Can you really drink coffee? Coffee experts teach you how to drink coffee.

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Would you like some coffee? Read this article taught by coffee experts to taste the key skills, absolutely subvert your habit of drinking coffee, coffee is no longer just a drink, but a slow taste, slow taste of life!

◆ smell the fragrance

It is recommended that when drinking coffee, do not rush to drink it. At this time, the temperature of the coffee is different from that of our mouth. You can put it a little bit and easily enjoy the aroma of the coffee. This is "smell fragrance".

◆ watch color

Take a look at the coffee surface, there will be layers of fog called Aroma (aroma), that is the source of the aroma of good coffee, this step is to "watch the color".

◆ sipping

When the coffee temperature drops a little, close to the oral temperature, the next step is to "sip". If the coffee is fresh enough, from hot to cold, with the gradual change of the temperature gradient, the drinking level of the coffee will be very obvious, even if you take the last sip, the warm and cool taste is still very comfortable, full of coffee aroma and sweet taste, it is still very enjoyable!

◆ black coffee is best served with milk and then sugar.

If the brewed coffee is made with sugar or fresh milk (or cream), the taste of the coffee will be completely different, and you will not be able to drink the fresh "original flavor" you should have! If you want to add sugar and milk, please add milk and then sugar, because if the coffee is fresh enough, adding sugar first will make the coffee sour. As for refreshments with coffee, foods that are too oily are not recommended.

◆ coffee cup, porcelain is the best.

Coffee cups filled with coffee should have good thermal insulation (better porcelain), especially before drinking hot coffee, be sure to warm the cup (fill hot water first, pour hot water when the coffee is ready, fill coffee), otherwise the taste will change due to the temperature difference. After drinking the coffee cup immediately rinse with clean water, do not need to use detergent, at most use coffee residue brush to decontaminate, both simple and environmentally friendly.

◆ coffee grounds, unexpectedly so "easy to use"

What's the good use of the coffee grounds left after brewing coffee, except for laying them in an ashtray? In fact, coffee grounds contain numerous pores similar to activated carbon, which can absorb peculiar smell, dehumidify, remove tiny dirt, and act as natural flower fertilizer!

Take a deep plate and lay a layer of coffee grounds (either dry or wet) in the refrigerator or bath toilet, which is a natural deodorant.

Put sun-dried (or microwave) coffee grounds in non-woven bags (or discarded silk stockings) in shoe cabinets or shoes to remove not only shoe odor but also dehumidification.

Hang it in the car and turn it into a free "coffee" car fragrance!

The pot that has been used for a long time has the smell of fuel consumption. Stir-fry some coffee grounds to remove the smell of oil.

Sprinkle directly on the soil of the flowerpot, it is the best organic leaf fertilizer, but also can prevent insects!

Recent scientific research by ◆ has promoted the use of coffee grounds to the extreme:

Biodiesel is extracted from it in the United States.

Japan makes it into heater fuel.

The clothing industry has also developed coffee yarn sweating clothes that deodorize and absorb moisture.

It turns out that coffee grounds have so many wonderful uses, it really can't be underestimated!

I am not a coffee fan. I am not often in the office. My assistant often brings back a hot latte from 7-11. I usually enjoy my coffee easily. When I drink coffee, I always add some milk but no sugar, but these coffee drinking habits have recently been subverted.

About a month ago, at noon on a Sunday, just after climbing Qixing Mountain and having lunch, a friend suggested to drink coffee, so he led me to Jingshan Road, a seemingly inconspicuous "Jijia Coffee" near Yangde Avenue. Boss Chen of Jijia knew who I was at a glance, and because of this fate, I took a very important coffee lesson.

Sitting in the coffee shop, Boss Chen taught me how to drink coffee. He said that the price of coffee was not high or low, but whether the beans were fresh or not. He said that drinking fresh coffee is like drinking fruit juice. there will be some sour fruit at the entrance, but it will be sweet after the entrance, and it will taste better and better. Therefore, drinking fresh coffee is like drinking fruit juice. There is no need to add anything. The idea of drinking black coffee is very similar to the "black soup coffee" opened by a young man who sells pig blood soup in Changji Street.

Boss Chen said that most people add sugar and cream to their coffee, because the coffee beans are no longer fresh and oxidized, so they will become more and more bitter, so they have to use sugar and cream to cover the bitterness. I asked him why he sold NT $350 for a large cup of Jamaica's Blue Mountain and NT $250 for a small cup, while a typical coffee chain sold a cup of NT $30. The difference was that he said without thinking that these were coffee beans that had passed the fresh taste period.

After this advice, I finally learned that it is expensive to drink coffee within two weeks after the beans have been roasted. I bought half a pound of Jamaican Blue Mountain and half a pound of comprehensive coffee at Boss Chen's store. I went home and tried it. There is indeed a big difference. Of course, the difference between the two prices is nearly 10 times. Only then did I know that the difference in the price of the coffee we drank outside was so big that it was the difference between coffee beans.

The first lesson of my drinking coffee begins. Another new idea that subverts past habits is that drinking fresh coffee is very helpful to the body, and drinking stale coffee is very harmful to the body. What shocked me most is that Boss Chen told me that drinking fresh coffee, not only will not be sleepless, but will sleep better. In the past, I never drank coffee after supper. Last Thursday and Friday, I invited friends to dinner in the restaurant. After dinner, I asked the parlor to share the coffee brewed with Jijia coffee beans to share with my friends. In order to prove Boss Chen's point, I drank a large cup of black coffee at about 10:00 and slept well when I got home, which proved that Boss Chen was right.

From drinking coffee, I have a new experience, that is, drinking coffee, tea and red wine are all the same in the end. The other is to eat the heaviest materials, such as ordinary cheap steakhouses, which may sell a steak of NT $100 or NT $150, but a high-quality steak, such as Kobe steak, may cost more than NT $3000, and the price is very high. It usually costs NT $50 to buy a fish in a cafeteria, but it may cost more than NT $1,000 to fry a "red throat" in good Japanese food. The same is fish, the price is very different, drinking coffee is the same, eating, ingredients are the most important.

Recently, I saw a foreign news report that one cup of coffee a day has a high chance of longevity. This study surveyed people aged 65 to 100 on the Greek island of Icarici, east of the Aegean Sea, who drank 4 to 5 cups of coffee a day. As a result, more than one-third of the people can live to be 90 years old. The average number of cancer patients on this island is 20% less than that of Western countries, and 50% less than those who suffer from heart disease. And there is never a problem of senile dementia. The conclusion is: tips for Greek centenarians on Changshou Island: a cup of espresso every day seems to have many benefits.

Now I slowly learn to taste coffee. I bring a cup of fresh coffee every morning with nothing but the aroma of coffee and a feeling of freshness.

Tell yourself that there is a warm heart every day!

Have a cup of tasteful coffee... aah! aah!