How to make coffee?Our techniques so as not to miss it
Make coffee without coffee maker
If your coffee machine no longer works, this is not a problem.After choosing your favorite from the 80 varieties of coffee, you can:
.Use a coffee filter: heat water between 90 and 96 ° C, to avoid coffee from being bitter;
.Put the coffee filter on a pourse: pour into the ground coffee filter at the rate of 1.5 tablespoons of coffee for 250 ml of water;Pour hot water gently;
.Use a pan: mix coffee and water in a saucepan while respecting these proportions: 1 tablespoon of medium milling coffee for 250 ml of water.Put the pan on the heat, and wait for the liquid to reach 90 ° C.Remove fire, and pour the coffee gently into the cups.The coffee ground remains in the pan.
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Make coffee with an Italian coffee maker
The Italian coffee maker includes two parts.Under the effect of heat, water rises and mixes with coffee.Then the coffee borrows the interior fireplace and filtered pass in the upper part.To succeed in your coffee, you have to:
.Choose an intermediate version;
.Fill the lower part of the coffee maker with cold water to the valve;
.Put the funnel and fill it with coffee without tasting it: the coffee dome should not exceed 1 cm (or even 0.5 cm if you do not want a strong coffee), before screwing the lower part and the upper part together;
.Put on medium heat for about 5 minutes, so that coffee goes up in the upper part.A lower time means that the coffee milling is too coarse or that the amount of coffee is insufficient.And vice versa.When the coffee has passed through the upper part of the coffee maker, remove it from the fire in the following minute.
Make coffee with a piston coffee maker
The piston coffee maker does not require a paper filter.The choice of your coffee maker depends on your consumption.Know that a cup of coffee with the piston coffee maker requires 12 cl of water.So for 6 cups, choose a 70 cl piston coffee maker.Then :
.Select a coffee from a fairly coarse version, otherwise your coffee ground will cross the filter;
.Count 7.5 g of ground coffee per cup: pour the ground coffee in the coffee maker;
.Heat water at 90 ° C, and pour it into the coffee maker by stopping 2 cm from the edge;
.Let the coffee diffuse for 4 minutes;
.Press with the piston until the bottom;
.Serve immediately, otherwise the coffee will continue to infuse.
How to dose coffee?
The success of the coffee results from a perfect dosage between coffee and water.Coffee dosage depends on the type of coffee maker, each type of coffee maker with clean coffee infusion time.For a filter coffee maker, count 6 g of ground filter coffee for 8 cl of water.For a piston coffee maker, count 7.5 g of coffee for 15 cl of water.For an Italian coffee maker, fill the coffee reservoir without packing it.Finally, coffee can be used in cooking in many recipes.
How to make a good espresso?
Contrary to popular belief in coffee, the espresso contains less caffeine than coffee filter.To succeed in your espresso, you must choose a very fine coffee grip and non -limestone water.Provide 7 g of molded coffee per cup, and tamp it with a pressure of 20 kg (you can also use already ready pods).The water temperature that comes out of the espresso coffee machine must oscillate between 85 and 90 ° C.
How to make coffee au lait, cappuccino, macchiato…
Café au lait is prepared from an espresso: cappuccino, macchiato, latte.For your milk coffee recipes, prepare a milk foam with an emulsor, from warm milk.The consistency of your milk foam will depend on the degree of fat: for a smooth and dense foam, opt for whole milk.Then pour the milk foam into your cup containing the espresso.
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