Do you think Starbucks coffee is too expensive? You're supposed to drink coffee like this...

Although we live in China with a strong tea culture, coffee has gradually become a daily drink for many friends. If we can taste coffee like Miaoyu tea, maybe our life will be more interesting.

1. Coffee's taste is constantly changing.

Immediately taste freshly brewed coffee, is the right posture to taste coffee. Careful friends will notice when drinking coffee that the flavor of coffee is different at different times; and experiencing this change is one of the pleasures of drinking coffee.

What factors affect the taste of coffee?

First, oxygen. Coffee undergoes an oxidation reaction after contact with oxygen, which causes coffee to "deteriorate".

Moreover, our taste buds differ in how sour, bitter and sweet they feel at different temperatures.

If the temperature is low, we feel less bitter and sweet, and more sensitive to sour. So when drinking hot coffee, if you don't add sugar and creamer, the bitter taste of coffee will be very obvious; when the coffee cools down, the sour taste in the coffee will stand out.

In addition, coffee itself has many ingredients, dissolved in water after it becomes very naughty changes, change the taste of coffee.

2. Cold drops, iced coffee

Coffee needs to be hot, which may be the inherent thinking of many people. I used to drink hot coffee, but after my first taste of iced coffee, I felt like I was opening doors to a new world.

Under the action of ice, the bitter taste of coffee is hidden a lot, and the sour taste is prominent. But ice itself has a certain paralyzing effect on taste, so the balance between bitterness and sourness is worth tasting.

Flirting

What makes Xue Zhiqian crazy enough to flirt?

Iced coffee!!

3. The origin and price of good coffee beans

The difference between good coffee and bad coffee is like the difference between Maotai and Erguotou. Good coffee beans are a prerequisite for making a good cup of coffee. Although coffee beans are grown in tropical regions, the quality varies from one region to another.

The coffee we usually drink is made from Arabica beans.

Good Arabica beans are grown in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, Kona of Hawaii, Kinica of Ethiopia, and Sumatra of Indonesia. Their price is about 45.5 yuan per gram.

The red zone is the high-quality Arabica coffee bean production area

The most expensive coffee on the market is cat poop coffee from Sumatra, Indonesia. Prices range from $600 to $800 a pound.

These coffee cherries are digested by the civets and excreted. The brewed coffee has a slightly chocolate flavor and a syrupy taste. With this unique flavor, it is sought after by many coffee lovers.

Driven by huge commercial interests, large numbers of civet cats are constantly eating in and out under conditions that are close to abuse.

In recent years, due to opposition from animal activists, the situation of many civet cats has improved, and the production of cat feces coffee has also decreased sharply, and it is even more rare in the market.

Cat poop coffee beans, really poop...

Of course, no matter what kind of coffee you drink, the most important thing is to find one that suits your taste, rather than blindly pursuing high quality and big brands.

Blue Mountain coffee, for example, tastes very rich and less bitter, and after careful taste, you can experience the chocolate flavor and floral flavor.

Starbucks, one of the most successful coffee brands in the world, is often our first choice for coffee.

But Starbucks is definitely not the best choice for people who want higher coffee quality.

In wholesale markets in the United States, medium-quality coffee beans cost $4.45 a gram. Each 100 grams of coffee beans can make about 10-12 cups of coffee, and the average cost of a cup of coffee will not exceed 0.5 yuan.

It has been reported that a cup of Starbucks coffee costs less than 0.14 yuan. Starbucks, by contrast, doesn't sell coffee of even moderate quality.

Starbucks coffee sells for 20 to 30 percent more in China than the average price elsewhere. They sell for $14 in the New York area.

Given Starbucks 'excellent quality control and management, customers aren't fussy about coffee. What really makes Starbucks popular around the world is not their coffee, but the "social space" they provide.

small summary

Over time, temperature, oxygen, and coffee's internal components can affect coffee flavor, and carefully grasping coffee flavor changes is one of the pleasures of drinking coffee.

The best way to taste coffee is to drink it right away.

Drink a cup of iced coffee and flirt with Xue Zhiqian in summer!

Good Arabica beans come from: Blue Mountains in Jamaica, Kona in Hawaii, Kinica in Ethiopia, Sumatra in Indonesia. They cost about 45.5 yuan/g.