I usually roast 360 g of green coffee once a week to obtain about 300 g of roasted coffee, using my perforated shallow pot. The weight loss is around 14-16%.
Left: Medium roast (13.8% weight loss, if I remember correctly), roasted last week
Right: Dark roast (16.3% weight loss), roasted this week
通常、週に一回、穴あきの浅鍋で生豆(きまめ、なままめ)360 g焙煎して、焙煎後は約300 gにしています。重量減は14~16%前後です。
左:先週焙煎した中煎り(重量減は記憶が確かなら13.8%)
右:今週焙煎した深煎り(重量減は16.3%)
I usually hate dark roasts (I hate coffee that is simply bitter). For iced coffee, however, I need a dark roast.普段は深煎りは嫌いです(単に苦いだけのコーヒーは嫌いです)。でも、アイスコーヒーには深煎りが必要です。
I still use a manual coffee mill.
いまだに手動のコーヒーミルを使っています。
It's not that I can't afford to buy an electric one. I still prefer grinding coffee beans manually, because I can tell exactly how the beans have been roasted by manually grinding them.
電気式のを買うお金がないわけではなく、いまだに手動でコーヒー豆を挽くのが好きなだけです。手動で挽くと豆がどのように焙煎されたかはっきりと分かるので。
It's easy to make iced coffee with the Matsuya method. After you make very strong coffee, you just dilute it with cold water or pour it in a glass containing ice cubes, instead of diluting it with hot water.
松屋式でアイスコーヒーを作るのは簡単です。とても濃いコーヒーを作った後に、お湯で薄める代わりに、冷水で薄めるか、氷の入ったグラスに注ぐだけです。
When it comes to coffee, I'm much of a purist. I don't want to add any gum syrup or sugar.
コーヒーに関しては、私は純粋主義者で、ガムシロップや砂糖は入れたくないです。
Hiroyuki, do you mean you drink 300 g of coffee a week? Sounds like a lot... (or maybe it's your whole family?) I have two medium coffees a day (strong ones, made in the Italian mocha pot) and I think I use a 250 g package in two weeks... or maybe even more than two weeks.
ReplyDeleteSissi: Yes, exactly. 50 g a day, which makes 600 ml of coffee with the Matsuya method (water-to-coffee ratio = 1:12). I sometimes drink the coffee brewed the previous day. (The coffee brewed with the Matsuya method can keep for days at room temperature.)
ReplyDeleteI really must motivate myself and try Matsuya method (I'm sure this is the method they use in this kissaten I told you about where I had the best coffee maybe in my whole life!). Moreover, I could make more coffee and take it to the office!
ReplyDeleteSissi: Well, don't be so sure...
ReplyDeleteThe Matsuya method is little known even in Japan, except Nagoya, where Matsuya Coffee is located. Nel filters and cold-brew systems like Toddy can also make flavorful coffee, depending on what flavors you want in your coffee.
Tried Matsuya method while using some work-around aka smaller mashed strainer, Melitta paper-filter which I folded into a cone shape. It is hard to keep up the circular dripping without a very small snouted drip kettle. It worked somehow and I think the coffee really tastes different, more mild. Did not use my hand mill for a while and had to find out how to adjust for a coarse ground. I used a dark arabic bean roast we usually put into our machine. I will let the coffee cool down and have it with some ice cubes later on. One thing for sure: I need a drip kettle..
ReplyDeleteKiki: Oh, did you?
ReplyDeleteThink of the Matsuya method as a way to extract "dashi" from coffee beans. Avoid agitating the coffee grounds while brewing, or unpleasant flavors will come out of the coffee grounds.
I have already analyzed the Matsuya method in detail. I hope I can explain it in detail in the near future.
I love Japanese style cold coffee. It's so smooth and sweet. I agree you don't need to add anything to enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteAre you using a single region coffee or a blend? What kind of beans do you prefer when making ice coffee?
Joanna: These particular beans are from Mexico. I have tried coffee beans from different regions, but I just can't tell the difference in flavor. For me, any coffee beans will be good for iced coffee if they are dark roasted.
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