[professional observation] the right taste partner of coffee, how to add milk and sugar to make it delicious?

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Some friends have an inexplicable fear of black coffee. When they talk about black coffee, they will think that it is so strong, bitter, sour and astringent that they dare not even drink it, so Italian coffee with milk and sugar is the one that consumers most often come into contact with. So how to choose the milk and sugar added to the coffee? What's the difference between full-fat and low-fat taste? Is there a difference in brand?

The delicacy of a cup of coffee has a great influence, from the selection of coffee beans to the quality of milk and syrup.

"what kind of milk will taste right in the coffee? "

Most of the Italian coffee we often drink, such as latte, cappuccino, mocha or caramel macchiato, contains milk. However, in the part of milk, there are many areas worth discussing. The most common types are fresh milk, milk essence and milk balls, which are basically processed, so consumers are advised to choose espresso made from pure milk.

A good latte may not need gorgeous flowers, but what we want is quality, the most basic element, in addition to fresh espresso as the base, milk is absolutely the key. It is suggested that consumers should pay attention to whether the ingredients are 100% raw milk and whether they have been artificially processed and adjusted, which are more important than price and expiration date.

The mellow milk foam is a great enjoyment of drinking lattes.

A good latte, milk foam to be detailed and dense, milk fat is necessary, most full-fat fresh milk, every 100 grams of fresh milk, milk fat accounts for about 3 grams to 3.8 grams, this content ratio, help coffee flowers in the process of inflating and heating milk foaming and shaping. Many consumers will choose skim (zero fat), low-fat fresh milk, compared with full-fat fresh milk, the taste will feel thin because of the fat content, greatly reducing the rich and mellow taste.

A good latte, in addition to fresh espresso as the base, milk is absolutely the key.

If you look at the common milk brands and convenient superstore coffee, Guangquan is currently the most accepted and widely used in the market, because in the very early days, it is advertised that there is no adjustment in ingredients, and it is used to make lattes with relatively high sweetness and moderate mellowness. OK convenience Store, Laierfu, Brown Coffee, Seattle Coffee and so on all use Guangquan fresh milk, his high-priced brand frankincense family. Looking for coffee champion Hou Guoquan (4MANO boss) endorsement, the brand image is good.

Flavor full fresh milk, the more famous user is CAMA Coffee, Lin Fengying is the main milk brand, but after the top new incident, the market has been greatly fluctuated. The original brand designated by Taiwan Coffee Association is Lin Fengying, but it is also affected by these events. Dairy farmers who originally signed with Lin Fengying have come out independently to produce brands, such as Hexiang fresh Milk, Liujia Grange and so on. Lin Fengying is really mellow, but because of many news events, it is slowly less used by the industry.

Unified fresh milk is mainly supplied to its own super merchants, Mizuho fresh milk is supplied to unified Starbucks, there are four items: star Bingle milk, zero-fat milk, low-fat milk, whole-fat milk, providing consumers with a variety of choices. but in fact, the flavor of unified fresh milk is very smooth, not very distinctive, and the milk flavor is not very obvious, which can be regarded as a moderate product.

If coffee is to taste good, fresh milk brands must be chosen carefully. in recent years, more and more small farmers have invested their efforts in creating their own brands, and consumers can choose trustworthy brands according to their own preferences. on the one hand, it is to support Taiwan's local dairy farmers, on the other hand, to make themselves feel more at ease when drinking. The flavor of tall fresh milk is the most unique, and he also regards himself as the LV of Taiwan fresh milk. the aroma of milk is the richest of all small farmer brands, and its mellowness is also quite high, so it is suitable to match with black tea (to make up for the lack of rich tea oil). If consumers who do not drink coffee and like milk tea, tall is the best choice. As for Sifang fresh milk, in addition to ordering, the Housewives' Union can also buy it, which tastes very close to Guangquan.

The flavor and purity of fresh milk in Donghai Ranch is second only to tall, and it also belongs to a relatively rich taste, but for the general consumer, Donghai and tall fresh milk need to be handled very carefully. In addition to the quality of milk, the preparation of the store is also very important. If it is used in coffee, the process of cooking milk foam is very important. If the time is too long or the temperature is too high, the taste may be too heavy. It produces a milk smell like cheese, which is more unacceptable to some consumers.

Chulu Ranch and Xiukuluan fresh Milk are the representatives of the east. They get a feeling of pure water quality and moderate sweetness and mellowness. They are high-quality products.

"what kind of sugar does coffee taste right? "

Do you really need it before you add sugar to your coffee?

In fact, a good latte does not need extra sugar, because in the ingredients of fresh milk, there is already a combination of natural lactose, lactose and coffee oil, which will magnify the natural sweetness and unsweetened lattes. actually, the burden on the human body is relatively small, but if you feel it is not sweet enough, or if you want a change, order a cup of mocha or caramel macchiato We have to be careful about what sugar to add to the cup. in general, we add granulated sugar to hot drinks and fructose to ice drinks, mainly because of dissolution.

When we choose to increase or decrease the sweetness of sugar, we mainly have two kinds of judgment: one is the flavor syrup, which will add flavor; the other is the base syrup, which has no special flavor and only increases the sweetness. For example, we cannot remove sugar from vanilla lattes, because without syrup, the flavor of vanilla will disappear. In the part of sugar, consumers also have many choices, of course, the healthiest and zero burden choice is not to add it, but sometimes when we want to change flavors, or have a special physical condition, we can choose different kinds of sugars to meet the needs of the body.

In the part of granulated sugar, the common ones are white sugar and yellow sugar. in terms of sweetness, the sweetness of white sugar is more concentrated and dissolves faster; the sweetness of yellow sugar is more natural and the rate of dissolution is relatively slow. In the part of flavor syrup, cocoa, vanilla, caramel and hazelnut are common. Different kinds of Italian coffee will add different flavor syrup, for example: mocha will add cocoa (chocolate) syrup. The part of artificial sweetener mainly has sugar substitute and sugar ball, the main function of sugar substitute, in addition to low calorie, diabetes patients can also choose, because it is not real sugar, only with sweet additives; sugar ball is commonly known as fructose, transparent and colorless, no special flavor, will only increase sweetness, usually used in iced milk tea, iced latte and other drinks.

The company of a good cup of coffee in the afternoon is a good time.

Coffee does not need to be expensive or large, but to drink skillfully, to have a correct understanding and healthy concept, to pay attention to quality, and to be cautious but not picky in the choice of coffee beans, milk and syrup. Don't lose your health because of the cheap price. If you think it's too troublesome, you can choose to drink black coffee. All in all, the less you add, the lower the risk. Do not add any additional products, and naturally lighten the burden on the body.