Japanese Siphon Coffee; 2009 Coffee Trade Show, Atlanta

[HerrAl5ama]

Nice, I want a siphon.

[Kvasiir]

totally love the ucc cafes in japan, amazing coffee!

[NayHawaii1]

Respect....great way to make coffee in my opinion I don´t like coffee sooo much hot...any way this is awesome...

[watzupdawg]

I suspect they are using Jamaica Blue Mountain. It is a high quality coffee which I often make the wrong way and it still tastes great.

[Pltinum]

@larryrp66: I don't own a siphon brewer (yet), but googled a little. Found out the water doesnt need to boil to go up north and it is even possible to get a temperature of 74°C in the upper chambre! (while bottom chambre was max 87°C.)

[larryrp66]

This is simply my opinion. Good luck.

[larryrp66]

Who ever said boiling coffee is the best method for extracting flavor? As far as scale and grind, that is not related. Any brew method should have the proper grind and correct amount of beans. Try both methods and see for your self. .

[larryrp66]

The proper brewing temp for coffee is between 195-205. Water boils at 212. I have never had an issue with the temperature dropping that fast. 17 degrees is a lot to drop to reach below 195. Try it yourself. The siphon method has to boil the water to get it to rise and keep boiling it to get most of the water up to the coffee. I say most, because not all the water make contact with the grinds, as you can clearly see in the video.

[larryrp66]

Oh, and yes easier can always be better.

[snoopyflick]

@larryrp66 How can you manage the coffee in top for manual drip to be the right temperature? If you pour from a kettle, it has cooled significantly since you started, and even once you pour it's getting cold while it brews. Ohh an you also need to have a scale the whole time to get the right proportion of water. And if the grind size is off the whole cup is lost. I'm not really seeing this absolute control thing that manual drip supposably offers.

[larryrp66]

Because pouring boiling water over the coffee is too easy?

[arthurandroid]

It may be easier, but easier isn't always better.

[efreshdotcom]

So this is how coffee becomes an art form. Lol!