Choosing the Best Coffee Brewing Methods

Coffee brewing seems to be an activity that is easy, just insert coffee powder into a glass, add sugar to taste, pour hot water and stir. However, good quality coffee brewing requires precision, ranging from coffee bean mill scale, the ratio between the coffee powder and hot water, until the brewing method used. Brewing an attempt to extract the content of sense contained in coffee, if we do it
wrong, we can get results that are too bitter or too watery and bland-at least, the results are far from what we expect.

Optimal extraction in Brewing Coffee

There are some important things to keep in mind in the process of brewing coffee:

Acquisition extraction (extraction yield) ideal of brewed coffee ranged between 18% -22%. If the acquisition of extraction is less than 18%, the results obtained steeping becomes too thin, the flavors were expected did not come out or too acidic like vinegar taste. Meanwhile, if the acquisition of extraction above 22%, the result of steeping become bitter and piercing. Acquisition of extraction is determined by water temperature, brewing time, the size of the coffee powder mill, and the brewing method used. However, the percentage of extraction acquisition also change depending on the tastes of collective or individual drinker.

The level of intensity / strength of coffee flavor. Keep in mind that a strong coffee taste that does not mean bitter, but contains the acquisition of extraction more per unit volume steeping coffee. One of the characteristics of coffee is heavy or thick in the mouth, for example espresso.

Brewing method. There are many ways to brew coffee, for example by means of the French press, moka pot, automatic coffee maker, to the type of filter such as Chemex or Hario. Make sure you use a tool that can produce coffee brewed in accordance with the character you like.

The composition of the coffee grounds and water. In many countries in the Americas and Europe, where the method of brewing coffee has been increasingly varied, the standard ratio used is as follows: 15-18 grams of beans per 225-324 grams of water with a temperature between 90-950 C.

Coffee Brewing Methods

Different coffee dispenser gives a touch different. Penyeduh type of filter such as filter paper Chemex are using is one that is considered the best by many people, but there are times when the price of the product becomes an obstacle. For those who want to enjoy a delicious coffee at home at an affordable price can opt brewed filter tool other cheaper, for example Clever Coffee dripper or French press. Some are choosing the automatic coffee maker, despite a fairly fanatical coffee lovers usually do not like being unable to experiment with the machine. There is also a love moka pot because the impression of classic and traditional, and usually they are using this tool are a fan of coffee with a strong intensity.