from the pot, confirm the mesh of the metal filter, and grind the coffee beans into coarse grains (nearly 20 grams / two cups) that cannot pass through the mesh. Tip: pull the lever handle up.

two。 Pour coffee powder into the pot. In order to spread the hot water evenly on the powder, gently shake the kettle to make the surface of the coffee powder flatter.

3. Set the timer for 4 minutes.

4. Start the timer and pour hot water (150ml) on the coffee powder for about 30 seconds to make it dissolve evenly, about half the amount of water in the filter kettle. Tip: while fully steaming coffee powder, pour hot water at the same time.

5. Slowly pour hot water (150 ml) until the finished volume is reached, and set the pressure bar in position. Tip: before this, the water injection operation takes about 1 minute.

6. Wait until the timed 4 minutes is up, slowly press down the pressure bar.

7. In order to avoid oversteaming, please pour the coffee into the cup immediately. Tip: if a person wants to drink two cups, because the coffee powder will be soaked for a period of time, so the taste of the first cup and the second cup will be different.