There are many ways to brew Pour over(V60) coffee, but most of them require very high water injection. If many friends want to drink their own delicious coffee, they have to practice for at least a month and a half. Today Front Street will share with you a brewing method that does not require skilled water filling skills or expensive equipment.
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The brewing method introduced today is called "one-shot". Simply put, a large flow of water is poured into the target amount of water at one time, and the coffee liquid is directly filtered. The whole process is very fast, and even steaming is omitted. Doesn't it sound a bit unorthodox?
In fact, this method has appeared a long time ago, but it has always been spread within a small circle, so many people don't know about it. Of course, many people will also have similar brewing thoughts. Among them, what I want to introduce here on Front Street is the "one-pitch" brewing method published by Tetsu Kasutani in 2019.
[Tetsu Kasutani is the champion of the 2016 World Coffee Brewing Competition. I believe everyone will remember the 46 brews he used in the competition]
Kegu version of "one shot"
In fact, Tetsu Kasutani’s brewing philosophy has always been to make coffee brewing simple and not fussy. This time, he went straight to making delicious coffee in a simple way.
He uses a V60 filter cup,30g coffee powder, the coffee powder is ground much finer than normal grinding, use95 degrees Celsiushot water, strong water flowing inwithin 15 secondsFinished note300mlof water, the water filling method is simply a circle. The ideal time is1 minute 30 secondsAll the coffee liquid is filtered. After brewing, the coffee powder layer evenly adheres to the wall of the filter cup.
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What are the characteristics of this method?
This brewing method is actually a high-concentration and low-extraction brewing method. The grinding is slightly fine so that the water can wet the inside of the powder layer faster, so the steaming step is not needed. Use high-temperature hot water to fill the water in a short time, and let the filter cup drip the rest. This also reduces water control skills. The extracted coffee flavor shows rich and active fruity aroma. The high concentration of coffee liquid makes up for the lack of flavor caused by low extraction, which is an alternative sensory experience.
Things to note about "One Bet"
Although this is a simple and crude brewing method, there are still some details that need to be paid attention to.
△Choose a larger filter cup (for 2-4 people), because filling the water in a short time will raise the powder layer very high, and a small filter cup may not be able to hold so much water.
△For brewed coffee beans, it is recommended to choose some light-roasted coffee beans with floral and fruity aromas. The first choices are Front Street Colombian Hija, Front Street Mozart, Front Street Blackberry... these types of processed coffee beans are processed with honey or anaerobic treatment. This method is perfect for brewing these fresh-tasting coffee beans.
△Water injection does not require water control, but the large flow of water in one direction must circle quickly to form a "whirlpool" feeling.
△This method does not require looking at your hands, you only need to adjust the grinding degree and use time to measure whether your grinding degree is correct.
△The powder layer after brewing is very beautiful. The coffee powder will evenly adhere to the wall of the filter cup, and the bottom is flat, like a bowl.
"One shot" on Front Street
Front Street also briefly described it in the review article of the Hario unlimited filter cup. This filter cup is very suitable for the "one-pitch" brewing method. Front Street has improved some parameters of this filter cup to express a better flavor.
Front Street Costa Rican Musician Beethoven coffee beans have a yellow floral aroma with flavors of honeydew and papaya. The amount of coffee powder used is 20 grams of coffee powder, and the grinding degree is about 95% through the No. 20 standard sieve (coarser than that of Kegu Tetsu), because the flow rate of the infinite filter cup itself is slightly slower. The water temperature is 94 degrees Celsius, and the water filling method is the same as Tetsu Kasutani's. However, the water injection volume is up to 240ml, and the ratio is 1:12.
The concentration measured by the concentration meter is 1.47%, and the extraction rate is calculated to be 15.56%. It is a properly high concentration and low extraction. However, when tasting it, I did not feel the discomfort of high concentration and lack of flavor. Instead, the active acidity and obvious floral aroma made me feel very comfortable.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
