What's a good cup of coffee like?

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Bitter taste

The basic taste of coffee is the strength of bitterness and the texture of bitterness. Raw beans contain only a very small amount of bitterness, followed by baked sugar, part of starch, caramelization and carbonization of fiber, which produces the most symbolic bitterness of coffee. Caffeine, one of the bitter ingredients, is also an important substance showing the pharmacological characteristics of coffee, and its content varies according to its type, purification and baking degree. if the baking temperature is high, its content will be reduced, so the shallower the roasting is, the stronger the pharmacological effect of caffeine is, and the deeper the roasting is, the weaker it is.

Generally speaking, coffee with strong sour taste will have a weak bitter taste, while coffee with bitter taste as the main body is prone to lack of sour taste, so the proportion of sour taste and bitter taste gives room for the development of coffee taste. The bitter taste mainly depends on the baking time, firepower and firepower, but it will also be affected by the soaking temperature and soaking time, so the bitter taste of the coffee that you want to brew is high and refreshing, in addition to the good quality of raw beans, but also need to have a wealth of knowledge and technology of baking to soak.

Mellow and sweet

Generally speaking, we use strong alcohol to show the round, mellow and strong taste of coffee. The unique sweetness of high-end coffee is related to the bitter taste, so the refreshing taste must have a sweet taste. In the baking process, part of the carbohydrates such as sucrose and glucose will be caramelized, and the rest will form sweetness. the product of moderate sweetness is easily lost if it is overheated during baking and baking.

Fragrance

Aroma is the life of coffee quality, and it can best represent the coffee production process and baking technology, as well as the climate, elevation, variety, refined treatment, harvest, storage, and the appropriateness of baking technology in the consuming country.

The results of gas chromatographic analysis showed that the aroma of coffee was composed of acid, alcohol, acetaldehyde, ketone, ester, sulfur compound, phenol, nitrogen compound and nearly hundreds of volatile components. Generally speaking, fat, albumen and sugars are important sources of aroma, while lipids blend with the sour and bitter of coffee to form a smooth flavor. Therefore, the disappearance of fragrance means that the quality is getting worse, and the relationship between aroma and quality is very close.

Sour taste

The sour taste must be affected by the quality and variety of raw beans. As far as the elevation of the variety is concerned, coffee grown in highlands is sour than that in lowlands, and beans just harvested are sour than beans that have been harvested for a while. The increase and decrease of acid varies with different kinds of acid. generally, the beans with shallow baking are rich in sour taste, and those with deeper baking degree are lack of sour taste.

Just harvested beans, good quality, high moisture content, if the appropriate heat to produce a moderate sour taste, will make the coffee taste better, make people feel more deep.