The difference between single Coffee and mixed Coffee

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Some people see it as the source of morning spirit, others see it as the comfort of the afternoon. It is coffee, a drink popular all over the world, a classic, a culture, and an attitude towards life. Coffee has become a ubiquitous drink in our lives, but how much do you know about it?

Varieties of coffee beans

There are mainly three kinds of coffee on the market: Coffee Arabica, Coffee Robusta and Coffee Liberica, among which Arabica has the largest production, accounting for about 3 times of the world's total output, mainly for general drinking, while Lobusta coffee is mostly used as instant coffee, while Liberian coffee produces the least, mostly consumed by producing countries or European countries.

The origin of world-famous coffee beans

Coffee is a tropical plant and can only grow in areas from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Cancer. There are more than 60 coffee-producing countries in the world, of which the output is the largest than Brazil, accounting for about 1: 3 of the total output, followed by Vietnam and Colombia, where the coffee beans are rich in flavor and stable in quality and price, while other characteristic producing areas such as Ethiopia are the producer of the well-known single coffee Yegashev, while Indonesia's Sumatra region produces Mantenin, which has a steady and thick taste. Jamaica produces high-quality and expensive Blue Mountain coffee.

The roasting degree of coffee beans

Just harvested coffee beans are tasteless, and then after the removal of moisture, heating and roasting, the coffee beans will produce chemical changes, resulting in strong volatile coffee aroma, sour and bitter taste. The lighter the baking degree, the stronger the sour taste and the higher the caffeine content; the more body baking, the more bitter taste, which is basically divided into eight baking degrees.

Individual coffee and espresso have their own support.

How many items of coffee, one step into the coffee shop, single, Italian, Blue Mountain, Mantenin, cappuccino, latte, American …... If people who are new to coffee may be confused by these dazzling items, what is the difference between these coffee items? Let's start with individual coffee and espresso.

Single cup of coffee

"single coffee" generally refers to a single style of coffee beans from a single country or producing area. It can be compared to a coffee solo.

If a bag of coffee is marked with the name of a coffee producing country (coffee beans are not produced in continental Europe, and if the label says the names of European cities such as Italy, Vienna, etc., it is not a single coffee. (for the most part, it means this is a bag of coffee. Such as Ethiopia-Ethiopia Yirgacheffe, Sumatra-Tawar Lake Mantenin (Sumatra Lake Tawar), Guatemala-Antigua (Guatemala Antigua) and so on, the specific coffee produced in specific countries, producing areas and estates is called "single coffee".

Because each country or different region has its own climate, soil and natural environment, the coffee grown has its own characteristics. By tasting "individual coffee", you can understand the characteristics and flavor of coffee in a country or region.

Mixed coffee

"mixed coffee" refers to coffee beans mixed with several types of single coffee, which can be compared to a coffee concerto.

The blending method of integrated coffee can be very simple (such as the traditional "Mamba": Mantenin plus Brazil), or it can be a complex art. Through proper blending, we can make a more harmonious and wonderful movement of individual coffee with different characteristics.

The beans usually used in espresso (espresso, latte, cappuccino) are mixed coffee.

Espresso

Espresso is based on the espresso mechanism, which uses atmospheric pressure to make hot water pass through freshly ground coffee powder to extract the essence of coffee. Its most important feature is that the production time is quite short, the aroma of coffee is strong, and compared with other kinds of coffee, caffeine is also lower. In addition, espresso is based on espresso, so the development is quite diverse, as long as different proportions of milk are added, a series of products can be extended, such as cappuccino, latte and other rich coffee.

Espresso can be said to be the largest mainstream in the current global coffee market. Due to Italy's exquisite traditional craftsmanship and romantic national personality, these factors make the trend of espresso sweeping the world. Take Taiwan as an example. At present, espresso drinkers account for more than half of the existing coffee market, and almost all of them are young people with high spending power. Judging from the number of coffee shops alone, about 80% of coffee slices in Taiwan now belong to the type of Italian cafes.

Coffee is not only a drink, but also a discipline. From the type, origin, baking degree and brewing method of coffee beans, the finished products served on the table will have different flavor! If you don't have your favorite coffee item, whether it's single coffee or Italian coffee, you might as well try to find your favorite coffee!

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