How to choose hand-brewed coffee beans? To what extent is the hand-made coffee ground?

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Making coffee at home is not difficult at all. The hardest part is to give up the ready-to-eat habit of pursuing convenience.

Boutique coffee emphasizes the balance of sour and bitterness, and the taste will change with the temperature: the higher the score of coffee, the cooler the better. As for those above 85 points, they are not only clear and bright, but also full of sweetness-this sweetness is not as strong as granulated sugar, but as sweet as vegetables, such as carrots and cabbage hearts.

Friends who plan to come into contact with hand-brewed coffee, but are not used to sour fruit, can start with any kind of deep-fried boutique coffee beans, regardless of the origin. Because the personality of coffee beans decreases with the longer baking process, it is replaced by sugar produced through the caramelization reaction (caramelisation). These coffees are most similar to the traditional "fast coffee". But if it is brewed properly, the flavor and level will be very rich. If it is not bitter, there is no need to add sugar and milk. If you like mellow taste, you might as well choose coffee from Brazil or Indonesia. If you get tired of drinking, you can try the flavor-based types of Central America and even Africa.

After picking up the beans, let's talk about grinding. Correctly speaking, it is to talk about the disadvantages of pre-grinding.

Although it is convenient to grind the beans into powder, the flavor of the ground beans will disperse faster and the aroma will be weaker. You can grind a 15-gram coffee powder in advance, grind another half a day later, and immediately pour water to make it. The pre-ground powder will not expand after contact with hot water, and the coffee made is more boring. The phenomenon of "flavor loss" involves chemical processes such as oxidation, and even if the powder is refrigerated in a dense bag or refrigerator, it will go away more or less.

Bean grinder is the most worthy of investment.

Making coffee at home, the most worthwhile investment is the bean grinder. If it is only one bubble a day, a manual bean grinder is enough. But in the long run, an electric mill can save a lot of time and hand-stirring strength!

As for the coarse degree of grinding, it needs to be determined by various extraction environments. But to sum up, hand-brewed coffee is somewhere between sugar and crude salt.