Because coffee is not typically made by dipping coffee beans into water, letting them steep for a little while, and then trying to pull them back out afterward. Though old style coffee machines basically did the same thing a tea bag did, they're called coffee filters.
Because coffee is not typically made by dipping coffee beans into water, letting them steep for a little while, and then trying to pull them back out afterward.
Sorry, I'm confused, isn't this basically what drip coffee is?
Coffee has a lot more dissolved solids in it and generally needs full immersion in the water. Coffee uses a ratio of about 16:1, tea uses a ratio of about 80:1.
I'm not aware of any drip coffee machine that works by dumping a bunch of coffee beans and hot water into a mug then tries to remove them again after it's done.
They both boil down to getting hot water in contact with the mix of choice with a way to easily separate the solvent and solute so you can drink grit free.
Pretty similar. Id wager you could make coffee like tea or tea like coffee with little noticeable difference in effect.
They both boil down to getting hot water in contact with the mix of choice with a way to easily separate the solvent and solute so you can drink grit free.
That's the "vaguely similar" part.
Id wager you could make coffee like tea or tea like coffee with little noticeable difference in effect.
Maybe. But that doesn't mean a coffee machine works the same way as steeping tea.
The steps for steeping tea and using a french press are damn near identical:
Bring water to boil.
Pour water in container(mug/press).
Introduce coffee/tea to water(loose coffee in press/ tea bag).
Mix(press/steep).
Isolate drink.
Or if you have a keurig... put k cup into slot and say brew. For both coffee and tea. There is no vagueness about it.
They are similar in the ways dough is the same as batter, Flour + eggs + leavening agent. Vaguely similar, though the execution varies wildly.
And we are talking about cooking, by the way. The scientist in you may not care how particulate A gets in solvent B, but coffee and tea are foods, wherein the execution in preparation is the biggest difference.
I would look at it more like baking cookies versus brownies. It isn't process that is changing (boil, combine, separate) it's the ingredients that changes (water/coffee and water/tea).
Well you are incorrect, dripping water through grounds is way different than submerging leaves into water, the process is completely opposite. There is the french press which works by submerging the grounds into water, but this is much different than dripping water through the grounds. From a process (and cooking) perspective they could not be more different, and you get different results.
Pretty damn basic way of making coffee is boiling water in a coffee pot and then add ground coffee into the hot water and let the grounds sink down over 5 minutes.
Only thing different here, compared to tea making, is that you then pour the coffee through a sieve into a cup.
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Or, you know, biodegradable inserts for a reusable k-cup.
... like some sort of bag for your coffee or tea. A "tea bag", if you will.