Single coffee is a kind of "stick to" single coffee beans. What are the ways to drink them? how to drink them?

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Coffee is a necessary drink for many people every day. Recently, more and more people are able to taste the quality of coffee, and they are more and more fastidious. Whether you are using caffeine to wake up your head or taste the flavor of coffee, coffee plays an important role in our lives.

Chinese coffee culture is booming, from the coffee shop that inherited the Japanese style in the early days to the coffee shop full of literary style and characteristic style now. In recent years, all kinds of good players have gathered, and baristas have come to the fore in the world coffee competition many times over the years. at the same time, local and international coffee chains have set up sites one after another, in addition to the astonishingly high density. The "boutique coffee" culture, which pays attention to producing areas, treatment and extraction, has also sprung up.

Now, the boutique coffee culture has even blown into the highest density convenience store in the world, so that everyone can have a cup of high-quality coffee at any time.

From the seeds of coffee trees to tasting coffee at the entrance, boutique coffee is a whole ecological chain.

The word "boutique coffee" is translated from the word Specialty Coffee. According to the definition of the American Fine Coffee Association, fine coffee refers to every link from the seeds of the coffee tree to the coffee in the hands of customers, which can only be created through strict quality control.

Coffee farmers must master the environment and conditions of production and cultivation. Raw bean buyers must grade the coffee beans through a cup test. Bean bakers with skilled technology, for different varieties of coffee beans to bake their own unique flavor. The barista then extracts the coffee in a suitable way. Consumers for coffee choice and taste, is to complete the final link of boutique coffee.

Therefore, boutique coffee is not only a cup of coffee, but also represents the persistence of "quality" in every link of the whole ecological chain.

When it comes to the development of coffee, Yang Yishan, the Taiwan representative champion of the "World Cup siphon Coffee Competition", believes that what is best known is the first wave of instant coffee and three-in-one coffee. This was followed by Starbucks, Seattle, and concentrated coffee chain systems, and the third wave returned to the pursuit of the most primitive flavor of coffee, starting to drink black coffee and emphasize the meticulous flavor of coffee.

"personally, I think boutique coffee is between the third and fourth waves, with more emphasis on customer experience," says Yang Yi-shan.

Starting from the complete customer experience, you can not only taste a cup of coffee, but also have more interaction with the service staff and bar players. "now when they enter the coffee shop, in addition to enjoying a good cup of coffee, consumers can see the coffee beans, and then start from smelling the fragrance, including the whole environment, the utensils for tasting coffee, and so on, and they can even drink from high temperature to low temperature. experience the completely different feeling of the same type of coffee from hot, warm, or even cold."

Yang Yishan believes that customer experience is the persistence of quality in the concept of boutique coffee, which sets off the uniqueness of individual coffee beans.

Individual coffee is not just black coffee without sugar or milk.

Under the concept of boutique coffee, the flavor of coffee beans began to be valued, and also set off the uniqueness of "single coffee" (Single Origin). Yang Yishan believes: "in the past, the knowledge of coffee was not very popular. black coffee without sugar or milk was often regarded as individual coffee. After the concept of boutique coffee was put forward, the origin, producing areas and even coffee gardens of coffee have been paid more and more attention. The concept of single product coffee beans, such as a single country, a single producing area and a single variety, has gradually become widely known. "

Different from instant coffee made from powder or espresso made from different producing areas and varieties of coffee beans, individual coffee emphasizes fresh grinding and fresh cooking in order to pursue the flavor of coffee itself, and chooses a suitable brewing method for different coffee beans to show the unique flavor and tonality of each coffee bean. For example, the soil, climate and environment of different producing areas create the style of coffee beans, or cooperate with different coffee beans and use the baking flavor produced by different roasting degrees, and so on, so the concept of fine coffee is put forward. it is more helpful for consumers to further understand individual coffee.

The flavor of individual coffee beans will change differently under the conditions of high temperature, medium temperature and low temperature. This change in taste is also the charm of individual coffee beans. No matter how busy and tight life is, drinking a cup of coffee has become a beautiful persistence in the hasty pace of life.

Understanding the origin of individual coffee is the first step in tasting individual coffee beans. Coffee beans from a single country and a single producing area can fully show the unique regional flavor of individual coffee through appropriate brewing methods.

Generally speaking, the flavor of single coffee will have different changes in high temperature, medium temperature and low temperature, and this change in taste is also the charm of single coffee. Put the freshly ground coffee powder to the imported nose, first smell the dry aroma of the coffee, then feel the completely different flavor of the coffee in the front, middle and back, and then match the flavor wheel to experience the overall impression of the aroma, acidity and taste of the coffee. On the other hand, a cup of high-quality coffee will usually turn sweet in the mouth and give out a perfectly coordinated taste during chewing.

No matter how busy you are, you must have the good persistence of drinking a cup of coffee.

"because coffee shows the most abundant and charming aroma at high temperatures," Yang Yishan cites Let's Cafe's single coffee as an example. "it is recommended that before tasting coffee, you should first feel the nutty aroma of Central and South American coffee beans through your sense of smell. When you drink it at a lower temperature, you will taste soft acidity similar to citrus and lemon, and the latter will end with a sweet flavor similar to honey and honey."

A good day, from drinking to insisting on the beginning of coffee.