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Siphon Coffee Brewing Skills: How to Brew Coffee with a Siphon?

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee
Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style) How to master siphon coffee brewing techniques? It mainly comes down to controlling variables, which essentially means managing the heat source and stirring. Heat Source Section: Q: What constitutes appropriate heat intensity? A: When water is in the lower chamber: The heat intensity can actually be set higher to accelerate water vapor evaporation. If there's no shaking...

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How to Master Siphon Coffee Brewing Techniques?

It mainly comes down to mastering the variables, which essentially means the heat source and stirring.

Heat Source Section:

Q: What constitutes an appropriate heat level?

A: When water is in the lower pot:

The heat level can actually be higher, accelerating water vapor evaporation. If you don't shake the base, it should create a larger temperature difference layer. The water drawn up to the upper pot won't be overheated.

A: Before all water is completely drawn to the upper pot:

Reduce the heat source to let the scorching hot lower pot cool down slightly, then observe the bubbles. When the lower pot's pressure stabilizes, the bubbles will appear as fine champagne bubbles rather than large boiling bubbles. This is the perfect timing to remove from heat.

A: As long as you can avoid large bubbles during the brewing process, it's basically a good heat level.

Q: How to judge the heat source and bubbles?

A:

As long as the water and pot body can maintain a certain temperature without causing internal steam to cool, they can maintain pressure to keep water in the upper pot. Therefore, only minimal boiling is sufficient, and since there's not much water left at the bottom of the pot, only a very weak heat source is needed.

A:

When the pressure in the lower pot equals the pressure in the upper pot, theoretically there should be no bubbles at all. However, adding coffee powder disrupts the balance, easily causing water to flow back from the upper pot to the lower pot, resulting in nothing. Therefore, you still need to maintain fine champagne bubbles in the upper pot.

FrontStreet Coffee's Recommended Siphon Parameters:

20g coffee grounds, coffee-to-water ratio 1:12, using post-addition method, remove heat source at 1 minute 30 seconds.

Important Notice :

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