What's the Difference Between Freshly Ground Coffee and Manual Coffee? How to Brew Delicious Freshly Ground Coffee at Home?

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Freshly ground coffee means grinding fresh beans right before brewing. At home, you can choose between a manual grinder or an electric grinder. However, it's important to note that the grind size for manual coffee is generally coarser than that used for machine-made coffee.

When you start drinking specialty coffee, you'll learn some golden rules. One of these rules is that you should always use freshly ground coffee, as pre-ground coffee is not fresh. But is this really true? Why shouldn't we choose pre-ground coffee? Why do we need to grind coffee fresh?

Advantages of Pre-Ground Coffee:

🔆 If you don't have high-quality grinding equipment, it's better to use pre-ground coffee. Your local roaster or coffee shop will typically have a high-quality grinder. When you buy coffee beans, consider having them ground for you.

🔆 If you buy small quantities of coffee beans and store the pre-ground coffee properly, you can enjoy better coffee than what you might grind yourself with inferior equipment.

🔆 We can conduct experiments comparing coffee ground a week ago with freshly ground beans from a cheap blade grinder, and you'll find that pre-ground coffee is better than blade-ground coffee.

🔆 With proper storage methods, pre-ground coffee isn't necessarily worse than freshly ground coffee—it might even be better.

🔆 The rule that freshly ground coffee is better than pre-ground coffee may be established, but it assumes both grinding methods are equal. If you don't have a good grinder, you're better off having the barista at a coffee shop grind it for you.

Coffee—noble and romantic atmosphere, rich aroma, always fascinating and deeply captivating.

With freshly ground coffee powder, of course we want to make artisanal coffee! What equipment do you need to make artisanal coffee at home? Are there any fashionable, novel, and simple manual coffee methods suitable for home brewing? Of course! FrontStreet Coffee will now guide everyone through hand-brewing a cup of aromatic, freshly ground coffee.

Simple and Pure American Coffee

Ingredients:

Coffee beans 250g

Method:

1. Prepare all ingredients

2. Pour coffee beans into the blending cup

3. Select the grind function and run until complete

4. Take out an appropriate amount of coffee powder and pour it into a French press

5. Pour in boiling water

6. Let it steep for 3-4 minutes, then slowly press down the French press plunger to filter

7. Pour into a cup and serve.

Tips:

1. Fresh coffee beans are better 2. Best to grind fresh and brew immediately

Royal Coffee

Ingredients:

Hand-poured hot coffee 160ml, rum 15ml, one sugar cube

Method:

1. First grind the coffee beans into coffee grounds

2. Pour the ground coffee into a filter cup, use a pour-over kettle to add boiling water evenly over the coffee grounds, complete extraction

3. Pour the hand-poured hot coffee into a coffee cup. Place a sugar cube in a royal coffee spoon and position it over the coffee cup

4. Pour rum onto the royal coffee spoon and light it. Let the burning rum dissolve the sugar cube in the spoon, allowing the sugar solution to slowly drip into the coffee

5. The blue flame dances with the mellow aroma of rum and the caramelized scent of sugar, combined with the rich coffee fragrance, slightly sweet in bitterness, letting you experience an exotic romance...

Tips:

Coffee can be paired with: brandy, rum, or whiskey

Marshmallow Yogurt Coffee

Ingredients:

Pure coffee powder 8g, original unsweetened yogurt 120g, vanilla-flavored marshmallows 45g, hot water 150g, a small amount of cinnamon powder

Method:

1. Prepare ingredients, use pure coffee powder, not 2-in-1 coffee

2. Put coffee powder in a cup, dissolve with hot water that has been boiled and left to sit for a while, stir evenly and let cool

3. Put the cooled coffee into a mixing cup

4. Add yogurt and vanilla-flavored marshmallows. You can try various flavors of yogurt—I used original unsweetened yogurt

5. Stir evenly with a mixer. I used the egg whisk attachment of a hand blender (electric), but a manual whisk also works well

6. Pour the mixed coffee yogurt into a cup

7. Place two tablespoons of marshmallows on top, sprinkle with a little cinnamon powder, insert a straw, and it's ready to drink

Tips:

It's recommended to use pure instant coffee powder, not 2-in-1 varieties

Hand-Poured Layered Coffee

Ingredients:

1 drip coffee bag, appropriate amount of milk, appropriate amount of sugar

Method:

1. Prepare all necessary materials

2. Pour fresh milk into a transparent glass

3. Open the drip coffee bag and hang it over the glass containing milk

4. Slowly brew with boiling water

5. Wait a moment for more distinct layers. Stir before drinking

Japanese Matcha Coffee

Ingredients:

Matcha 4g, cream 40g, coffee powder 20g, appropriate amount of milk, appropriate amount of sugar

Method:

1. Prepare chilled milk, sugar syrup, and matcha

2. Extract concentrated Italian espresso with a coffee machine

3. Cool in ice water

4. Heat the matcha milk mixture in a foaming manner to 40 degrees, then cool in ice water

5. Pour into a glass with ice cubes, then add the cooled coffee

6. Finally, pour in the whipped cream

7. Finished product

Sea Salt Coffee

Ingredients:

Coffee 20g, cream 20g, milk 10g, sea salt 1g, sugar 1g

Method:

1. Whip cream with salt, sugar, and milk until thick consistency

2. Extract a cup of strong coffee with a coffee machine

3. Add the whipped cream to the coffee

4. Serve with cookies for a delicious afternoon tea!

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