How Beginners Can Brew Coffee with Ground Coffee - A Guide to Pour-Over Coffee at Home and in the Office

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FrontStreet Coffee - Introduction to Pour-Over Coffee Process

The ritual of pour-over coffee lies in effortlessly holding the pour-over kettle, focusing your intention into the water stream—sometimes gentle, sometimes bold—drawing concentric circles. At the right moment, stop the flow and set down the kettle; the person becomes still while the water continues to trickle. Pour the remaining water from the kettle into the cup to warm both the vessel and your hands. The amber-colored coffee fills the cup to the brim.

With intention yet without attachment, your present self manifests through the brewing process, entrusting your essence into the flavor of a cup of coffee—offered to yourself or a friend in a moment of pure time. This is also the unique charm of pour-over coffee.

The Pour-Over Coffee Process:

Although pour-over coffee techniques have various schools of thought, excluding the extreme unconventional approaches, they generally consist of three stages: "preparation, blooming, and brewing."

Preparation:

Wet the filter paper and preheat the coffee server to eliminate any absorbed odors from the air. Pour the ground coffee into the filter basket, gently tap the edge to level the coffee bed. More importantly, warm up—take deep breaths, calm your mind, and prepare to immerse yourself in the brewing process.

Blooming:

Also known as pre-infusion. Gently pour a small amount of water to wet all the coffee grounds, then wait for approximately 15-30 seconds. The wet coffee grounds will typically expand and unfold slowly, resembling a hamburger patty—a truly therapeutic sight.

Brewing:

Control the water stream in a steady state, moving in circles from the center outward toward the perimeter, then returning to the center. Following your inner rhythm and cadence, imagine the water stream as an extension of your finger, stirring all the coffee grounds. Stop the flow at the appropriate moment to conclude.

If you're in a suitable environment, you can often feel the coffee aroma permeating the air during the brewing process, as if immersed in a fragrance. The first person to enjoy the coffee's flavor is often the brewer themselves.

The Path to Pour-Over Mastery:

In pour-over coffee, one's personal style ultimately manifests as the flavor in the cup. If flavor is the invisible language a cup of coffee speaks to its drinker, then the path to mastery for the brewer is threefold: understand what each coffee is saying, comprehend what brewing methods allow the coffee to speak, and express your own thoughts through brewing to make the coffee speak.

Knowledge Point:

Medium grind: gravel-like texture, size between coarse sugar and regular sugar, suitable for drip brewing (paper filter drip method).

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