A new way of drinking hot coffee in Europe and America! Iced coffee with lemon juice? Tonic water?

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People who have foreign food bloggers on follow must have noticed that interesting new ways to drink coffee have begun to appear on the page recently! Is coffee with lemon juice or bubbly Tongning water, does the slightly sour taste taste good with coffee? It seems to be a refreshing new choice for coffee in summer.

The combination of iced coffee and lemon juice has become a new choice for summer drinks.

The combination of iced coffee and lemon juice has become a new choice for summer drinks.

In Taiwan, coffee is nothing more than lattes, cappuccinos and flat white with milk added in different proportions, or caramel macchiato, hazelnut lattes with various syrup, or slightly drunken versions of Irish coffee mixed with wine. However, in the trend of coffee abroad, in addition to the prosperity of hand-brewed boutique manor coffee, focusing on regional flavor and home-baking, there is also a sense of novelty.

For example, turmeric latte (turmeric latte) was very popular last year, adding turmeric to the milk foam of coffee to make the dense milk foam show a dazzling bright yellow, which instantly increased appetite, turmeric's anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and other health care effects are also famous in recent years.

This year's fashion is a combination of coffee and lemon! In an interview with FOOD52, Darleen Scherer, owner of Supercrown Coffee, a coffee shop in New York, said: "it tastes super refreshing, a bit like mixed shandy (a mixture of beer and Ginger Ale)." The first thing you feel after a sip is a strong lemon aroma, then the taste buds begin to bloom, with smooth, full-bodied caramel, sweetness and fruit acidity. When made with different types of coffee, the sour aroma of the fruit is also different.

In fact, it is not difficult to imagine the flavor of coffee with lemon juice, because there are many coffee flavors with lemon or citrus notes, such as the lemon and citrus notes of Yega Sheffield, or the lively and bright berry aromas of Kenya. When paired with lemon juice, it is like a tropical juice, while coffee adds calmness and softness.

The same coffee with lemon citrus acid, the other is espresso with toning water, the biggest difference between the two is that Tongning water has a bubble feeling, so it tastes like soda, very refreshing. For advanced drinking, add a few drops of syrup, peel some oranges or extract fresh rosemary to enhance the flavor.

The method of Japanese coffee extraction can draw out the flavor and brightness of coffee beans.

The method of Japanese coffee extraction can draw out the flavor and brightness of coffee beans.

Homemade iced coffee ╳ lemon juice at home

1) choose a black coffee that goes well with lemon juice

The key to making this drink is the extraction of coffee. So first of all, choose a coffee bean that is suitable for lemon juice. For example, Supercrown uses Peruvian mixed beans with sour fruit. It is recommended to avoid deep-roasted coffee beans, because when deep-roasted beans are mixed with lemon juice, they will bring out miscellaneous flavors and taste less refreshing and clean.

2) Japanese coffee extraction method

In addition to using ice droplets to make iced coffee, Cold Brew is also a popular practice. The concept of Cold Brew is actually similar to cold tea, which is made by soaking a large amount of coffee powder directly in cold water, refrigerating for a few hours and then filtering out the excess oil and bottling it. But Cold Brew cold soaking can reduce the flavor and brightness of coffee, and Japanese coffee extraction rules can lead to the characteristics of these coffee beans.

Therefore, when making lemon juice and coffee, Japanese coffee extraction is recommended. Basically, the method of hand-brewing coffee is used, but the pot is filled with ice, and when the coffee is extracted, it is brewed with twice the amount of coffee powder, so that the ice slowly dissolves with the dripping hot coffee, and the drink is very meticulous.

Follow Darleen, the owner of Supercrown Coffee, to try it.

Iced coffee

1. Put the 6oz (about 180g) ice cubes and flush it out of the pot. If you are using Chemex, put it directly into the pot.

two。 Weigh 24g coffee beans, ground to about the thickness of salt

3. Flush by hand into 6oz (about 170ml) hot water extraction, slowly inject water, and cover all ground coffee powder in a smooth circle.

The acidity of lemon and the fruity aroma of coffee beans reflect each other.

The acidity of lemon and the fruity aroma of coffee beans reflect each other.

Lemon juice

4. Take a container with a capacity of about 1 gallon (3785 ml)

5. Pour in 2 cups of sugar and 1 cup of hot water, stir until the sugar dissolves

6. Add 2 cups of lemon juice

7. Fill the water to 1 gallon and stir well.

Mix

8. Put ice in a glass, pour iced coffee and lemon juice, slice lemon and garnish on the edge of the glass. Finish.