Vacuum Coffee Maker – Brewing Coffee with Interesting Way

By Coffee Maker Reviews

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Vacuum coffee maker is a simple coffee maker which came out from physic science, vacuum effect. Unlike modern electric coffee maker, vacuum coffee maker uses heating and cooling of water vapor pressure for brewing process. Vacuum coffee maker was invented in German around 1800. It was also known as siphon or vac pot. It usually made with transparent glass with unique shape, but some made with plastic or metal. There are 4 primary parts from vacuum coffee maker. Firstly is upper pot which is used for placing your coffee ground and also used for brewing process. Secondly is lower pot which is used for contain water for brewing process in the upper pot. The third part is siphon tube or seal which located between the pots. And the last part is a filter, made with paper or nylon

Ok, let’s see the vacuum coffee maker process one by one. For the beginning, we must grind coffee beans to coarse texture. The purpose of doing this is to prevent used coffee ground infiltrate the filter after brewing process. After that, pour water into lower pot, highly recommended if you use filtered water. And put your coarse texture of coffee ground into the upper pot of vacuum coffee maker.

Now you can start boiling the water in the lower pot. The boiling process will produce steam which pushes up through filter between upper and lower pot into the upper pot, then brewing process begin. This process assures you that the temperature for brewing process is about 200F which became the optimal temperature to extract the coffee ground with more aroma. You can leave about 3 minutes after the water start boiling. After three minutes you can turn of the heater. In a few moments, the brewing coffee will be come down through filter again, sucking with vacuum effect from lower pot. And that is your coffee. It will take less than 10 minutes for the entire process.

Even lots of people choose modern way to process their coffee but vacuum coffee maker still has its place in today coffee maker mainstream with romantic vintage design and offers you a unique and interesting way to process your favorite coffee. Vacuum coffee maker – The best coffee maker in brewing process with interesting way.