What is the difference between Italian coffee beans and individual coffee beans? How to choose the right taste of Italian coffee beans?

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The taste of individual coffee beans will vary with the depth of baking. To put it simply, the shallower the roast, the more sour it is, and the deeper the baking is, the more bitter it is.

Light roasted coffee can retain more of its unique flavor, less bitter, soft taste, sweet with sour, with the baking degree getting higher and higher, the flavor slowly lost, but also more and more bitter. Generally speaking, good high-quality beans, will not use very deep baking, because it is too wasteful.

The roasting method of professional coffee is usually divided into eight stages. The following figure introduces five commonly used roasting methods:

[medium and shallow baking] can retain more of the unique flavor of coffee beans. Soft taste, balanced sour and sweet taste, and only a little bitterness, is the best choice for people who do not like bitter coffee.

[medium and deep baking] also known as urban baking (CITYRoast), the most standard and most common baking degree. Its bitterness, sour taste, concentration and sweetness reach a balance, so that you can feel the charm of coffee at the entrance.

[deep roasting] also known as deep city roasting (FULL-CITYRoast), which is slightly stronger than medium and deep roasting, the color of coffee beans will become quite dark, its bitterness outweighs the sour taste, and is very suitable for preparing all kinds of iced coffee.

[French baking] Deep baking, also known as French or European baking (FrenchRoast), has a strong brown color with black, sour taste can not be felt, in Europe, especially in France is the most popular, because the fat has infiltrated to the surface, with a unique flavor, very suitable for coffee Oulei, Viennese coffee.

[Italian roasting] very deep roasting, also known as Italian roasting (ItalianRoast), has a scorched taste before carbonation, mainly popular in Latin countries, suitable for fast coffee and cappuccino. Most of them are used in Italian coffee series.

The recommended brands of Italian coffee beans are as follows:

Lavazza

The predecessor of Lavazza was a grocery store. In the early 1960s, Lavazza first adopted vacuum packaging technology to preserve the freshness of ground coffee; in the late 1970s, Lavazza launched an unusually successful advertisement whose catchy slogan "The more you drink it down, the more it pick you up" allowed Lavazza to enter the entire European market; in 1996, Lavazza developed Espresso point, which increased Lavazza's turnover by 35%. At present, Lavazza has become synonymous with espresso, and 75% of people in Italy are fascinated by it, accounting for 45% of the world market.

Classic espresso is made from Arabica beans and a little Indonesian and Brazilian beans are added to make it smoother.

Illy

Illy was founded in 1933 in the seaport city of Tristi in northeastern Italy. It is the first brand used by the hotel, restaurant and bar industry in Italy. Illy Coffee Company produces more than 11 million kilograms of high-quality coffee beans every year, ranking among the high-quality leaders in the coffee industry. In addition, Illy is also the first coffee company in the world to obtain ISO9001 certification.

Moderate taste, can better reflect the aroma of coffee, and not strong, not light, suitable for the taste of most people. However, the price is also higher.

Julius Meinl

Julius Meinl is a world-famous coffee brand in Vienna. Founded in 1862, Julius Meinl has always been highly respected by European society and once became the exclusive coffee brand of European celebrities.

Today, Julius Meinl Cafe is still all over Europe and America, leading the development of cafe culture, advocating the slogan of "baking the best coffee in the world for European celebrities".

Although it is sold a lot abroad, it is seldom sold at home. The court's special wiener espresso is made up of 60% Arabica beans and 40% Robbata beans, with no sour taste, mild taste and obvious coffee aroma.

Costa

In 1971, Costa was founded by a pair of Italian brothers who started out in the coffee bean wholesale business, supplying roasted beans to the catering industry and Italian coffee shops. After that, the Costa brothers gradually established their unique style of roasting coffee beans. Today, Costa has spread all over the UK and has more than 300 coffee shops.

Like the taste in the coffee shop, their coffee beans are a mixture of Arabica coffee and Robusta coffee, the quality is similar to Starbucks, but the taste is lighter.

Starbucks Starbucks

Starbucks is the name of an American coffee chain, founded in 1971, is the world's largest coffee chain, its headquarters is located in Seattle, Washington, USA. In addition to coffee, Starbucks also has tea, crust cakes and other products. Starbucks already has nearly 12000 stores worldwide in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific.

Recommended coffee beans: Starbucks first choice

Starbucks coffee includes individual coffee beans and Italian coffee beans. The former is made from single coffee beans from different places, and the price is relatively high, while the latter is made from a mixture of different coffee beans, and if it is a mixed coffee, I prefer Starbucks first.