Make yourself a cup of professional coffee at home

Hand-brewed coffee (All pictures in this article were taken by reporter Cao Xueqin)

With the spread of coffee culture, more and more citizens are no longer satisfied with drinking machine-made coffee in coffee shops. Instead, they buy relatively professional coffee equipment home to realize their higher demand of making a cup of "professional" coffee at home.

However, making your own coffee at home requires facing some related issues, such as the use of various professional coffee equipment and the selection and storage of coffee beans. The reporter invited professional baristas to answer your questions and provide practical help.

Brewing

It is best to control the time from grinding beans to brewing within five minutes

As the temperature drops, the slightly cool morning is the perfect time to drink a cup of warm, fragrant, hand-brewed coffee. As people's living standards improve, many families have a complete set of coffee brewing and grinding equipment at home. In order to make everyone more comfortable using these equipment and brew better and more professional coffee, the reporter invited Mo Zhixun, a professional barista who has won awards in international competitions and the head of "W TWO Coffee", to give practical and professional suggestions.

Mo Zhixun said that you should first choose your favorite coffee beans, as different beans produce coffee with completely different flavors. He used Geisha as an example to demonstrate the entire process of brewing a cup of hand-brewed single-origin coffee.

First, you need to weigh the beans with a coffee scale, then pick the beans, and select out the incomplete beans and smaller beans (which may be beans that have not been roasted well). This step plays an important role in preserving the original flavor of the coffee and reducing the interference of unpleasant flavors.

The next step is grinding the beans. If financial conditions allow, Mo Zhixun recommends that you prepare two coffee grinders, one for milk coffee and the other for premium beans, to avoid mixing up the flavors of the coffee beans.

In the process from beans to powder, the effective substances in coffee are constantly evaporating. Therefore, he suggested that the entire process from coffee beans to ground coffee powder, and then from coffee powder to brewing a cup of coffee should be controlled within five minutes.

Although the brewing water temperature for different coffee powders is slightly different, under normal circumstances, the recommended water temperature for brewing coffee is around 90 degrees Celsius. You can wash the filter paper first, and then brew the coffee using the circular motion technique commonly used for hand-brewed coffee.

Regarding the amount of coffee beans and the final brewed coffee, Mo Zhixun added, "10 grams of beans may only have 3 grams of material that can be dissolved. This is related to the grinding degree of the coffee beans and the brewing time. Therefore, usually 20 grams of coffee powder can brew a maximum of 260 ml of coffee."

Drinks

Smell the aroma of coffee beans first with your sense of smell

The aroma of coffee is very rich. When brewing a cup of coffee, you should not miss the two steps of smelling the aroma.

The first is to fully smell the aroma when the beans are ground into powder, and the next is when the coffee is just brewed, you can smell its aroma before drinking it.

A cup of single-origin coffee that is guaranteed in quality and brewed properly should not have any foreign flavors and should give you a rich taste experience. For example, Oiran has multiple flavors such as citrus, jackfruit, plum, wine, and peach.

In addition, you can also feel the acidity and acidity of the coffee. There is a difference between acidity and acidity. Coffee with high acidity tastes fresher, while acidity reflects the layered feeling of the coffee's sour taste.

Storage

The best drinking period of roasted coffee beans should be within 2 months

Many people make their own coffee at home, but ignore the storage time of coffee beans. Mo Zhixun said that if coffee beans are stored for too long, they are likely to have a strange smell similar to peanuts that have been stored for a long time. At this time, the beans have passed the best drinking period, and the brewed coffee is not suitable for drinking. After the coffee beans are roasted, in order to ensure the best flavor, it is best to use them within 1-2 months.

Coffee Pairing Recommendations

Osmanthus Tieguanyin Ice Tea

"W TWO Coffee" Dongcheng Galaxy Legend Store recently launched a series of simple meals suitable for coffee, and housewives can also try to learn how to make them at home. For example, this drink has the aroma of citrus and osmanthus, as well as the tea aroma of Tieguanyin.

Classic Sandwich

The sandwich is made with freshly poached eggs, ham, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, peppers and toast.

British simple meal

British simple meal

Use fresh salad greens, paired with tomato beans, boiled eggs, bacon, German sausage, corn kernels and red kidney beans.

Honey Grilled Chicken Wings

Freshly marinated chicken wings are grilled.

Original Crispy Croissant

Freshly baked, crispy texture.

Tuna Salad

Tuna Salad

Corn kernels, red beans, tuna, salad greens, and Japanese vinaigrette.

latté

The coffee beans are roasted and blended by the company itself. The coffee has a hint of dark chocolate flavor and a long-lasting aftertaste. (Reporter Feng Jing)

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