How to brew Italian coffee beans? How to make coffee beans tastes better?

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Espresso with 4m coffee beans

To make a good espresso, Italians sum up four important elements, which are also known by coffee lovers as the four M of espresso:

Mano

The coffee bar master, that is, the skill of the modulator, is of course the most important link. The modulator must understand coffee and constantly study it in order to make coffee brewing an art.

Macinazione

When the coffee beans are ground and the coffee powder is too fine, the coffee will become more bitter because the hot water is left in the filter for too long. On the contrary, if the coffee powder is too thick, it will make the hot water flow too fast, and the coffee will taste lighter.

Miscela

The formula of coffee beans, espresso is made from a mixture of different proportions of coffee beans. Italians think that only in this way can coffee with unique flavor be conditioned. As for the formula and proportion, it depends on the modulator's own ability and hobby.

Macchina

Espresso machine can be divided into commercial coffee machine and household coffee machine. The main difference is the mechanism of steam pressure and the control design of brewing time, which can be divided into semi-automatic and fully automatic.

Espresso (Espresso) brews coffee with hot water through grinding into very fine coffee powder under high pressure. Cappuccino (Cappuccino) is steam pressurized espresso with steamed milk foam and sometimes cinnamon or spices or chocolate powder as needed. Usually coffee, milk and milk foam account for 1 / 3 of each. You can also add two espresso as needed, which is called "Double". Caff è latte "Caff è latte" is an Italian transliteration; latte, also known as "Cafe au lait", is a French transliteration of ─ coffee with lots of hot milk and sugar. Also known as "coffee milk"-Chinese interpretation, by one espresso plus more than two servings of hot milk. You can also add two espresso as needed, which is called "Double". Macchiato put the right amount of steam on the espresso to beat the foam. Macchiato in Italian means "coffee soiled with milk." Caff è Mocha coffee is made with chocolate, milk, whipped cream and sometimes ice cubes. American coffee (American Coffee / Americano) espresso with lots of hot water. Softer than regular espresso.