Five knowledge points of coffee beans: how to make coffee beans? how to eat coffee beans correctly?

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The most important thing is to drink

Drink before you can talk.

I think it's the fairest way to treat coffee.

What is the life cycle of coffee beans? is the freshness of coffee beans as important as the freshness of general food?

The lifespan of coffee cooked beans and raw beans are related to their preservation methods, and raw beans can be preserved for a relatively long time. In addition, due to the quality requirements of buyers, the Grand Pro special plastic bags for cereals can also reduce the loss of environmental odor and freshness during transportation.

Cooked beans have a shorter life cycle. According to the packaging and storage methods and the acceptance of quality, the definition of freshness may range from one week to one month. Of course, coffee beans are also food, but we don't eat them whole. Coffee raw beans are also dry grains, so the quality problems that will occur in dried grains will also produce: mildew, blackening, sour, worms and so on. Cooked beans and raw beans are poorly stored, and there will also be health problems such as aflatoxin.

Does boutique coffee (Specialty Coffee) refer to manor beans from specific producing areas?

The cup test score of the American Fine Coffee Association (SCAA) and the Coffee quality Association (CQI) is more than 80 points, which is fine grade coffee. Of course, in addition to the cup test, it must also meet the specific defect rate of raw and cooked beans. Therefore, the manor may not be the base for the production of high-quality goods, and the coffee beans produced by the cooperative may also be high-quality coffee.

Debu

After the raw beans are roasted, they inevitably begin to age. What are the advantages of shops that boast of imported fine beans that have been baked from abroad?

Coffee beans are inevitably discounted after crossing the sea, so if you take freshness as the premise, foreign coffee beans do have their disadvantages. However, large foreign brands of roasted coffee often have more sophisticated baking equipment, quality control technology, sophisticated raw bean purchasing units and excellent baking products, all of which are their advantages.

Coffee is also sweet and sour, bitter and salty. How did these tastes come from?

The sweet, sour, bitter and salty aroma of coffee is very complex. Coffee itself has a variety of organic and inorganic acids, and of course, there are many sweet factors, such as starch, because coffee trees are different from planting techniques.

After the coffee beans are picked, the by-products produced by washing or drying can also affect the taste of the coffee. At this time, the coffee also produces a low-temperature Mena reaction (such as the aroma of roasted raw beef, which is very different from that of raw beef. It's called Mena reaction). The baking process also produces high temperature Mena reaction and caramelization reaction, which makes the aroma and flavor more and more complex.

When you enter a strange store, what are the key questions you can ask to determine whether the coffee is at a basic level?

In the process of coffee operation, it is sometimes contradictory that many practices that do not seem to conform to the scientific process can make a delicious cup of coffee. But sticking to standard procedures can also lead to a bad cup of coffee.

However, a bar with operational discipline is much less likely to make a bad cup of coffee. For example, if you really have free time, see if the double espresso made by the bar matches the 55 to 65c.c in 25 to 30 seconds. The amount of traffic around. If there is only one simple rule to talk about, it depends on whether the coffee beans are ground or not. How much you need to grind and how much you need to order coffee before grinding is the basic principle of coffee brewing. But what should I say? coffee that conforms to the principle is not necessarily good coffee.

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