| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
|
|
Philville
Joined: 20 Aug 2022
Posts: 158
|
 Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 1:20 pm
|
 |
|
I'm a week behind on the ANN Aftershow, but I just thought I'd point out to anyone who's interested in the Aki "artisanal" coffee morning routine discussion from the Nov. 2nd stream (starting at 39:00) that there was a 2017 Answerman column by Justin Sevakis which addressed the popularity of pour-over/drip coffee in Japan ("How is Coffee Brewed in Japan?"):
| Quote: | | Japanese kitchens are small, especially in apartments. There really isn't enough space to have a bunch of kitchen gadgets around that only do one thing. Most Japanese kitchens have a hot water boiler/dispenser (for making tea, instant ramen, and other things that require hot water... but mostly tea) and a rice cooker/warmer, and maybe a microwave, and that's pretty much it. Additionally, most people are only making one cup of coffee at a time, so a full size coffee maker would be a waste.
So if you're having coffee at home, chances are you're using the pour-over method for brewing. Pour-over method is just pouring hot water over some grounds placed in a (usually porcelain) funnel with a paper filter. At first glance, this just looks like a poor-man's attempt to replicate a drip coffee maker, but any coffee otaku will tell you that it tastes much better, due to some subtle differences. |
Source: animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2017-05-29/.116649
So the Aki morning sequence has the added benefit of being realistic slice-of-life as well as "cozy" and "homey" as Lynzee put it (which really aren't the first words that come to mind when I think of Chainsaw Man!).
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
SHD
Joined: 05 Apr 2015
Posts: 1752
|
|
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 1:33 pm
|
|
|
Wow, just had to react to this:
| Quote: | Japanese kitchens are small, especially in apartments. There really isn't enough space to have a bunch of kitchen gadgets around that only do one thing. Most Japanese kitchens have a hot water boiler/dispenser (for making tea, instant ramen, and other things that require hot water... but mostly tea) and a rice cooker/warmer, and maybe a microwave, and that's pretty much it. Additionally, most people are only making one cup of coffee at a time, so a full size coffee maker would be a waste.
Source: animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2017-05-29/.116649
So if you're having coffee at home, chances are you're using the pour-over method for brewing. Pour-over method is just pouring hot water over some grounds placed in a (usually porcelain) funnel with a paper filter. At first glance, this just looks like a poor-man's attempt to replicate a drip coffee maker, but any coffee otaku will tell you that it tastes much better, due to some subtle differences. |
:O Having to explain pour-over coffee? A poor man's attempt? Yet another unexpected culture shock moment for me. Over here where I live (and it's not Japan, unfortunately) pour-over is a very popular coffee making method, it never occurred to me that it's not popular/well-known elsewhere. (Myself, I use a French press, not because I'm a coffee gourmand or anything, but because I'm lazy, this makes it the easiest to add spices, and anyway my favorite type of coffee is one I like to describe as "trash Americano".)
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
Philville
Joined: 20 Aug 2022
Posts: 158
|
|
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 1:46 pm
|
|
|
| SHD wrote: | |
:O Having to explain pour-over coffee? A poor man's attempt? Yet another unexpected culture shock moment for me. Over here where I live (and it's not Japan, unfortunately) pour-over is a very popular coffee making method, it never occurred to me that it's not popular/well-known elsewhere. (Myself, I use a French press, not because I'm a coffee gourmand or anything, but because I'm lazy, this makes it the easiest to add spices, and anyway my favorite type of coffee is one I like to describe as "trash Americano".) |
I use the pour-over method myself in the mornings despite also having an espresso machine, as I can drink larger quantities of it and I prefer getting the full coffee flavor. For some reason people often think that this method just means watered-down coffee whereas most self-respecting baristas will tell you that it actually allows you to sample the range of nuances of flavor more accurately (the intensity or strength of the coffee itself comes down to various factors such as the beans, the fineness of the grinding, and the grounds-to-water ratio during the brewing process, not simply the "machine" that is being used).
As for "having to explain" this, I guess no one was asking for an explanation really, but I remembered this column which seemed pretty relevant, because it has a lot to do with the size of Japanese kitchens and homes (Aki's apartment is a key location in this episode of Chainsaw Man). I don't live in the US either, and I was also under the impression that filter coffee is the most widely brewed form of coffee in American homes and restaurants (maybe I just watched too much Twin Peaks back in the day!) but it definitely seems like it's perceived as a very "Japanese" thing by some American viewers (hence the need for the article). Having said that I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there are significant regional differences when it comes to coffee brewing methods within the US, either (aside from the matter of personal preference).
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
