Pour-Over Coffee Kettle Recommendations? What Size Capacity is Best for a Pour-Over Coffee Kettle? Can Pour-Over Coffee Kettles Be Heated?

Because pour-over coffee requires continuous pouring of hot water during the brewing process, we can see baristas holding a professional gooseneck kettle when making pour-over coffee. Since FrontStreet Coffee uses a non-temperature-controlled gooseneck kettle, they need to pre-boil water with a regular kettle before each brew, then pour it into the gooseneck kettle to wait for the temperature to drop before proceeding with the brewing.

This naturally makes some friends curious: why go through so much trouble just to brew coffee? Can't a regular kettle pour water just as well? Is pour-over coffee limited to being made with this specific type of kettle?

Do You Need a Professional Gooseneck Kettle for Pour-Over Coffee?

Of course not! The preparation of pour-over coffee has no restrictions on the pouring tool, so we can naturally use a regular kettle for brewing! If you don't believe it, FrontStreet Coffee will demonstrate it for you!

Emmm... never mind, maybe next time! In conclusion, pouring tools are not limited to professional gooseneck kettles! Tools like regular kettles, thermoses, and serving pots can all be used as pouring vessels. But the prerequisite is that your technique must be exceptional! Otherwise, it's better to use a professional gooseneck kettle. Why? Because it can help us brew delicious coffee better and more easily.

What Are the Advantages of Professional Gooseneck Kettles?

Let's play a game of "spot the difference" today! Based on the picture below, find the biggest differences between a gooseneck kettle and other pouring tools!

That's right, the biggest difference is the spout part. A gooseneck kettle has a winding, slender neck and a delicate, small spout. This design allows us to better control the water flow, making it easier to form a vertical water column that can be adjusted in size—strong yet gentle, and precise in its targeting!

In the article "Why Is Water Pouring So Important?" FrontStreet Coffee explained in detail that the size of the water flow, its penetrating power, and the landing point are all crucial factors affecting pour-over coffee preparation. The size of the water flow (flow rate) not only determines the extraction time of the coffee but can also change the state of the coffee bed; the level of penetrating power determines the efficiency of coffee powder extraction; the landing point of the water flow determines which parts of the coffee bed can be extracted by hot water. Because the extraction purposes vary at each stage of brewing, we need to constantly change the state of the water flow to achieve the ideal delicious flavor in our coffee.

It's not that other pouring tools can't achieve these things, but they're more difficult to use. Because they either lack a slender neck to assist with flow guidance, or don't have a small spout to restrict the size of the hot water column. Pouring water properly is not a simple task in itself, let alone when we need to brew for several minutes. A professional gooseneck kettle can help share some of the pouring pressure, much like using training wheels before mastering cycling skills, making the process of brewing good coffee simpler.

But it's not just the spout that's doing the work—the kettle body and handle also have corresponding auxiliary designs!

Most gooseneck kettles have their center of gravity lowered because their body design is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, with hot water mainly accumulating at the kettle base. This allows us to pour water more steadily! However, this can make them quite heavy, so friends with limited strength are recommended to choose lighter material gooseneck kettles. The handle design also better fits our hand grip—professionally speaking, it's ergonomic! This makes it more comfortable to hold, easier to control the kettle's center of gravity when pouring, and more labor-saving!

Because the connection points of the handle and spout are in completely opposite positions. The handle is located at the upper part of the kettle body, while the spout is at the lower part, which means we don't need to apply much force or tilt excessively for hot water to flow out from the spout. This allows us to continuously pour fresh hot water for up to two minutes. With good proficiency, we can maintain a steady water column, resulting in more even extraction!

Conclusion

So we can understand that although many things may have similar functions, small differences can be crucial due to different design priorities. FrontStreet Coffee uses gooseneck kettles to present the same delicious taste to guests, but when外出 conditions are limited, they will use other tools like thermoses for coffee brewing. In any case, everyone should choose and use their tools according to the situation~

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