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.
