A frosty winter morning... It's cold, dark andyou can only hear the janitors clearing the road… You don't want to wake up! But what can you do, someone needs to hurry to work, take the children to school, and just rush about important things. What will help you get yourself into working order at such an early hour? Maybe strong tea helps someone - but in our northern, almost polar latitudes, coffee works more reliably: according to some data, coffee lovers make up 73% of the population, which is a significant percentage, you must agree. There are many ways to prepare this noble drink, but what to do if there is not much time? Wonders of technology come to the rescue - coffee makers and coffee machines. An interesting fact - the same coffee, prepared in different coffee makers, differs in taste and its qualities. Let's consider the most popular models.
French press (French press)
This is the simplest and most affordable coffee maker.And brewing coffee in it is very easy - just add ground coffee, pour hot water (at a temperature of about 90 degrees) and leave to brew for some time. Next, you should press on the rod running through the middle of the container to lower the mesh filter, which separates the drink from the coffee grounds. And you can pour it into cups. When using a French press, you should remember that coffee prepared in this way will not be strong enough, and not all types of coffee can reveal their taste when brewed in this way.
Filter coffee makers…
- or drip coffee makers.Water flows down the heating circuit and drips onto the ground coffee in the filter bag, then the finished drink flows into a special coffee pot. This method of preparation is usually called American. It seems simple, but! While the water flows onto the coffee and then into the container, it cools down a little, which does not allow the coffee to brew sufficiently and fully reveal its aroma.
Espresso coffee machines (carob coffee machines)
This method of brewing coffee was inventedby Italian masters, and is called "espresso" - which can be translated as "pressed, compressed". The required amount of coffee powder is poured into plastic or metal horns, after which it must be "tamped". Then, hot water at high pressure (9 bar) passes through the resulting "coffee tablet" quite quickly, in 20-30 seconds - and the coffee is ready. Usually, the coffee in such coffee makers turns out to be quite strong, but its quality and strength directly depend on the type of coffee itself, and on how well you "tamped" the coffee powder into the horn. And this may not always work for an inexperienced person.
Capsule machines (capsule system)
Everything is simple here.To make coffee, you do not use ground coffee or even beans. You will need special capsules filled with ground, roasted coffee. Sealed vacuum packaging allows you to 100 percent preserve the taste and aroma of freshly ground coffee. One capsule contains 6 grams of coffee and is designed for one cup. After installation in the coffee machine, the capsule is pierced with special pins and hot water is supplied under pressure; by the way, it is believed that the higher the water pressure (in bars), the higher the class of your coffee machine. The preparation time of the drink is no more than half a minute. And your cup is already full of aromatic coffee! It is worth noting that capsule coffee machines can safely be considered the most modern - a variety of designs and colors will appeal to the most sophisticated buyer. In addition, they are quite compact - the gain compared to other types of models is quite significant. They are also in the lead in terms of the speed of coffee preparation: the absolute record belongs to the Swiss manufacturer Cremesso -
