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4 Different Coffee Brewing Methods

Author: www.articlesbase.com/authors/aaron-matthews-morgan/38405.htm">Aaron
Matthews-Morgan

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: Espresso, French Press, Drip
Filtration and Mokta or Stovetop method.

Espresso

Probably the most popular of the Coffee Brewing Methods in recent
times is making an Espresso using a machine. 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. 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.

French Press

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. 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.

Drip Filtration

 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.
When buying paper filters, be sure to use oxygen bleached paper.
Chemically treated papers may affect the taste of your coffee. 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....never reheat coffee.

 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.

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