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What's the best way to brew coffee at home,
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or what聽coffee maker should I buy?
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These two questions we get asked a lot
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and questions are simple but the聽answer is complicated
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and somehow personal because
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as you can see on the table there are so聽many options out there.
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Sponsor of this video is Standart
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an independent print magazine聽about coffee culture
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and people that surround it.
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In this video we will give you a short but聽hopefully complete
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overview of the most common coffee brewing methods.
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We'll talk about French聽Press, Pour Over, Clever Dripper,
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AeroPress, Moka Pot,
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but also Ibrik/Cezve, Espresso, Drip Coffee or聽Coffee Capsules.
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We'll show you each brewing method
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in action, we'll talk about its pros and cons
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and how it compared to other similar methods.
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Okay, so let's start with French Press
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that is聽probably the most popular and the most used coffee
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brewer in the world.
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Why? I think it's just because聽it's very simple and easy to use.
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It has only two parts,
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a jar and a plunger with plastic or metal聽mesh.
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For brewing you add ground coffee pour hot water
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and let it sit for a few minutes. Then you聽press the plunger down
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and pour coffee into a聽cup or carafe.
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Coffee usually get from French聽Press is of a higher body,
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flavors are more mixed and less transparent
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compared to pour聽over coffee and the liquid is more cloudy
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as the filter mesh on the plunger doesn't collect聽all the tiny particles
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as the paper filter does.
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Because the whole coffee mess is in contact with聽water all the time
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coffee is immersed in hot water
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the French Press brewing belongs to the immersion
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brewing category. So what are some pros of
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brewing coffee with French Press?
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It's easy to use and聽you can easily explain it to almost anybody.
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You don't need any extra filters, pouring is simple,
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you don't need any pouring kettles or brewing equipment.
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You can buy it relatively cheap if you聽don't opt for more
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fancy versions like we have.
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You can brew bigger volumes, big French Presses are聽usually
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around one liter. And what are some cons of French Press?
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It's difficult to clean,
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there is聽a sediment in the cup of coffee that you brewed.
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The brewing takes longer, it's not a brewing聽method if you need
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a coffee in a minute or so.
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It lacks a clarity of flavor known for pour over聽coffee
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unless you brew it for a really long time.
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Let's talk about Pour Over coffee now.
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What you know is probably one of these three popular brewers:
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Hario V60, Kalita Wave and Chemex.
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What they all have in common is that you pour hot
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water over a coffee mass in the brewer,聽
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water聽percolate through the coffee bed extracting all the flavors
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along the way. All three methods use聽paper to filter grounds
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from the resulting drink聽but other often used options are metal mesh
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or聽cloth. For most pour overs you can expect coffee
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to be brewed in two to four minutes.
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Now let's look聽at some of the differences. You need to place V60聽聽
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and Kalita drippers on a carafe or a mug, but聽Chemex servers
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as a both brewer but also carafe.
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They are all made from different materials. Chemex聽is glass,
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we have both ceramic and plastic V60
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and Kalita is from metal there are two聽things related to the
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material choice.
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First is heat transfer which means how much heat聽escapes
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from water to brewer and another thing is
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durability, how easy is it to break it. In both聽categories plastic
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or metal performs better in聽my opinion than glass and ceramic.
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The last thing聽is the shape of the brewer and the paper filters.
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You see a big difference between conical聽shape V60 and Chemex聽
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and flatbed shape Kalita.
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It influence how water percolate聽through coffee and extract flavors,
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but聽that's perhaps the topic for another video.
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So what聽are some pros of Pour Over coffee brewing method?
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It produces a very clean and transparent cup
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thanks to the paper filtration, it's very popular聽聽
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for the light roasted specialty coffees.
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You have聽more control over coffee brewing process
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it's a ritual and we can consider most brewers as design
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objects and basic plastic drippers are cheap.
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And what are some cons? Iit can be inconsistent,
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it聽can be amazing one day and quite bad another day.
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It's more complicated technique and you need to learn some
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pouring style, you need quite better equipment.
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Brewing kettle, scales to dial it in,
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you are wasting quite a lot of paper filters.
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And ground quality and consistency is quite聽important
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for pour over methods.
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Before we jump into the following brewing method
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which is Clever聽Dripper let's talk about this video's sponsor
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Standart - it's an independent print magazine about聽coffee culture
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and the people that surround it.
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As subscribers we just received a new issue 22聽
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coffee and I also learned about the
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farmer from England who specializes in producing
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milk for coffee. The highlights of this issue
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though were surprising article portraying Japan聽as a coffee
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producing country. Talking about the first specialty coffee lots
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grown there and also聽Scott Rao's recipe for the fruitiest espresso
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some of the best roasters in the world.
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Clever Dripper聽is a nice combination between immersion brewing
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like French Press and percolation like Pour Over聽coffee.
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Similar to French Press most coffee mass
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is immersed in hot water until the moment you open聽a valve
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by putting clever dripper on a mug or a聽carafe.
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Then it starts to act more like pour over聽dripper聽聽
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as water passes through a bed of coffee
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via paper filter into a cup or carafe.
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It's common to use slightly coarser grind size than pour over
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and also total brew time is a little bit longer.
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Another immersion drippers on the market are Hario Switch,
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December Dripper, Gina or Wilfa purover聽dripper.
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So what are some pros of Clever Dripper?
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You have more freedom to play with the grind size
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since you don't rely purely on gravity.
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It's easier to replicate method than Pour Over聽
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and you don't聽need a brewing kettle or any specific coffee tool
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And what are some cons?
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It's more difficult聽to clean it properly and Clever Dripper, to be
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honest, is not the most beautiful coffee brewer out聽there.
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AeroPress. AeroPress is pressurized immersion聽brewer.
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Unlike an espresso machine pressure聽doesn't come from a pump,
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but from your hand.
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Of course you have no way to generate that much聽force
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so the resulting cup of coffee is very聽different.
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Because you use pressure and sometimes聽also agitation
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to speed up the brewing process
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coffee extract much quicker than in French Press聽for example
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and you can expect brewed coffee in聽one or two minutes.
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AeroPress has three key parts -聽the chamber, the plunger
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and the basket and there are two basic ways
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how to brew with the AeroPress.
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A regular method that comes from the inventor
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is placing a chamber on a mug or carafe, adding coffee,聽hot water
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and press it down but you can also put聽it upside down.
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It's all called inverted method.
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Add聽coffee and water and turn it just before pressing.
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There is no right or wrong way to do it it's just聽a preference
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and there are hundreds of recipes available for you to try.
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You should also know that聽in addition to the regular AeroPress
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in 2019 its smaller and even more portable little brother聽called
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AeroPress Go was released.聽聽
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Okay so what do we like about brewing coffee with the AeroPress?
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It's聽portable, unbreakable, easy to travel with.
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You brew聽different kind of coffee from short concentrated
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espresso like coffee to big cup of black coffee.
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It brews coffee quickly. Unless you have a specific聽recipe,
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you should have your coffee made in one or聽two minutes.
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It's easy to clean and it uses just聽a small tiny paper filter,
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so there is less waste
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and there is a lot of accessories built around the聽
AeroPress
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like Prismo, Puck Puck for cold drip, metal聽filters
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or even brewing stands.
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And some cons聽of brewing the AeroPress?
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You brew only limited amount of coffee which is 200 to 250ml.
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The brewing process can feel a little awkward at the beginning
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the number of recipes and sometimes聽conflicting recipes
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can confuse you at the start
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and coffee is little cloudy,
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especially聽if you compare it to the Pour Over coffee.
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Now if you want to learn more about AeroPress聽we actually produced
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a full documentary film
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about this iconic coffee brewer back in 2018.
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You聽will see the inventor of the AeroPress Alan Adler,
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People behind the world AeroPress Championship
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but聽also coffee experts like James Hoffman or Tim Wandelboe.
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It's called The AeroPress Movie and you聽can find the link
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in the description.
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Moka Pot is an Italian iconic stovetop coffee maker
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that got very聽popular not only in Europe but around the world.
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It was invented by Italian engineer Alfonso Bialetti聽in 1933.
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Moka Pot consists of three basic parts
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The bottom chamber where you pour water, the basket
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for ground coffee and upper chamber that collects
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brewed coffee. Unlike Pour Over coffee that聽relies on gravity
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to extract coffee in Moka Pot
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boiling water generates steam in a bottom chamber
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that pressurized water through ground coffee
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up into the collecting chamber. The strength is聽somehow between
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espresso and filter coffee, perhaps closer to espresso
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what makes it a popular option聽for mixing with milk.
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What are some cool things聽about making coffee with Moka Pot?
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You don't need聽any brewing kettle, water is heated up inside
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of the Moka Pot. It's quite popular for camping since聽it's
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very difficult to break. It's an iconic design
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object that is featured in many famous museums聽of design
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and modern art. And what are some cons
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of brewing coffee with Moka Pot?
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One thing is聽that it's quite difficult to control brewing
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and it's also difficult to clean and cleaning
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honestly is quite often neglected and since
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you work with the boiling water under pressure
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it can be dangerous if not operated carefully.
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Now Cezve or a Ibrik.
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It's an ancient brewing聽method that is still very popular in Balkan
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countries, Ukraine, Turkey, Greece and many more.
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It's聽known to produce a small and very strong cup of聽coffee.
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The brewing process is quite simple you聽need a Cezve or a Ibrik,
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you add ground coffee
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which needs to be ground very fine, finer than聽espresso,
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add water, coffee to water brew ratio is 1:10
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and traditionally you bring it to聽the boil but
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in more modern approach you stop just before that.
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Then you pour everything into a cup聽it's an unfiltered method,
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so grounds remain in the
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cup but because it's very fine grind size
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it sinks聽into the very bottom.
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Coffee is very hot after its brewed, so you need to wait
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before it gets to the聽drinking temperature.
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What are some pros or brewing coffee with Cezve or Ibrik?
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It's a simple聽straightforward method. It's a beautiful ritual and聽聽
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copper Cezve is a beautiful object to use聽
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and you聽don't need any filters.
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And what are some cons?
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It can get easily over extracted, you need a very fine聽grind size
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so either you have a universal high-end grinder
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or you need a dedicated grinder for this聽method
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and you can brew a relatively small amount聽of coffee at a time.
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If you want to learn more聽about this brewing method
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check out the tutorial video
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video we did with Turgay Yildizli
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a mastermind聽behind specialty Turkish coffee.
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Ok, now Coffee Drip聽Machine.
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Coffee Drip聽Machines or Batch Brewers are聽basically automatic
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machines to Pour Over coffee.
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They vary in a style, function and also price.
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The聽one we have here is called Technivorm Moccamaster
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and it doesn't offer many features but is known聽for its longevity
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both the temperature stability and quality of materials.
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It can brew up to one聽and a half liters of black coffee at a time.
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So, what are some pros of this method?
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It's simple聽to use, just add ground coffee, water and turn it on.
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You don't need any electric brewing kettle
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and it聽brews more consistently compared to hand brew.
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And what are some cons? It's definitely more difficult聽to keep it
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clean especially if you use thermoses.
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You have less control over brewing parameters,
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it's more expensive machine than a simple pour over dripper
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and it's a bigger machine so it takes聽more space on the counter.
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We visited the Moccamaster factory a few years ago,
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so check out the video if you want to learn more
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about the production of these iconic coffee makers.
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All right, Espresso.
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Espresso is strong concentrated coffee with crema
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that is brewed quickly under high pressure
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in an聽espresso machine. Arguably is the most complicated聽聽
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way of brewing coffee at home.
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You have basically聽three options.
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Number one - manual espresso machine
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like I have in front of me.
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It requires manual聽force to press hot water over ground coffee.
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Number two - automatic espresso machine that聽uses a pump
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to press water over coffee bed and number three
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super automatic espresso machine with聽built-in grinders
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that you control with the button.
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What can be said about all three options is聽that it's way more
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expensive than all methods we mentioned previously.
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If you opt for super cheap聽machines
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most probably they will either break
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quickly or will not extract coffee properly.
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So聽what are some pros of making espresso coffee?
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Once set up and calibrated it it's brewed very quickly.
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The taste of well extracted espresso is amazing
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it's a good base for espresso drinks.聽
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And聽what are some cons of this brewing method?
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Espresso machines are generally expensive.
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Unless you opt for super automatic machines
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you need to learn how to dial in espresso.
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You聽need an espresso grinder, which is usually more expensive
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and cleaning and maintenance is聽very important
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and more labor intensive.
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A coffee capsule is a pre-dosed single-use container聽of ground
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coffee, it's typically around 5.5 grams
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for nespresso compatible capsules.
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We don't usually聽suggest using pre-ground coffee
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but since brewing espresso-like coffee at home is rather
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complicated聽for many folks we wanted to add this method to
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the comparison. The coffee brewing process is very聽simple.
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You pour cold water into water tank, turn on the machine to heat up
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insert the coffee capsule聽and push the button.
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Heated water is pressed聽against the capsule
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that serves as pressurized聽brewing basket into the cup.
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Brewed coffee has a thin crema and strengths like lungo
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or diluted聽espresso. Yet if using specialty coffee capsules it
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can be very aromatic delicate and fruity.
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Since聽Nespresso patents expired more coffee roasters
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started exploring this space.聽
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Colona Coffee in聽the UK was pioneering specialty coffee capsules
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in Europe yet what made us purchase the machines聽were rare
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coffee projects like Savage Coffee that brings competition lots
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from their own farm in聽Panama
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that are otherwise very difficult to get access to.
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So what are some pros of coffee capsules?
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It's extremely easy to use and user friendly.
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You don't need any other equipment and coffee聽capsule machine
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it brews very fast and it's relatively easy to clean.
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And what are some cons?
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Well it's not an Espresso coffee. It's not fresh coffee,
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it's pre-ground and pre-dosed so it ages.
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It produces more waste since each dose of coffee
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is packed separately,
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per gram of coffee is the聽most expensive option.
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Now that we compare all the possible coffee brewing methods
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it's time to tell聽you a little secret.
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Whatever method you choose the聽most important
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to actual taste is what coffee聽you start with!
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That's right, any coffee brewer or聽machine will not improve
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the taste of your coffee聽so rather than spending big money
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on machines it's聽good to look into what coffee beans
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you are buying.聽Some parameters to consider are
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quality, freshness and roast level.
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When it comes to quality what we聽use usually when we brew
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in our office for these聽videos is specialty coffee grade.
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So you might聽try to find a specialty coffee roaster in the聽location
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you live in. When it comes to freshness聽it's good to know
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when coffee was roasted and then聽don't wait too much to actually
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brew it, because聽coffee ages and loses its characteristics and聽聽
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qualities over time and the last thing is roast level
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and here is important because we are talking聽about brew methods
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and each brew method extract聽coffee differently and needs slightly
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different roast style.
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Now, surprise number two!
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If you don't聽grind coffee fresh just before brewing you are聽聽
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losing so much from the coffee potential, so if聽you can
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get the grinder perhaps the best you can
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afford at the time hand or electric and I believe聽you will not regret.
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Now it's your turn, let us know in the comments below
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what's your favorite brewing聽method and why.
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If you have any coffee making tips for the community
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please share them because we聽always learn a lot
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from reading your thoughts.
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