9 Pour-Over Coffee: A Hobby or a Trap? Genuine Connoisseurship or Pretentious Affectation?
Boiling beans, grinding beans, beans sipping in the pot. As a new trend in home coffee brewing that has grown increasingly popular in China in recent years, pour-over coffee has gradually moved from the realm of specialty coffee shops into ordinary households. From Nescafé instant coffee, to Starbucks and Costa, to drip bags and Luckin Coffee, and finally to specialty coffee, China may have traversed in less than thirty years a century’s worth of global evolution in coffee consumption methods. In this episode, the two hosts, speaking as ordinary enthusiasts, will discuss their respective journeys into the world of coffee, sharing their understanding of various pour-over coffee equipment—from price ranges to usage experiences—personal coffee-drinking habits, the debate over the bitterness and acidity of beans, and even an exploration of the "coffee snobbery chain and anti-snobbery chain." This episode serves as a guide to avoiding pitfalls for potential players who are itching to try but hesitating at the edge of the coffee rabbit hole, and it also discusses coffee as a cultural phenomenon representing an emerging urban lifestyle in China.
Original Chinese title & description
9 手冲咖啡：入坑还是踩雷，真讲究还是假矫情
煮豆磨豆机，豆在壶中喫。手冲咖啡作为一种近几年在中国愈发流行的家庭咖啡冲煮新趋势，逐渐已经旧时精品咖啡店，流入寻常百姓家了。从雀巢速溶，到星巴克Costa，再到挂耳瑞幸，再到精品咖啡，中国可能花了不到30年的时间，走完了各国咖啡啜饮方式上百年的历程。 本期两位主播将以普通爱好者身份，讨论各自咖啡入坑的经过，讲述手冲咖啡种种设备的从价格区间到使用心得的认知，个人饮用咖啡的习惯，豆子的苦酸之争，乃至于对「喝咖啡鄙视链&反鄙视链」的探讨......这是一期给心痒痒但却徘徊在咖啡坑口的潜在玩家们的避雷指南，也是讨论咖啡作为一种中国城市新兴生活方式的文化现象。
Participation credit “本期参与者”：沙青青（微信公众号：13号埋立地）。
Original episode page ↗