Types of Coffee

Common coffee taste

There are many kinds of coffee, according to the taste, the common ones are as follows:

Black coffee (black coffee): also known as "black coffee", commonly known as "fast coffee" in Hong Kong-coffee made directly from coffee beans, without milk, etc., will affect the way the coffee is consumed. Instant coffee does not belong to black coffee.

White coffee (white coffee): Malaysian specialty, originated in the town of Ipoh, refers to coffee beans baked in butter, brewed and added to sweet condensed milk. It's essentially a latte. In the United States, white coffee also refers to lightly roasted coffee beans, which are brewed in Italian style and have a strong sour taste.

Flavored-coffee: according to different tastes, add chocolate, syrup, juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange blossom and other different seasonings to the coffee.

Espresso (Espresso): coffee is brewed at the end of coffee ground by high pressure with hot water.

Cappuccino: steam-pressurized espresso with frothy (or steamed) milk, sometimes with cinnamon or spices or chocolate powder as needed. Usually coffee, milk and milk foam account for 1 / 3 of each. You can also add two espresso as needed, which is called "Double".

Caff è latte: "Caff è latte" is an Italian transliteration; a latte, also known as "Cafe au lait", is a French transliteration of ─ coffee with lots of hot milk and sugar. Also known as "coffee milk"-Chinese interpretation, by one espresso plus more than two servings of hot milk. You can also add two espresso as needed, which is called "Double".

Macchiato: put the right amount of steam on the espresso to beat the foam. Macchiato in Italian means "coffee soiled with milk."

Caff è Mocha: add chocolate, milk and whipped cream to the coffee, sometimes with ice.

American coffee (American Coffee / Americano): espresso with lots of hot water. Softer than regular espresso.

Irish coffee (Irish Coffee): add whiskey to the coffee and put cream on top.

Viennese coffee (Viennese): invented by Austrian coachman Ein Shubner, the coffee is made with chocolate syrup, whipped cream and sprinkled with sugar.

Vietnamese coffee (Vietnamese Coffee): put the minced coffee in a special metal processing filter, pour it into boiling water and let the coffee drop into the cup; when the coffee is finished, add sugar or condensed milk to everyone's taste and stir it up. In Vietnam, there are two kinds of drinks: cold drink and hot drink. Hot coffee, which people drink mainly in winter, is made by putting the cup in another small bowl with hot water to keep warm. Cold drink coffee is mostly drunk in hot summer, is coffee brewed and then added with ice.

Origin and flavor

In addition to distinguishing according to taste, people usually distinguish all kinds of coffee according to the origin of coffee beans. Today, there are more than 100 varieties of coffee, but these more than 100 kinds of coffee are all derived from Arabica coffee, Robbda coffee and Liberian coffee. The following are the more famous coffee producing areas in the world:

Brazil

Santos: taste mellow, neutral, it can be directly boiled, or mixed with other kinds of coffee beans into mixed coffee, is also a good choice.

Colombia

Medellin (Medellin)

Armania (Armenia)

Manizarez (Manizales)

These three are often collectively referred to as "Columbia" in cafes because they are never exported separately, called MAM. Colombian coffee is quite rich in taste, quality and price are also very stable, fried coffee beans, more large and beautiful.

Yemen

Mocha ((Moka, Mocha): usually used with other coffee beans or mixed coffee beans.

Note: the mocha here is not the same as the mocha coffee in the taste category.

Indonesia

Mandheling: is one of the high-grade coffee in the world, is the favorite of heavy-flavored coffee, rich in delicate and full-bodied taste, bitter but not acidic, with the original flavor of coffee.

Ankora (Ankola)

Java

Java: coffee is grown in Arabica. After baking, the bitter taste is extremely strong and the aroma is very light, but there is no sour taste, which is loved by the Dutch. This kind of coffee beans are most commonly used in mixed coffee and instant brewed coffee.

Jamaica

Blue Mountain (Blue Mountain): regarded as the most famous, expensive and controversial coffee in the world. It gets its name from growing in the Blue Mountains where the sea level is more than 3000. With all the characteristics of coffee, the taste is rich, full-bodied, moderate and perfect sour taste, three tastes (sweet, sour, bitter) excellent blending, for the best coffee. They usually drink on a single basis. However, because the output is very small and the price is high. Therefore, it is rare to see the real blue mountains on the market, and most of them are comprehensive blue mountains with very close taste.

Jamaica Alpine (Jamaica High Mountain): coffee that grows below the height of the Blue Mountains and is not as good in quality and taste as the Blue Mountains.

Kenya

Nairobi: with aromas of mellow wine and flowers, the texture is full, small and round, because it is easy to roll in the pan and can be roasted evenly, suitable for home baking.

Hawaii

Kona: Kona tastes sweet with the sour taste of a pleasant wine, very special.