The 4 Most Popular Coffee Brewing Methods by Craig Barista
Coffee Brewing
Methods range from popular Espresso or French Press methods to lesser used
methods like Turkish. Here we explore the four most popular Coffee Brewing
Methods.
Let's start with the Drip Filtration style.
Drip
Filtration is probably the most popular method of all. The Drip Filtration
machine works by spraying hot water across ground coffee that is held in a
conical shaped filter. The hot water then slowly moves through the ground
coffee. Once the water reaches the bottom of the conical filter, it drips into a
container beneath it.
The most widely used conical filters are made of
paper, while expensive stainless steel or gold conical filters are also
available. Yes I did say gold. When buying paper filters, be sure to use oxygen
bleached paper
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Another point to be aware of with paper filters is that you may also have some
of the flavorful coffee oils trapped by the paper filter. It is the oils that
produce the rich crema when you make an espresso.
The grind is also
important with Drip Filtration. If the grind is too fine, you may clog the pores
of your filter. You can avoid this by using a course grind (read about grinding
here).
Finally, if you do not expect to drink the full pot of coffee,
either by yourself (all that caffeine....) or with friends, beware the
constantly heated coffee. It loses its flavor and may even become bitter. And
the golden rule..
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One of the simplest of all
Coffee Brewing Methods is the French Press or Plunger. This is probably the
easiest way to make great coffee!
The French Press works by directly
mixing ground coffee with near boiling water. The coffee flavors get drawn out
into the water and then the press or plunger is depressed, separating the
exhausted coffee grind from the brew. While the process has a similar taste to
the Drip Filtration style, the French Press can extract more flavor from the
coffee grind by extending the brewing time. But be careful. Manual infusion
requires you to get your timing right. If you let the brewing process run too
long you may end up with a bitter coffee. Conversely, if you brew too quickly
you will have a weak tasting coffee.
One more point, use a course grind.
You don't want fine ground coffee escaping through the metal filter and into the
brew. A dusty cup of coffee is not an experience worth having.
Probably
the most popular of the Coffee Brewing Methods in recent times is making an
Espresso using a machine.
So how does an Espresso machine make a great
cup of coffee? Super hot, pressurized water is forced through fine ground,
tightly packed coffee. The pressurized infusion process ensures that the water
stays in contact with the coffee grounds long enough to draw out much of the
coffee ground flavor. The water then finds a path through the coffee grounds.
And the coffee commences to pour into your cup. When the water finds a path
through the coffee grind it is referred to as the 'shot being pulled' through
the group.
The sign of a good espresso, using fresh coffee beans, is the
richness of the crema. Crema is the hazelnut foam that sits on the surface of
the coffee. This is produced by the pressurizing process and the oils of the
coffee bean. Oils break down with time, and so a rich crema will be produced
using fresh beans.
And if you didn't catch it when I started talking
about Espresso, use a fine grind
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sneakers black. Using a course grind allows the water to 'brush past' the
grind rather than infuse with it. Using a course grind will still produce a good
coffee, but it will taste more like a coffee produced using a Drip Filter coffee
brewing method rather than true Espresso coffee.
The most Italian of all
the Coffee Brewing Methods would have to be making Espresso coffee using a Moka
Pot.
The Moka Pot style is also known as a Stovetop coffee pot. Moka
pot's come in several sizes including 2, 4 or 6 cup capacities. The Moka Pot a
simple 3 piece pot. The water reservoir is at the base, with a coffee basket in
the middle and the brewed coffee ends up in the top.
The coffee brewing
method is very simple. The pot is placed on a stove top which heats the water in
the lower reservoir. As the water reaches boiling point, the steam rises and the
water starts to push upward through the coffee grounds. This continues to travel
up the central funnel and seeps into the top chamber where it comes to rest. The
process finishes when the coffee stops moving into the top chamber. This should
only take a few minutes to brew depending on the cup size of the Moka pot.
The grind should be a fine grind, similar or finer to that used in an
Espresso machine. If you want to fill the coffee basket the way traditional
Italian drinkers do, then heap the coffee grounds high in the coffee basket and
screw the two pieces together. Don't worry about compacting the coffee. When the
top half of the pot is screwed on, the grounds will be compacted by the filter
screen. You should end up with a dry, compacted puck of coffee grounds at the
end of brewing.
So there you have it. The four most popular Coffee
Brewing Methods fashion designer cxm117.
Cheers,
Craig.
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