Coffee Brewing for Generation Z…

There is a good chance that you are coming into the workforce with little to no knowledge of how to brew coffee. You either bought your sugar infused coffee from Starbucks or stole a cup from your Mom or Dad.

Below are 7 Brewing Methods for Coffee Drinking Beginners. Researched and written by yours truly, Fiorella, a Gen Z myself.

Please know — the first cup of coffee I had was a Costa Rican brewed coffee via the French Press method — Let’s just say I didn’t finish the cup of coffee because it tasted like yayayayayyayaya

As I continue on my coffee learning journey, I thought I’d share 7 ways to unlock the deliciousness in your coffee.

1. French Press: This is an infusion brewer. The purpose of this brewing method is to get uniform extraction. It’s unique because it has a metal mesh for filtering. Starbucks founder Howard Schultz, claims to drink 3–4 cups of French Pressed coffee per day.
2. Pour Over Method: In this method, water passes through the coffee extracting the coffee along the way. You can use a paper, cloth, or metal mesh to filter the coffee. 3 Variables will affect the final product: the grind of the coffee, how long it takes to add the water, and the amount of coffee used.
3. Electric Filter: If you’re not into guessing games this is the machine for you! With the right consistency in the amount of coffee and water used, you can trust this machine to do the job!
4. Aeropress: This coffee maker is perfect for people on the go! You can take it wherever you go! It’s also cheap and easy to clean. The Aeropress combines two brewing methods. First the water and the coffee steep together, then a piston pushes the water through the grounds and to a paper filter. If you think you have the best technique, sign up for the World Aeropress Championships!
5. Moka Pot: It is tricky to make good coffee with this device. This coffee maker makes the brewing water so hot that very bitter parts of the coffee are extracted. This method is not recommended for dark roasts.
6. Vacuum Pot: This method is old but entertaining. It has two chambers. The lower chamber is filled with boiling water. The upper chamber is filled with coffee grounds. When the upper chamber is placed on top of the lower chamber, a seal is created which results in steam. The trapped steam pushes water through a tube and filter to the upper chamber. You can leave the coffee steeping for as long as you want. Then remove the vacuum pot when the steam cools down and it’ll suck the coffee from the upper chamber back to the lower.
7. Espresso: Espresso is brewed by putting ground coffee into the handle of a metal basket. The basket has tiny holes that prevent ground coffee from going into the cup. The handle is then locked into the Espresso machine and the pump is activated. The coffee then drips into a cup.

There you have it. Now, you can get a promotion at work because you will be able to make the best coffee in your office, even if everyone is work from home these days…

Everything in the coffee bean except cellulose can be dissolved in water while brewing. You need to make sure you extract what tastes good. Make sure you don’t extract too much or too little from the coffee grounds.

Now let’s talk about the strength of a coffee cup. I’m not talking about bitterness, I’m talking about the percent of dissolved ground coffee in the cup. The higher the percentage, the stronger the cup.

You can control the strength by changing the coffee to water ratio or by changing how much water you take out of the coffee.