How to cook the perfect coffee at home

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Arabica and Robusta - the most popular varieties of coffee. That species, as these coffee trees fall more into subspecies, so two different packages with attractive words "100 percent Arabica" will have a different taste.

Arabica has a more refined taste with a slight acidity, robusta more rough, astringent and strong. The pure Robusta never used only as an impurity to arabica. It provides an excellent dense foam to espresso, for baristas that love her.

The taste of the coffee depends on many factors: the place of growth, the degree of roasting, combination classes (if a blend) storage conditions.

Proper coffee is sold in opaque packaging with a degassing valve that outputs carbon dioxide and does not allow oxygen to penetrate inside. After roasting, the coffee during the day highlights several liters of carbon dioxide. If you see in the store packaging without such a valve, so the coffee was packed immediately after roasting, for some time lying on the degassing and significantly lost its taste. Essential oils during degassing partially volatilized.

Look at the date of roasting. The closer it is to today's date, the better. In an ideal - not later than two weeks, but it is difficult to achieve even for stores that specialize in selling only coffee and tea.

Take coffee beans. There are several reasons.

1. Independently grind coffee in cup exclude the presence of impurities. Unscrupulous manufacturers easier to mix in ground coffee cheaper robusta varieties, and even chicory, malt, barley, rye. It is better to grind their own, even in the most simple coffee grinder.
2. The basis of the taste of coffee - essential oils. As we now know, oxygen - the main enemy of the right taste. Grinding before the actual welding maximally reveal the aroma of grains.
3. Do you offer more opportunities for experimentation. Coffee for espresso machines require medium ground for French-press - a major, and for Turkish coffee should look like flour.
4. You will be able to assess the shape of the grain, make sure that grains of the same size, mat and whole. Homogeneity of grain eliminates impurity cheaper robusta. Luster indicates that grain stale and had already begun to highlight the essential oils. Shards give bitterness, as they are more fried than whole grains. Of course, all this you can understand only when you open the pack and to draw conclusions about the manufacturer in the future.

Water

Ideally - spring, but you can do and filtered. The main thing - do not take water directly from the tap or use already boiled.

Spice

Some coffee drinkers add a little salt in the preparation that helps to better reveal the taste and aroma of coffee and reduce the bitterness. If you decide on the salt, then take the most ordinary table coarse. Extra grade there is a risk to overdo, and iodized salt will give an unpleasant taste.

From theory to practice, go - brewing coffee.

Making coffee in Turku

Choosing Turk

Turk is known since the days of the Ottoman Empire, and, in fact, the name of the tableware suggests its origin. In the historic homeland it is called pots, and both names have taken root in the Russian language.

Today, Turks are made from a variety of materials: copper, aluminum, stainless steel, brass and even ceramics. Are as small Turks a cup of 100 ml, and large - on a solid circle.

Among the coffee preference is given is a small copper Turks.

Copper heats evenly and small volume makes it possible to reveal the most taste of grain.

Aluminum cookware heats quickly, but in principle it is undesirable to use for the preparation of any food, as this material upon heating reacts with the products. Stainless steel warms unevenly, because of what occurs in the center of focus of most dishes temperature, the coffee starts to boil, even at the edges of the temperature has not yet reached the desired mark.

Pottery and clay are heated too, but these materials continue to give off heat, even when you have removed the dish from the stove: foam will continue to rise, and there is a risk that you will fill the table or plate. Due to the porous structure of the clay pots well absorb odors, so over time the taste of coffee will only get better, but to use it you will only be able to cook a variety.

If you have an induction cooker, then take a ceramic Turk does not make sense: it simply does not heat up. In the case of buying a copper note that in her day should be special inserts, which will be induced induction.

The most correct form of the Turks - the traditional conical funnel with a funnel. The cone will not allow thick up there, and the bell will not give rise Penke too quickly, which is especially important for those who have previously had no experience of the use of this cookware. The handle may be of any length, but it is longer than, the more comfortable you will remove the Turk from the fire.

Cooking in Turku

Rinsed Turk, sleeps 1 teaspoon of finely ground coffee and add 75 ml of cold water. Sugar or a few grains of salt we add before the Turk put on a slow fire. These components are several retard boiling process and make the foam more dense.

We put on the fire, warm, but not boiling. Home is your task now - do not be distracted, and wait for the moment when the foam rises. Remember the funnel-shaped mouth? It will increase your chances to catch this moment and not let the coffee pour plate.

Turk remove from heat, we give Penke settle and again set on fire. Three times the foam must rise three times and you have to drop it. Clearly the process is shown in this video.

Using the Turks - is not easy, requires attention and certain skills. But just at this method of brewing coffee has a lot of followers, since it requires a minimum of equipment: just the right utensils and a stove.

Making coffee in the coffee maker geyser

Choosing a coffee maker

The first geyser coffee makers appeared in the 1930s. By the way, the company, they are designed, still exists today - Italian Bialetti. Today, the coffee machine of the type produced by different companies.

When you buy should be guided by the material from which made coffee. Similarly, should not take aluminum specimens. But stainless steel or ceramics - a matter of taste.

Note the number of cups of coffee which prepares a time.

In the case of a geyser coffee maker will not work pour less water and put a spoonful of coffee to cook instead of six cups, one for themselves. Always need to cook a full volume. Moreover, different manufacturers may have a different interpretation of one volume of the cup. For some it is 40 ml, for someone - 100. Find out the time to purchase.

Cooking hot spring in the coffee maker

Choosing a medium ground coffee, poured into the filter. If later you find that in your cup of coffee particles are floating, then grind it was large enough. In the lower part of the coffee machine pour water.

As soon as the water boils - remove from heat. Boiling in this case does not need to fear, since up to 100 ° C is heated coffee itself. Pressurized water vapor formed during boiling pass through the filter with coffee and settle on top of the coffee machine. With an electrical device still simpler: as soon as the coffee is ready, it will turn off by itself.

Details entire process shown in the following video instructions.

If in the process of using the water leaking from the sides, which means you loose or twisted parts exceeded the maximum mark for water.

Making coffee in aeropresse

Choosing aeropress

Aeropress - one of the newest ways to brew coffee. The device was invented in 2005 by Aerobie, and became so popular that in 2008, for brewing coffee aeropresse held annual championships.

Difficulties with the choice aeropressa not: the device simple enough from year to year may be slightly Product change equipment, the manufacturer adds an extra spoon for stirring, replacement filters, funnel. The reason that it became possible to hold competitions for brewing coffee - the intricacies of using this simple device.

Cooking in aeropresse

1,5 grind coffee spoon, sleeps in a flask. Grinding should be slightly larger than that of the Turks. To prepare 200 ml of hot water - no boiling water, the temperature should be about 90 ° C. if you have Kettle with ThermostatThen you can choose the exact temperature. If not, wait three minutes after the boil kettle.

Fill the coffee water. And then the magic begins with this moment. How many time you can hold out for a coffee in a flask, and when you start to stir, it depends on the taste and strength of the drink. It is no accident for iOS was released on a special application dictates how long it takes to withstand the coffee aeropresse.

Owners of smartphones on Android a little less lucky: they will be able to use only universal app that covers the various ways of making coffee. In particular there are tips for aeropressov owners.

Once the coffee is maintained from one to three minutes, put on a filter flask and aeropress overturn slowly pressed through the filter into the coffee cup. If the piston goes hard, next time use the coffee a little more coarse. The detailed process of preparation is shown in this video.

Aeropress is very easy to use, compact, easy to clean, the coffee is brewed very quickly, and fine-tuning open the unlimited field for experimentation tasteful drink. The only drawback - crema with this method will not brewing, since the heating water takes place separately from the grain.

Making coffee in the French-Press

Choosing French-press

Traditionally, French-press is made of glass. Material albeit fragile, but neutral, which does not react with the contents. More expensive models have more reliable springs and resistant to frequent use of the strainer. But in general, it does not matter at what exactly makes you stop. The main thing - to determine the volume of coffee, which plan to brew it.

Cooking French-press

On the intricacies of using French-press coffee brewing Layfhaker I wrote. Just add a video instructions.

For those who like to experiment with the taste of the drink, be sure to also visit the article on unusual way coffee and mouth-watering toppingsWhich is worth a try.