Home brewing guide: Here are three major equipment recommendations

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It is easy to brew bad coffee, but it is difficult to brew a good cup of coffee. Is this because hand-brewed coffee is difficult to brew? What are the requirements for hand-brewed coffee at home?

Hand-brewed coffee is currently the most popular brewing method. Compared with other brewing methods, hand-brewed coffee can better highlight the rich aroma and flavor of coffee, and therefore has become the preferred method for many people to brew single-origin coffee.

But there are many factors that affect hand-brewed coffee, such as the quality of the coffee, the extraction of the coffee, the extraction time and the coarseness of the coffee, etc. As long as one small detail is not grasped well, you may miss out on a cup of delicious coffee.

The following content summarizes three tips for hand brewing coffee. If you think the coffee you brew is not delicious, why not try the following tips:

Coffee Bean Grinder

The coffee bean grinder is the most important of all coffee brewing tools. Whether it is electric or hand-cranked, the quality of coffee powder produced by a grinder is much better. The ideal time to grind coffee beans is just before cooking. This can effectively improve the quality of coffee, because ground coffee easily oxidizes and loses its aroma, especially if it is not properly stored, the coffee powder will change its taste. Therefore, coffee powder that has been left for a long time cannot be used to brew fragrant coffee.

How to choose a grinder: First of all, you have to know what kind of coffee you want to drink. Usually, it can be divided into two types, namely drip coffee and espresso. The former has a light taste, the grinder is simple and relatively cheap, while the latter has a strong taste and is often paired with milk drinks, and the grinder is also more expensive.

A good grinder pursues the stability of the ratio of coarse to fine powder in coffee powder. A cheap grinder may not be able to achieve the ratio of coarse to fine powder in coffee powder. Therefore, the coffee powder ground by such a grinder cannot be extracted normally, because grinding is the prerequisite for extraction.

The price of a home coffee grinder is usually not very high. The conical burr coffee grinder is the first choice for home hand-brewed coffee. The conical burr coffee grinder can grind coffee beans into particles of equal size. Uneven-sized coffee powder will cause insufficient or excessive extraction of coffee, thus affecting the flavor of the coffee.

Electronic weighing instrument

Brewing coffee requires a certain brewing ratio. The amount of water needed depends on the amount of coffee powder used. Therefore, it is generally not recommended to use a bean spoon to measure, because the coffee and water need to be weighed during the coffee brewing process, and the different sizes of each bean will cause extraction errors.

One cup of hand-brewed coffee requires 15 grams of beans. It is best to weigh it with an electronic scale accurate to 0.1. The electronic scale is also convenient for checking the amount of water injected when pouring water. The golden ratio of coffee to water is generally 10 grams of coffee added to 200 milliliters of hot water. Some people use 15 grams of coffee with 150 milliliters of water. For those with a lighter taste, it is recommended to dilute it slightly with a ratio of 1:13 to 1:17. For those with a heavier taste, you can use a ratio of 1:10 to 1:12.

Filter cup

There are many types of filter cups, mainly divided into trapezoidal and conical filter cups, which can be used with filter paper, metal filter mesh or filter cloth for brewing. No matter which one, they are not only different in appearance, but different filter cups have different characteristics. The design of each detail also affects the flow rate, extraction time, and the taste of coffee. Each device is different, so choosing a good filter cup is also the key to brewing a cup of delicious hand-brewed coffee.

The V60 filter cup produced by Japan's Hario is an unbeatable model on the market and has long been used by most coffee shops for commercial brewing. The V60 is also considered to be one of the coffee filters that can best extract the perfect flavor.

In addition, the smart filter cup is also a good choice. Using a smart filter cup does not require any skills, and the brewing process is relatively simple.

If you want to brew a good cup of coffee, in addition to the conditions of the coffee beans themselves, it is also important to use good coffee utensils.

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