Part Two of the segment- Kyle shows us how to make some nice espresso on a home setup as well as a little syphon coffee demo. Good luck Kyle representing the USA at the World Barista Championships (he competed around 7am local time today in Copenhagen).
On June 20, 2008, In Coffee Education, By admin
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Good grief.
Re Syphon, do not put the towel under the bowl where the flame was. For two reasons, that area is prone to fracture because it under the most stress. A cold towel on there is a no no. Place the towel on the top of the bottom bowl, that’s where the air is which is creating the suction. Cooling air will skrink in volume. Think about the physics involved… and always give credit when you borrow someone’s methods.
Totally agree on the towel- I kinda cringed when I saw that and I also noticed that there was only one stir when the coffee was dropped. I’ll cut Kyle some slack, though, because it seems like he’s kind of new to the subject and he’s more of an espresso guy to begin with.
Me? I’ve been following the Simon Hsieh methodology supplied by your buddy Ben Chen (there’s my plug). I must say that I have been really pleased with the results as I’ve enjoyed some really nice coffee from my Hario. Ben’s been really helpful and encouraging and it’s nice to meet people that want to share their knowledge and help people enjoy coffee more. After only a few dozen cycles I’m feeling somewhat competent now, but I had a great starting point. As far as giving credit for the method in this context… I just posted a video I found. Once I feel a little more steady with my syphoning skills I’ll probably create a separate post on the subject, and give credit to those that taught me what I know. Thanks again!
Totally appreciate the seriousness with which you approach it and I am interested to see where you take it from here. Not on your case here. Just awkward seeing that.
The heavy dose/short time and stir points are so specific to Simon and his book. Nobody in the Japanese community really uses that method and only the segment of the Taiwanese community friendly to Bella worked that method. Seeing it spread in the US has been an eye opener on how our community functions. As much crap as we took last year from mark prince about the method, you’d think people would acknowledge the method as at least Taiwanese, not Japanese.