The basics of coffee what is decaffeinated coffee capsule coffee how does it taste

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Given that coffee's unique aroma is difficult to replace by other beverages, it is necessary to consider how to choose the "cup" that suits you in order to continue to enjoy coffee while minimizing its adverse effects on health.

decaffeinated coffee

If you're worried about coffee addiction, or if you're worried that too strong coffee will make you lose sleep, decaf coffee (also known as decaf coffee) may be the best choice. Decaffeinated, coffee still has other ingredients that provide that burnt bitterness.

Thanks to the successful application of supercritical extraction technology, people can easily remove more than 97% of caffeine from coffee beans, while retaining other ingredients, which ensures that the flavor of coffee, as well as those beneficial to health, bioactive chemicals are not damaged. At the same time, it also avoids the problem of "organic solvent residue" in traditional decaffeination technology, which is safer and more environmentally friendly.

Of course, due to the higher cost of production, high-quality decaf coffee generally sells for more than regular coffee, and as people pay more attention to health, many coffee lovers have switched to the decaf camp.

Instant coffee, what's in it?

Instant coffee, also known as instant coffee, is named for its fast and convenient brewing. It is one of the daily must-have drinks for many office workers. Most instant coffees are less bitter, sweeter and smoother than freshly ground coffee, satisfying the needs of some sweethearts. Many coffee lovers believe that instant coffee is not coffee in the true sense of the word. Is this really the case? What is the secret behind instant coffee?

The most traditional and common instant coffee product is the so-called "three-in-one" instant coffee, which contains coffee,"milk" and sugar at the same time and is drunk without additional additives. In order to taste can be accepted by more consumers, often add a lot of sugar, creamer (containing plant fat powder), edible essence, of which the content of coffee is often only about 10%. Flavor is greatly discounted, but the health hazards caused by high sugar and plant fat powder (essentially trans fatty acids) are criticized. The presence of these ingredients increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. From this perspective, the health risks of other ingredients in instant coffee may far exceed the health benefits of 10% caffeine, so it is no wonder that coffee fans do not recognize it.

Fortunately, several major coffee brands have successively introduced coffee beans into coffee and then reduced to powder "instant coffee particles", and only use coffee beans as raw materials "instant alcohol coffee", and directly grind coffee into powder after packaging small bags "ultra-fine ground coffee powder". These products remove sugar, creamer and other additives added to adjust the taste, although not as mellow as freshly roasted, ground coffee, but also to a certain extent to restore the taste of coffee. This also means they taste more bitter, and if not acceptable, may need to be adjusted with milk or a little sugar to suit your taste.

How to choose freshly ground coffee

If you are used to walking into a coffee shop and ordering a cup of freshly ground coffee to drink, it is easier to avoid the added vegetable fat, a lot of sugar, essence, etc. in instant coffee, but there are many kinds of coffee in the coffee shop, how to choose the right one for yourself "that cup" is also a problem that needs to be studied.

Although all kinds of categories are just the arrangement and combination of coffee, milk, cream, chocolate and other raw materials, different proportions and different levels of collocation constitute a rich and diverse taste.

If you prefer a strong, high-alcohol taste, then direct heating water concentrated extraction of Italian coffee is the best choice;

On this basis, add a lot of water dilution, you get a lot of light taste of American coffee, for those who can not accept bitter friends more suitable;

Add dense milk bubbles to the top layer of Italian coffee, and it becomes a macchiato coffee popular with girls.

Cappuccino coffee is a mixture of espresso, milk and milk foam in a ratio of almost 1:1:1. It tastes more attractive and milky, and it can also supplement some calcium through milk.

Latte coffee and cappuccino coffee are very similar, the difference is that the amount of milk is more, the bitterness of coffee is more weakened, recommended to the first coffee friends;

Mocha coffee because of the addition of milk, chocolate syrup, but also in the surface dotted with a layer of fresh cream, taste more sweet and greasy lubrication, deeply loved by women, but this coffee energy is relatively higher, weight loss friends should be careful to choose.

Coffee capsules, is it worth trying?

Fine freshly ground coffee not only tests the coffee roaster's subtle grasp of temperature and time when roasting coffee beans, but also pays more attention to the choice of coffee beans. Arabica beans are generally chosen for freshly ground coffee, rather than the cheaper robusta beans used for instant coffee. However, regardless of the quality of the coffee beans, one fact that cannot be changed is that the roasted coffee beans and the ground coffee powder will slowly lose their flavor over time, adding a certain difficulty to preservation. In order to solve this problem, and to make the process of extracting coffee easier, capsule coffee machines came into being.

Compared with the automatic coffee machine that directly adds coffee beans to grind and extract, the advantage of the capsule coffee machine is that the freshly ground coffee powder is loaded into the vacuum-packed aluminum capsule in advance, and only a complete coffee capsule is added to the machine when making coffee, so that the coffee quality can be maintained for a long time. Capsule coffee machine can better ensure that the quality of the finished coffee brewed is fresh and stable, and for ordinary people who do not have professional technology, it is very convenient to operate.

The only drawback is that the current price of capsules is still relatively expensive, and the long-term consumption is also a large expenditure. However, if you are used to drinking a good cup of coffee every day before starting work, then the cost of buying a capsule coffee machine is much lower than going to the cafe every day to buy coffee.