How to choose good Italian coffee beans? What do you need to pay attention to?

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How to choose good Italian coffee beans? What do you need to pay attention to?

First, don't be greedy for petty bargains, you'd better buy the amount you can drink within a month from the date of coffee roasting

Because the freshness of coffee beans starts when they are roasted. Freshly roasted coffee beans will begin to exhaust (mainly carbon dioxide) for about a week, and when the gas is completely discharged (about two-three weeks), the coffee beans will no longer be fresh!

Ecological green coffee insists on strict selection of fresh raw beans, fresh from the factory, so that you can drink thick, mellow, sweet and fragrant fruit at any time.

Tips that can judge the freshness of coffee beans:

1. Oil: shallow to medium-roasted coffee beans, the surface will be foggy, almost can not see oil; deep-baked beans, there will be small particles of oil on the surface, the deeper the baking degree, the more oil.

two。 Aroma: freshly roasted coffee beans will have a strong aroma; on the other hand, stale coffee looks bright and smells rich in fuel consumption, which means you buy stale coffee beans.

3. Foam: fresh coffee beans have more or less unemitted gas, so when hot water is poured on ground coffee powder, foam will appear on the surface, and coffee beans will produce bubbles and oils (crema) as if they are breathing.

Second, buying coffee beans with a clearly marked date is a smart choice.

Generally speaking, food products will look at the shelf life and taste period. Coffee beans belong to the food category. Some large coffee factories use central roasting to mass-produce coffee beans. The preservation period is usually between 12 and 18 months. But the preservation period and freshness are two different things. Coffee beans actually depend on the taste period. The fresher the coffee beans are, the better the coffee is!

Third, do not buy coffee of unknown origin or unclear label

Many coffee merchants in the market have no choice but to buy low-quality and cheap raw beans for roasting because of price competition, so they do not dare to clearly mark their coffee identity cards. However, the eco-green coffee has a clear and complete identity card, which makes you feel at ease when you buy and drink.

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Except for identity cards, all eco-green coffee beans have been sent to SGS for testing, in which 398 items of pesticide residues and the levels of flavin, ochratoxin An and Escherichia coli have not been detected. I hope that consumers will feel at ease and continue to support the efforts of eco-green in food safety and transparent consumption. The detailed inspection report is here.

Fourth, choose and buy bags with "one-way exhaust valve"

Roasted coffee beans are easy to oxidize, especially high temperature and moisture will speed up the oxidation and shorten the best taste period. it is recommended to choose bags with opaque light or one-way exhaust valve.

Fifth, drinking coffee is very subjective. If you want to find good coffee, the most important thing is to know your preferences first.

If you are not sure what kind of coffee you like, the editor suggests that you should first try black coffee without milk or sugar to cultivate your preference for coffee, and practice the aroma and taste of coffee beans from different producing areas. Gradually, you will become addicted to black coffee and find your own coffee taste.