First of all, congratulations on joining your own coffee making! Making your own coffee is not only more mellow than buying ready-made canned coffee and instant coffee, but also has half the caffeine content of canned and instant coffee, which is not only mellow and delicious, but also healthier to drink. It is indeed the smartest choice!

After many friends start making their own coffee, they can't help thinking, what is the secret of making coffee well? Actually, it is not difficult to make coffee! As long as you master the following tips, you are an enviable coffee expert in the eyes of friends and relatives!

First, choose your favorite coffee cooking method.

No matter what others say, as long as you use it conveniently, cook it conveniently and have fun, it is the best coffee cooking method for you. Some people like to make coffee in a convenient and quick American coffee pot, some people like to enjoy the romance and elegance of Siphon coffee, some people like the simplicity and purity of French pressure, the righteousness of mocha pot, or the flavor of hand-brewed coffee ... In any case, the cooking method suitable for others may not be the most suitable for you. Choosing the most suitable and favorite coffee brewing method is the first condition to enjoy the fun of DIY coffee making.

2. Buy only "freshly roasted" coffee beans marked with the roasting date.

"Coffee beans are fresh food" is a very popular concept abroad. Fresh roasting is the life of a good cup of coffee! Freshly roasted coffee beans retain the most mellow and charming coffee flavor, and can easily cook a cup of the most mellow coffee; Stale coffee beans have long lost their flavor, so they can only brew a cup of bitter black water that is not mellow enough or even out of tune. If you didn't buy baked bread baked a month ago, from now on, please refuse to buy "stale baked" coffee beans/coffee powder that has no clearly marked baking date or has been baked for more than seven days.

Third, make coffee with "good water"

More than 98% of a cup of coffee is water. The importance of water is beyond doubt! If you use bad (such as unclean and smelly) coffee, it's no use using the best coffee beans-because inferior water will destroy the best coffee. Even a simple "filter kettle" can filter out a lot of bad substances for "tap water" and make the brewed coffee more fragrant, stronger and more mellow. Just like making tea, you need to avoid using distilled water. If the tap water quality in your place is poor, it is also an ideal way to use clean mountain spring water.

Fourth, put enough coffee.

The amount of coffee beans must be sufficient. Too little coffee powder may be bitter or light, but it is not necessary to put too much at a time. The standard dosage of coffee is: use "two spoonfuls" (about 15g) of coffee beans (powder) to cook "one cup" (about 180cc) of coffee. Please adjust your coffee consumption according to this ratio.

V. Suitable water temperature

Generally speaking, the most suitable water temperature for making coffee is between 88 and 94 degrees Celsius. Avoid brewing coffee with boiling hot water. Let stand for 1 ~ 2 minutes after boiling before making coffee.

6. Keep the coffee equipment clean at all times.

Never bring the concept of "cultivating pot" for making tea to coffee utensils! After each use of coffee utensils, you need to clean them immediately and keep them clean and dry in a ventilated place. If you apply the concept of "cultivating pot" to coffee utensils, you will get a cup of bad coffee full of strange oil smell.

Make coffee and drink it in ten minutes.

Don't believe that your brewed coffee can be "kept warm" for a long time on the "electric heating plate" of the coffee pot! The longer the coffee is kept, the flavor gradually loses and it quietly goes bad. After the coffee is cooked, you can enjoy it in ten minutes. This is an expert who knows the ropes.

Grinding coffee powder is a university question.

Does it matter how coffee beans are ground? Many people may think so. Because some coffee powder has been ground when it is bought back, or just tell the coffee seller how to make coffee, they will deal with it automatically.

So many people may not know much about grinding coffee beans and how to extract coffee beans for cooking, which will affect a cup of coffee. So, what kind of coffee powder and what kind of extraction method can make the best coffee?

Different cooking methods require different thicknesses of coffee powder.

What kind of extraction method is used to make coffee, and you must choose the coffee powder with the corresponding thickness, which is what you must know.

When grinding beans, the thickness of the powder depends on the cooking method. Generally speaking, the shorter the cooking time, the finer the ground powder will be; The longer the cooking time, the coarser the ground powder.

The requirements of different extraction methods for the fineness of coffee powder are arranged as follows:

Li Xiao Jia Dian mo

Simple and convenient.

Taiwan Province Xiaofeiying electric bean grinder

The thickness of the powder can be adjusted as required.

Hand-operated bean grinder with iron hand wheel

American drip coffee filter

Italian mocha pot with gold handle

The most classic one.

1. Follicle coffee (including so-called American coffee machines, which use filter paper or strainer);

2. Siphon coffee;

3. Mocha pot (also known as Italian coffee pot);

4. Italian electric coffee machine

Electric bean grinder

Because the ground coffee powder is fine and uniform, it is suitable for italian coffee machine, and it is automatically ground in the whole process, which is convenient and fast, and suitable for people who are in a hurry to go to work. Such as: Li Jia small electric grinder, Xiaoying electric bean grinder.

Manual bean grinder

Because the soymilk machine itself has the function of adjusting the thickness, it can grind coffee powder with different thickness according to your extraction needs, but the grinding process needs to be manual.

coffee pot

Siphon coffee pot (such as Belgian Royal Coffee Pot, also called TCA).

Principle: Using siphon principle, boiling hot water is rushed to coffee powder to brew the original flavor of coffee.

Suitable coffee: slightly sour coffee with medium alcohol content.

Grinding degree: slightly thicker than powder, close to granular fine sugar.

Tip: There is no difference in the function of each siphon, but the shape and capacity are different. Because the height of each siphon pot is slightly different, it is best to buy it with alcohol pot or gas stove, and find out the matching height as soon as possible. In addition, because the filter cloth will be blocked for a long time and needs to be replaced, there is no need to buy more filter cloth for standby.

American drip coffee filter

Principle: Drive the hot water with a little force, and release the coffee essence through stewing.

Suitable coffee: medium or deep roasted coffee.

Grinding degree: finer than granular sugar and coarser than powder.

Tip: American coffee pots are very popular in the market, and all kinds of brands have them, but their functions are similar. You can consider the size of the demand first when buying. There are 2-4 people, and 4-6 people need to buy.

moka pot

Principle: Use high-temperature steam to extract coffee.

Suitable coffee: deep roasted espresso.

Grinding degree: between granular fine sugar and powder.

Tip: As long as it is used correctly, there is almost no possibility of failure in making coffee with mocha pot. Basically, add coffee to the top of a full cup, but press it gently. There should be a certain gap at the top of the halogen cup, because coffee will expand after soaking in water.

Italian coffee machines (semi-automatic, full-automatic and other coffee machines)

Principle: In a high-pressure way, please steam a cup of fragrant coffee through coffee powder.

Suitable coffee: finely ground and roasted coffee powder.

Grinding degree: coarser than powder, similar to fine sugar.

A warm cup is a prerequisite for good coffee.

For a perfect cup of coffee, a warm cup of coffee accounts for at least 20% of the credit. No matter how good the coffee is, as long as it is poured into a cold cup, the temperature of the coffee will drop immediately and the aroma will be offset by half. If the coffee cup is heated in advance, it can not only keep warm, but also the temperature of the cup is more suitable for brewing aroma, so that the aroma of coffee can be completely released.

There are many ways to warm the cup, such as heating it in a bowl dryer, soaking it in a hot water tank, or pouring hot water into the cup to heat it.

Mixing coffee pays attention to technology

Taste pure coffee, almost tea. Smell the aroma first, then blow open the coffee oil and take a sip. This is the original taste of coffee, and then add sugar and milk according to personal preference. The standard stirring technique is to stand the spoon in the center of the coffee cup, turn it clockwise from inside to outside, then turn it counterclockwise from outside to inside to the center, and then repeat the same technique. This method makes the coffee texture uniform.

So far, you have the most basic understanding of coffee, so you should learn more about the practice of fancy coffee and some coffee culture.

Matters needing attention in making coffee well

1. Dry the bottle, no water drops.

2. When pulling out the seat, lean back to the right and pull up. Don't break it.

3. The spring under the middle screen should be tightened, and the hook should be hooked and pulled to the middle.

4. When inserting the seat, insert it tightly downward.

5. Pay attention to water quality: pure water, pure water, magnetized water, distilled water and mineral water.

6. The temperature is between 80 and 90 degrees Celsius.

7. Punching time: all 50~60 seconds (not too long)

8. Coffee beans should be fresh, not wet or left for too long.

9. Coffee is best ground and brewed.

10. Pay attention to the wind direction when making coffee, and don't blow the fire source directly.

1 1. Pay attention to the size of the fire source: big fire, big fire, medium fire, small fire and slight fire.

12. First pat the cooked coffee powder loose, pour it out and rinse the bottle with clear water.

13. The number of soybean grinding segments is about 2.5~3.5. The basic principles are: coarse grinding of sour beans and fine grinding of bitter beans.

Grinding, the new machine section is high and the old machine section is low.

14. Heat the coffee cup first.

15. The service life of the filter cloth can be prolonged by soaking the filter net in clear water for standby or putting it in the refrigerator for cold storage.

16. When pulling out the upper seat, the key point is to grasp the handle of the lower seat with your left hand.

17. It is best to use hot boiled water for the next seat, which can save the time for boiling.

18. The poking method should be correct, and the stirring method cannot be used.

19. It's best to dump the water left in the seat next to you. When the coffee is about to fall, the remaining foam is also separated.

20. Just insert 2/3 places when poking the stick, and don't scrape the bottom filter.

2 1. Don't touch other moisture on the stick when cooking, and then take it back and pull it.

22. Coffee powder and water amount should be correct.

23. When cooking, you can cover your seat with your hand and smell it with your nose, or you can use your hand to fan the wind and smell it with your nose.

24. Wipe the next seat with a wet cloth, first at the bottom, then at the left and right.

25. The formula of coffee beans should be correct.

26. Don't insert the water into the seat until it boils.