How to brew coffee beans

1. Grinding beans

First, grind the coffee beans with a grinder (the finest grind). If you have a grinder or a soybean milk maker with a grinding function at home, you can use it, but the effect is not very ideal, and the particles are relatively coarse. If you don't have these tools, you can also use a rolling pin and a panel. The method of rolling and pounding, in short, make the particles as small as possible.

2. Make coffee

If the coffee powder is ground finely enough, then use the brewing method. Place a piece of filter paper inside the funnel and put one cup (8-10) of coffee powder into the filter paper pocket. To prevent the coffee powder from leaking out, wet the coffee powder with warm water first, warm the cup with boiling water in advance, and then place it under the funnel. Add the appropriate amount of coffee powder according to your taste.

3. Brewing

Use purified water at about 96 degrees (it must be purified water, otherwise it will affect the taste of the coffee), pour a small amount of water evenly clockwise on the coffee powder, and after the coffee powder is fully submerged, wait for a while, and after the first water is filtered into the cup, continue to pour a small amount of water evenly clockwise. When the coffee liquid in the cup reaches the desired amount, you can close the cup. Close the cup by pouring water counterclockwise. (The amount of water added depends on the amount of coffee powder and personal taste.)

4. Cook

If the ground particles are still large, you need to boil them. Use a casserole or stainless steel pot, heat it with an appropriate amount of cold water, and be sure to control the heat. Boil for 2 minutes until the oil foam overflows, turn to low heat and boil for another half a minute, stop the heat and let it settle for half a minute, then pour it out and filter it with filter paper.

5. Seasoning

You can add appropriate amount of sugar and milk according to your personal taste, or drink it directly.

This method is simple and does not affect the taste of coffee, but you must pay attention to the temperature of the brewing water and the temperature of the coffee liquid, otherwise it will affect the taste. It is best to use freshly roasted coffee beans and grind them before drinking, so as to ensure the aroma and taste of the coffee.

Can coffee beans be eaten directly?

In fact, it is not surprising at all, especially for people working in the coffee industry. In order to quickly judge the quality of coffee beans, they just pop the coffee beans into their mouths and chew them, or even swallow them directly, without a coffee machine, so as to taste the coffee (feel the aroma and whether it is astringent, etc.). I can answer you this way: coffee beans can be eaten directly, but that is an emergency measure when you want to judge the quality of coffee without a coffee machine. The coffee beans definitely are not as good as those brewed with a coffee machine.

Which coffee beans are good?

What you can buy in the market are the latter three forms of coffee: raw beans, roasted beans, and coffee powder. It is recommended to buy roasted coffee beans here, and the fresher the better! Because raw beans do not have any coffee flavor, they need to be roasted to stimulate the flavor, but after roasting, the various flavors will disappear with the volatilization of water and carbon dioxide, so it is recommended that you buy freshly roasted coffee beans at local coffee shops or online, and don’t buy too much at a time, about two weeks’ supply will be enough. In addition, because after the coffee beans are ground into powder, the contact surface with the air is increased, and the flavor will soon be lost. The fine powder required for Italian coffee can even lose half of its flavor within two minutes. So it is still recommended to buy roasted beans and grind them now. As for raw beans, although the storage time is much longer than that of roasted beans, you still need to prepare a special roasting machine to roast them at home. In addition to being expensive, the technical requirements are also very high, so it is also not recommended.

(Hualong.com Comprehensive)