Beginner's guide: A few popular hand brewing kettles

There is only hand-brewed coffee.

That's why people are so particular about how the water is poured out.

For those coffee lovers who only like hand brewed coffee,

That's why you care so much about which hand-brewed kettle is worth buying.

There are many ways to brew coffee, such as French press, moka pot, siphon pot, Aeropress, and hand brewing... Among so many brewing methods, only hand brewing requires a convenient water injection tool - the hand brewing pot.

If beginners use a narrow-mouthed teapot with a spout inner diameter of less than 5mm, such as the KALITA copper teapot 900, they can brew a cup of good brew in a shorter time. However, if they use a general narrow-mouthed teapot, a palace teapot, or a pointed-mouthed teapot, all they need is a little practice.

Apart from some extreme hand-poured kettles with larger mouths, there are roughly these types of kettles on the market:

1. Thin-spouted kettle (inner diameter 4~5mm), represented by KalitaPOT900 copper kettle. Since the spout is thin and long, the water flow can be thin and relatively stable no matter how much your hand shakes or how much you tilt the kettle; but it also causes the impact of the water flow to be very strong when the amount of water is increased.

2. Thin-mouth kettle (inner diameter 6mm or more), representative: Bonavita constant temperature hand-pour kettle, Bonavita hand-pour kettle. Strix temperature control system imported from the UK, precise control of water temperature, positive and negative temperature difference of 1 degree Celsius, professional gooseneck thin-pointed mouth design, more effective control of water flow speed, flow and direction, the base has temperature adjustment, heat preservation and memory functions.

3. Flattened wide-mouthed spout, representative: enamel porcelain. The advantage is that the large water column has a smooth flow, and the thickness of the water flow is more controllable, but it is not easy to control the fine water column. If the tilt is not well controlled, the water will easily flow out.

4. Pointed-beaked crane-billed teapot, represented by the Kalita wave teapot. The teapot has a longer spout, which makes it easier for users to observe the outflow point of the water. The water flow is smooth, and the size of the water column is easier to control.

5. Wide-mouthed Crane-billed Teapot, representative: Taguchi Mamoru Coffee Master Hand-Poured Teapot . The water injection force is much softer than the bold appearance, suitable for slow penetration brewing.

6. Toucan, representative: Kalita coffee master enamel pot . It feels similar to the pointed-beaked crane-bill pot, but can be used to inject a larger water column.

7. Trunk neck, represented by Kalita700 , has a wide range of water injection and can produce different water outputs when brewing coffee powder of different sizes. However, if it is not properly controlled, it is easy to produce unstable water flow, and the brewing skills required of the user are also high.

Some of the pictures in this article are from the Internet