Evolution history of baking utensils

When human beings found that coffee seeds have a special attractive flavor, it is the beginning of coffee history. This time is to transform coffee beans from being used as medicinal herbs only in East Africa and southern Arabia into one of the most popular drinks in the world, second only to oil in terms of trading volume.

Some skeptics believe that coffee beans become the second most traded goods in the world because of their caffeine content, not because of their attractive flavors (because the flavor of coffee beans must be properly roasted to show). But the flaw in this argument is clear. If caffeine alone gives coffee beans such a status, then there are also other plants that contain caffeine, refreshing and make people feel very comfortable, such as tea, Yerba Mate (), a South American holly plant called ilex paraguarensis. People in Argentina and other places drink seven times more Yabama tea than coffee. Is also one of the plants containing caffeine), cocoa beans, beans (Coca), the leaves are refined coca! (raw materials), and other less well-known crops with the same effect, why are the trading volumes of these crops far lower than those of coffee beans?

In addition, coffee flavor condiment (non-caffeinated) is also the most important taste in food processing, such as candy, cake, fudge, etc., coffee flavor is an indispensable part. Even for people who are sensitive to caffeine, most people prefer decaffeinated coffee to other non-caffeinated alternative drinks.

The aforementioned points are sufficient to prove that the rich aroma of roasted coffee beans is absolutely related to its popularity. On the other hand, there is a lot of evidence that people have to go through a period of adaptation before they can gradually experience the original pleasure of tasting coffee. For example, few children naturally like the taste of coffee from an early age, and since human beings began to drink coffee, they have always had the habit of adding other things. The earliest record is that some people add cardamom and other spices to their coffee. This tendency has evolved into Flavored Coffee in modern times. And a variety of drinks with added syrup, decorations and milk mixed with espresso.

Another greater possibility is that the aroma characteristics of roasted coffee beans, coupled with the irritating taste, are intertwined with the result of human lingering. At some point, people began to talk about the thrill of coffee and made a direct association with the deep-roasted aftertaste, and combined the two into social situations, so there were peripherals related to coffee drinks. Then, people connect the morning impression, cordial service, conversation with the coffee bar and other elements with the cafe, thus creating "coffee is not only coffee", but also represents a kind of excitement, taste, social ritual. To add complexity and richness to the coffee