Why is it called brewing coffee?

Many young people, including some elderly people, are very unfamiliar with coffee. Whenever they talk about brewing coffee, they find it very confusing and think it is a very skillful and complicated activity. Chinese people often summarize the making of freshly ground coffee with the word "boiling".

But when we say “brewing” coffee, actually, if we think about it, is this an appropriate term?

"Cooking" generally means putting something in water, bringing the water to a boil, and keeping it in the boiling water for a while.

Most of the tools used to make coffee, such as espresso machines and drip pots, use 92-96 degree water or water over 80 degree Celsius to come into contact with coffee powder to extract the active ingredients in coffee. During this process, the water is not continuously heated on the fire. Even for moka pots and siphon pots, the water is heated and rises from the lower pot to the upper pot and is no longer heated. Using the word "boil" is a misunderstanding.

In the early days, Arabs and Turks made coffee by actually boiling it. They put coffee powder in water, boiled it over fire or sand, and then poured the coffee liquid and grounds into a cup to drink.