How to drink Italian coffee beans correctly the flavor and taste characteristics of Italian espresso beans

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Espresso has always been known as the "soul of coffee"! However, because Espresso is rich in taste and strong in flavor, it often makes people feel unacceptable, but once they accept this setting, they feel different. And Espresso is also a coffee that tests the quality of coffee and the skills of baristas.

Since Espresso is loved by so many people, it must have a certain charm. Next, Qianjie Coffee will take you to know Espresso espresso!

of espresso

The freshly extracted Espresso has a beautiful golden oil layer, which is commonly called "Cream". The appearance of "Cream" is inseparable from the pressure of the 9Bar. Under the condition of heating and pressurization, water will extract soluble substances from the coffee powder layer. This process will emulsify the fat and oil naturally present in the coffee. Also, freshly roasted coffee beans contain carbon dioxide, which is pressurized and dissolved into the coffee during the process of making Espresso.

How to taste espresso?

smell

Usually when we get a cup of Espresso, the first thing is to smell it, you will smell the nutty, caramel aroma, if the roasting degree is not so deep, maybe you can smell the fruity sweet and sour aroma.

Outlook

After smelling the aroma, we will look at the color of the Cream and the thickness of the Cream, because from this we can roughly know how the cup of coffee is made.

drink

An espresso is a very small cup of coffee, usually accompanied by a glass of ice water. First drink a mouthful of ice water gargle, then a mouthful of espresso stuffy, in the mouth to feel the espresso brought creamy feeling, as well as strong caramel, nut flavor.

Is there any other way to drink it besides drinking it directly? Of course, some people, for example, can't stand the stimulation brought by espresso coffee, will pour a small amount of milk into espresso coffee, this will make coffee smoother, and become less bitter, highlight the flavor of caramel chocolate.

Of course, if you feel too strong, you can also add the right amount of water to dilute, but that will lose the original flavor of Espresso.

Which espresso beans make good espresso?

Front Street Coffee Warm Sun Blending: Objective Blending out concentrated coffee beans with aroma. Sun-red cherry: Shirley, ratio 3:7, cooked;

sun-red cherry

Red Cherry Project is a coffee quality improvement project proposed by Menno Simons, a Dutch green bean company. Trabocca was the founder of Trabocca, a Dutch green bean merchant. Because the coffee in Ethiopia at that time was mixed in quality, there was not much room for price increase, and the income of coffee farmers was also very low. To help them in substance, work with local coffee farmers to launch the Red Cherry Project to address quality issues at the source. By picking only fully ripe coffee cherries manually and acquiring them at a higher price, coffee farmers can increase their quality requirements and grow better quality coffee. Front Street believes that sun-cured coffee cherries, coffee beans have obvious fruit aroma, full acidity, mellow taste, sun-cured red cherries provide fermentation and soft acidity for Front Street Coffee.

Whisky barrel fermented sherry

Shirley coffee beans because the use of whiskey barrels, so whiskey barrels flavor is very rich. The aroma is intoxicating, the entrance is rich vanilla cream, the latter part is a long-lasting chocolate flavor, freshly picked coffee fruit will be first delicate washing treatment, then put into the sherry wine barrel for a long time of low temperature fermentation, lasting for 30-40 days (temperature about 15-20℃), finally the coffee beans will be dried. A sherry barrel is a barrel used by sherry distilleries in the whisky industry to age. Sherry wine brewing process to go through the Solera System this aging process. This process refers to the process of mixing and aging sherry of different ages after sherry strengthening, which is also the unique place to form sherry flavor. Sherry gives Front Street Coffee its whiskey aroma and nutty chocolate aftertaste.

Front Street is ground and extracted after blending. The espresso has obvious fruit acid taste, light berry aroma lingering, rich wine and chocolate flavor, sweet aftertaste and comfort.

Front Street Coffee Italian Fine Blending Coffee Bean: Objective Blending espresso beans with nutty cocoa aromas. Colombia: Brazil, ratio 3:7, cooked;

Huilan region in Colombia

Located in southwest Colombia, it is one of the major coffee-growing regions. Colombia is generally 1500-1800 meters above sea level, mostly Bourbon, Cadura species, washing treatment method, higher density, uniform beans, full beans (bean core to bean surface thicker). Because there are famous coffee growing areas all over the Huilan area, the names of small areas become brand names and circulate. Although the cultivation conditions in the area are also very good, the cultivation infrastructure of coffee cultivation farms and surrounding conditions is not very developed. It is regrettable that the drying equipment or washing processing facilities for raw beans are not perfect. The coffee in Huilan area has strong taste and heavy texture. Front Street Coffee uses coffee from the Huilan area as a blend because the coffee beans in this area have nutty, chocolate and caramel aromas and appropriate acidity, which is the keynote of the blend coffee.

Through the comparison of the front street cup test, it is considered that Colombia Cymbidium coffee beans taste rich and solid, with pleasant sour taste, mellow smell, moderate acidity, rich sweet taste and very interesting. Because the price is cheap, beans are small and suitable for blending coffee. Coffee has a strong taste and a heavy texture. Its nutty, chocolate and caramel aromas and the right acidity make it a fine coffee, suitable for single-serve or Italian blend bases.

Brazil's Xilado region

Brazilian coffee is generally grown at altitudes of 1000-1300 meters, so its density is relatively low. Most of them are bourbon species, which are treated with semi-sun. Moderate moisture content, soft beans, beans surface to bean core thickness is thin, so not suitable for baking at too high temperature, the temperature of the inner wall of the boiler will burn the beans surface, so there will be burnt bitter taste; At the same time, if you want to show the characteristics of nuts, milk chocolate and good body, and as a blending base, so the front street baker adopts the method of choosing medium fire to throw beans, keep the fire to the dehydration stage, fine-tune with the increase of temperature after the first explosion, so as to promote the caramelization reaction more fully, and raise the temperature to near the second explosion to discharge beans. After comparing with the former street cup test, it is considered that the coffee changed from Brazil to Brazil has a comfortable sweet and bitter taste, and the entrance is extremely smooth;

Front Street is ground and extracted after blending. The espresso will taste soft and slightly sour, sweet and nutty. The overall feeling is not too stimulating, mild and the oil is medium.

Front Street Coffee Italian Commercial Blending Coffee Bean: Objective Blending coffee beans with nuts and cocoa as the main flavor, full-bodied taste. Colombia: Brazil: Robusta; ratio 3:6:1, raw;

Robusta variety

Beans have strong disease resistance and pest resistance and large yield. It usually has no acid from arabica beans and often has a woody aroma. Caffeine content is 2.2% higher than Arabica beans 1.2%, chlorogenic acid content is also high, also quite bitter, usually used in commercial beans, the cost is cheaper than Arabica beans. From the flavor of a single bean, the coffee taste obtained from commercial beans is much inferior to that of fine coffee beans. Generally, commercial beans will be selected for blending. After blending beans, coffee with good taste can also be made. It can be used to make latte, cappuccino and other Italian coffee. The former street coffee commercial mix coffee beans do Espresso, because there are Robusta beans, fat will be rich, taste classic, caramel sweet, nuts and cocoa, dark chocolate flavor, sour and sweet balance, a little bit sweet and bitter, lasting aftertaste.

Front Street through blending after grinding adjustment and extraction, the espresso has caramel sweet feeling, nuts and cocoa, dark chocolate flavor, sour and sweet balance, a little bit sweet and bitter, lasting aftertaste.

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