Selection and purchase of cooked coffee beans how to determine the freshness of coffee beans

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Freshness is the first choice of coffee life.

How to determine the freshness of coffee beans

1. Smell

Take a deep smell of the coffee beans close to your nose to see if you can clearly smell the aroma of the coffee beans, if it means the coffee beans are fresh enough. On the contrary, if the aroma is weak or greasy (similar to the smell of peanuts or nuts for a long time), the coffee beans are no longer fresh.

Such coffee beans, then high-end grinding machine to grind, to brew, it is impossible to make a good cup of coffee.

two。 Look.

Pour a little of the coffee beans into your hands and spread them out to determine the shape, origin and variety of the coffee beans, as well as whether the coffee beans are roasted evenly.

3. Peel off

Take a coffee bean and peel it in half with your hands. If the coffee bean is fresh enough, it can be easily plucked away, and it has a crisp sound and feel. If you have to work hard to get rid of a bean, it means that the coffee bean is no longer fresh.

* peel the coffee beans to see if the firepower is uniform during baking:

The color of the surface and inner layer of the beans are the same, indicating that the beans are baked evenly.

The obvious color of the surface layer of beans is much darker than that of the inner layer, indicating that the baking firepower may be too large, which will also affect the aroma and flavor of coffee beans.

[purchase]

The first choice is freshly baked coffee, and the second is that coffee shops with good business circulate quickly, but we should pay attention to the place where coffee beans are placed without direct sunlight or high temperature, and prolong the freshness of the beans. Of course, it is the best choice to find a home-baked coffee that can help you make coffee tailored.