Friday, February 1, 2008

Coffee Pots

Coffee Pots: Different Ways To Brew Coffee

Coffee making has been around for several centuries already. The basic concept of brewing coffee is to heat up cold water to boiling point and then let it pass through a sieve or a strainer filled with ground coffee beans. The boiled water helps in extracting the flavor and body of the coffee beans. The product then pours down into the waiting coffee pot positioned in such a way that it gathers the mixture.

Different Coffee Makers

Coffee pots vary in both size and capacity, according to the capacity of the coffee maker that it comes with. The design and the way coffee pots are made also depend on what kind of coffee maker it comes with. There are actually several different kinds of coffee makers in the world. The most popular for home use being the drip coffee maker.

Drip Coffee Maker

This kind of coffee maker is most suitable for home use because it is just left on its own devices to brew coffee. Cold water is placed in a receptacle that then boils the water to a certain temperature. As it reaches the right temperature, the water is then passed through a filter with the allotted ground coffee beans. This exposure to just boiled water extracts the flavor from the coffee beans. As the water passes through the filter, it eventually ends up in a drip device where it pours down into a coffee pot. Most coffee makers of this type have heaters or warmers at the bottom of the coffee pots to keep the coffee at the right temperature for consumption.

Moka Coffee Pots

This type of coffee maker is great for making a single cup of coffee and up to several cups through the stove top. The concept behind the moka coffee pots is to make coffee using pressurized water, which is placed at the bottom compartment. The top part of the moka coffee pots are filled with coffee grounds. As the moka coffee pots are exposed to heat, the water at the bottom creates steam which eventually rises up to the second compartment through a funnel. Coffee created using moka coffee pots is much stronger than those created through other means due to the high temperatures that are used.

There are other modern ways of making coffee but these are usually for commercial uses. The most efficient ways of making coffee for the home is usually the two processes outlined above.

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