Hand-brewed coffee, as the mainstream brewing method of boutique coffee nowadays, is the favorite of many "caffeine fans". Hand-brewed coffee has always been known for its ability to produce coffee with distinctive flavors in the front, middle and back in just a few streamlined steps. In contrast, siphon coffee is a little low-key, so many people think that siphon coffee is a flashy version of hand-brewed coffee. In order to siphon coffee "whitewash", now simply through the following points to describe the difference between the two:

1, filtering utensils have differences

The production of hand-brewed coffee needs filter cups, filter paper, fine mouth pots and other appliances, while the production of siphon coffee needs siphon pots, alcohol lamps or light-wave ovens and other appliances. The difference in the appliances used also leads to a difference in the filtration methods of the two. In filtering appliances, hand brewed coffee using filter paper, while most siphon pots use facecloth as a filtering tool, although the disposable filter paper is more in line with modern hygiene habits, but it also has a stronger adsorption of coffee oils and fats. This also makes siphon coffee slightly stronger in taste than hand-brewed coffee.

2, the extraction method is different

The two for the coffee powder thickness of the difference, the same a coffee bean, siphon grinding will be a little more fine, to the sugar coarse and fine for the best, hand-brewed coffee grinding degree of general moderate, coarse salt size. Coffee coarseness and portion: the two requirements for coffee coarseness and portion are the same, according to the SCAA's cup measurement standards will be too light, drinking can be a little more, Xiaowei suggests that 250ml of water using 25 grams of coffee beans, and grinding scale in 3 is more appropriate.

The difference lies in the extraction method of the two are not the same, hand-brewed coffee using the filtration method; while the siphon pot is the use of thermal expansion and contraction of the physical air pressure changes in the extraction, as if the use of air pressure will be the essence of the coffee powder to pull out the general, so the siphon pot out of the coffee taste is more intense.

3, the production time difference

The production of hand-brewed coffee will be roughly 2 minutes 30 ~ 45 seconds (there are still many coffee industry in Japan prefer to brew more than 4 minutes), the water temperature of roughly 90 degrees. The extraction time of a siphon coffee pot is at least 2 minutes shorter than that of a hand brew, and usually lasts 45~50 seconds before the extraction is complete.

4. Difference in taste

Because of the unique extraction method, siphon coffee is more flavorful than hand-brewed coffee. It is very suitable for "coffee fans" who like strong coffee.