How should coffee rookies choose coffee beans? What are the misunderstandings when buying coffee beans?

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In fact, the problem of how to select good coffee beans is generally divided into two aspects: one is to select raw beans, and the other is to select cooked beans. Today we won't talk about raw beans, because many friends don't talk about baking. Let's teach you how to choose whether cooked beans are good or bad.

In fact, the selection of cooked beans as long as we follow one principle, that is-fresh!

If we think of coffee as peanuts. Then roasted coffee is equivalent to processed fried peanuts. Compared with your favorite friends, you will know that a little cool peanuts will taste delicious and crisp! It's very delicious. But if you leave it for a week and then eat it, the taste will be greatly reduced. Even if you eat it after a month, you can't eat it.

In fact, coffee is the same. Fresh coffee will have a strong aroma when roasted. Then the best drinking time is usually about 15 days after being fired. Of course, this may not be realistic for many people, and some friends may stretch it to 30 days. In fact, it is still OK during this period of time. But if it takes more than a month, the taste may drop a lot. Therefore, many friends may not be able to finish a bag of coffee for a long time (here refers to 225g-250g packaging), then the later taste will not be as normal as when they first got it.

Several major misunderstandings when buying coffee beans, it is estimated that you have also been hit!

1. Coffee beans brought back from a trip

Usually, many friends who travel will bring back a lot of local coffee beans to their friends who like to drink coffee. But as everyone knows, this kind of coffee beans sold in tourist attractions are expensive and untasty. With an outer packing bag of origin, then open it and find it is powder. This kind of coffee is like peanuts that have been kept for an unknown period of time. The taste is actually very bad. And another problem with him is that many coffee countries of origin, good coffee has been exported, leaving is not necessarily good. This usually happens in the producing areas of Asia and Africa. The same problem exists in America in addition to manors.

For example:

Tourism purchasing agent products

Tourism souvenir products

2. Big brands of coffee beans

The fact that coffee is fat doesn't mean that big brands of coffee beans are bad. It's just that most of the time, large brands of coffee beans are produced centrally, so the time is not fresh, so many big brands of coffee beans also have a bad taste. Or many big brands will write his matching ratio behind the packaging, but most friends don't know much about it, so it's not suitable for you in terms of taste. Therefore, when buying brand coffee beans, you must see clearly the matching ratio behind. Finding what you like is the best.

3. Famous coffee beans

Many coffee drinkers will face such a big misunderstanding. That is, I have money. I'll buy some well-known coffee beans. In this way, both taste and quality can be guaranteed! In fact, this is wrong in many cases.

First of all, let's talk about Blue Mountain. Famous enough! I think you've heard these two words even if you don't drink coffee. But do not realize that in China, even a lot of blue mountains on a treasure are not 100%. Some are not even blue mountains. Because among the blue mountains, there is a more interesting grade called 'blue mountain flavor'. This kind of Blue Mountain Coffee can not use Blue Mountain Coffee beans. The meaning of its name is similar to the flavor of Blue Mountain. Therefore, usually, the merchants will write the blue mountain two big characters more obvious, the flavor is relatively small. Or the words Blue Mountain flavor are written in the list of ingredients, so very often people buy them without knowing it, and as a result, they spend a lot of money. That's the problem.

Another big (chou) named (ming) zhao (zhu) is Kopi Luwak. The price has been hyped to sky-high prices in recent years! In fact, Kopi Luwak is produced in Indonesia, and the best bean in Indonesia is Manning. So, in other words, the best bean for cat shit is Manning, but the price of the word cat shit rises sharply. So, if you want to buy cat shit, coffee fat advised you to be cautious! Because most cats are currently raised in captivity, as long as they pull out coffee beans, they are cat poop coffee beans. Then the quality can't be controlled. That's the problem.

The last thing I want to say is that a lot of people have asked Coffee Fat: 'does anyone know what this coffee is? I think it's not bad. I want to buy it (with a picture of a packing bag). Actually, this kind of coffee is easier to find. The coffee that can ask such a question is usually brought back by a friend from abroad. Then I don't know the names, because the names are all local names. Just like the peach planted by the old farmer, he knows the specific name of the variety, such as National Day 23. And we only know it as a kind of peach.

What should I do if there is such a problem? It's actually relatively simple. First of all, read carefully to find the packaging bag, find the origin of the product, and then according to the origin information about Baidu, what kind of coffee is produced in this area, and then buy some treasure directly. The taste is basically the same.

The above is about how to choose good coffee beans. In a word, if you want to drink good coffee, freshness is the most important prerequisite. You can choose to buy fresh coffee beans directly from a treasure, preferably roasted within 7 days.