Understand the mixing of coffee beans

One's ideal goal, of course, is to assemble a coffee that tastes better than any of them. But in general, Arabica coffee from a single origin is enough to make a coffee that tastes good; it has a light flavor, a soft taste and a sweet aftertaste. So there is no need for "blending"(i.e. putting coffee from different origins together).

The main commercial goal of blending coffee is to reduce costs and make coffee that tastes good from coffee that is not good. in ord to increase sales profit. Another possible goal is to create a unique flavor, the unique flavor of a brand. Customers who like this taste will have to go to this manufacturer to buy, and cannot get it from other suppliers. Another advantage of this is that the blend will not change in taste, regardless of how the coffee tastes in certain regions of the year.

Here we will ignore other possible commercial purposes and concentrate on understanding the blending for the purpose of improving the taste quality of coffee.

Before mixing any coffee, first understand the flavor characteristics of each coffee, and at least know in your mind that the coffee you want to mix will taste like no single coffee can achieve. It would be a shame if the blend didn't taste better than one or more of them. It's better not to match. If you use some reasonably good quality coffee to make the blend, the result is likely to be this way.

Although some coffee varieties can be drunk directly as single-serve coffee, most coffee has more or less defects in flavor, such as lack of special flavor, lack of depth, lack of strength, or a certain flavor is too strong. To compensate for these deficiencies, several coffee beans with different characteristics are blended to create a harmonious and deep taste. Some people think that the fun of coffee is concentrated on roasting and blending these two links, and drinking coffee is just enjoying your own victory. Blending coffee is not just mixing coffee beans together. Sometimes the blending of two kinds of fine coffee will inhibit each other's unique flavor, so the blending is not simply a combination of several kinds of fine coffee.

Blending is like a painter adjusting and creating attractive colors on a palette. Blenders can also blend coffee beans to create attractive flavors. Therefore, it is not too much to say that matching is an art. As an artist, the matching division not only needs experience and inspiration, but also needs to pass certain scientific calculations. The creation of works of art is not accidental, but an explosion of long-term accumulation. A typical coffee blend does not have to use more than five coffee beans. Because if there are too many types of coffee beans, the situation can be very complicated. Almost only a very special expert would not be confused by so many different coffee beans.