How to grind hand-brewed coffee to make it taste good? Here are 4 suggestions

What is the effect of coffee grinding on the flavor of hand-brewed coffee? How can you make a good cup of hand-brewed coffee? What are the requirements for coffee grinding?

1. Choose a gear grinder

Bean grinders are mainly divided into blade grinders and gear grinders. Gear grinders are used for hand-brewed coffee grinding. When grinding coffee beans, the blades often cut unevenly, which will produce extremely fine powder. However, gear grinders can ensure that the coffee is ground stably and evenly. Therefore, gear grinders are better than blade grinders.

2. Grind before brewing

In order to ensure the flavor of the coffee, the coffee must be ground before brewing. Because the aroma of coffee is easy to evaporate, grinding before brewing can shorten the time the coffee is exposed to the air and ensure the freshness of the coffee as well as the taste and flavor of the coffee.

3. Grind evenly

The finer the grinding degree, the stronger the bitterness, and the coarser the grinding degree, the lighter the bitterness. If the particle sizes are different, the degree of extraction of each particle will be different, which will also affect the taste of the coffee. Therefore, the coffee grinding degree can be the size of sugar particles, which is a grinding degree with a wider range of applications.

4. Grinding Coarseness Based on Brewing Method

The coarseness of coffee grinding can control the bitterness, but different coffee brewing methods require different grinding degrees.

Generally, the suitable extraction method for extremely coarse grinding is cold brew, the suitable extraction method for coarse grinding is French press, the suitable extraction method for medium to coarse grinding is drip filtering, the suitable extraction method for medium grinding is hand brewing or conical filter bowl drip filtering, the suitable extraction method for fine grinding is Italian espresso, and the suitable extraction method for extremely fine grinding is Turkish coffee.

A good cup of hand-brewed coffee is closely related to coffee grinding. Properly ground coffee powder can bring a better taste.

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