Have you ever visited a cafe and seen various coffee makers displayed on the cafe bar? If the equipment does not require electrical power, it is most likely a coffee machine that requires 100% human power. These tools are called manual coffee equipment. Here are some of them!
This coffee equipment is in the form of a cylinder into which you will pour coffee powder with a coarse grind and pour hot water. After waiting about 4 minutes, you need to press the plunger, which has a mesh filter at the bottom to separate the coffee grounds and water. This method is considered the simplest.
Espresso is black coffee, which, during the extraction process, requires a certain amount of air pressure. To create this air pressure, a manual espresso machine usually consists of a tube with a filter at the end. In the tube, you pour fine-grind coffee powder and press the air inside with a plunger until the coffee water comes out through the filter.
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Actually, these two types of coffee equipment are divided into various types. However, the way to enjoy coffee with these types of equipment tends to be similar, namely by placing coffee grounds on the filter, pouring hot water, and then letting the water pass through the coffee grounds and filter into the glass.
Indonesia is a country with around 1,300 ethnic groups and 17,508 islands. So, it's not surprising that some of them have their own way of enjoying coffee. For example, Aceh Province uses the pulled coffee-making method.
This coffee is not called 'pulled coffee' without reason. The reason is that after the coffee is brewed, the coffee will be poured into a filter containing coffee grounds, and the baristas are required to make pulling movements when pouring into the glass. The goal is so that the coffee they pour has lots of foam.
For those who like a faster coffee making process, this way of enjoying coffee could be an option. Just by pouring instant coffee powder into a cup and mixing it with hot water, the coffee is ready to drink. In fact, some of them (such as the NESCAFÉ product variants) can produce a cup of coffee that doesn't produce any dregs at all. How could that be?
At the Nestlé coffee factory, which produces NESCAFÉ products, coffee that has gone through the extraction process will go through a drying process. This process is divided into spray-drying and also freeze-drying. Although there are differences between the two, both spray-drying and freeze-drying aim to turn the coffee extract into instant coffee powder, which dissolves easily in water. Great right?
So, those are some ways to enjoy coffee without dregs that you need to know. Each method above basically has its own advantages. The use of manual equipment will be suitable for those who enjoy a slower coffee-making process, pulled coffee for those who like the traditional method, and instant coffee for those who like a faster coffee-making process!
If you prefer to enjoy coffee with instant coffee powder, there's no harm in choosing NESCAFÉ Classic. This product is made from 100% pure Robusta coffee powder, which is processed in such a way as to produce an instant coffee powder that easily dissolves into water in just 6 seconds!