How to make a better cup of coffee at home?

For many friends who like coffee, it can't be more comfortable to sit in a coffee shop and hold a cup of coffee and be surrounded by strong coffee flavor and soft music. But after all, apart from cafes, we still spend a lot of time at home and in the office, so smart coffee lovers choose to DIY at home and use the aroma of coffee to make their home and office as cozy and romantic as a cafe.

However, many friends also reflected to us: why is the coffee made at home not as good as the coffee at Mingjia? Why is there not so much foam when the coffee is brewed? Why is the coffee so bitter?

Here we would like to share with you several aspects of our usual communication with guests, hoping to be helpful to you. How to make a better cup of coffee?

First of all, buy high-quality fresh beans. The source of the delicacy of diet lies in high quality materials. No matter how good the chef is, it is impossible to make delicious fish soup from a stale fish. The more skilled the chef is, the better he is in choosing ingredients-and so is coffee, of course. So the most important thing is to choose high-quality beans. Just like we often drink green tea from 10 yuan to dozens, hundreds, thousands of yuan, coffee beans are also the same, good beans are priced in half a pound (227), if you want to use dozens of yuan a kilogram of beans, then please don't expect it to bring you much aroma. The freshness of beans is also very important. after roasting, the aroma will volatilize and the taste will change with the contact with the air. after more than two weeks, the flavor will be greatly reduced, and the fresher the beans, the better. Therefore, when choosing beans, we should pay attention to the baking date, and the real boutique beans will be refined to specific coffee producing areas in the name, rather than simply marked "Brazil" and "Colombia".

Second, "freshly ground" before making coffee. Coffee beans are ground into powder and react quickly with the air, the aroma will evaporate quickly, and the flavor will be greatly reduced. If you want to enjoy a cup of coffee at home, you should not only have equipment to make coffee, but also have a coffee grinder, small electric or manual, and grind your own powder each time before making it. Many cafes provide customers with "convenience" and provide grinding service, but a more responsible way is to advise guests to buy a bean grinder.

Third, grasp the appropriate degree of grinding. Generally at home, there are mainly hand bubbles, French pressure pots, siphon pots, mocha pots and automatic small espresso machines, and different production methods also have requirements for the thickness of coffee powder grinding, generally speaking, from fine to thick is espresso machine (mocha pot), hand bubble, coffee drip filter, siphon pot, French pressure pot.

Fourth, pay attention to adjust the appropriate water temperature. Some friends brew coffee directly with freshly boiled water-and of course it turns out to be bitter. The temperature of coffee-making water is generally controlled at 85 ℃. If the water temperature is too high, it is easy to extract more bitterness, while if the water temperature is too low, it is easy to extract sour taste. So combine your own coffee beans to adjust the appropriate water temperature.

Fifth, master more detailed coffee-making methods and skills. There are 18 kinds of martial arts of coffee making-all kinds of ways have their advantages and disadvantages, and each method has its own production skills. I will not repeat them here. You can refer to more tips in books or online, and we also have relevant introductions.

In short, as long as the above points are achieved, there is no problem in making a good cup of coffee at home. There is also the most important point, that is, "love"-- love for coffee, love for life, love for family and friends, love for sharing coffee-- a cup of coffee mixed with love is more mellow and more surprising and touching!