What kind of coffee beans do you choose for espresso? the difference between Espresso and SOE? how much is the Italian coffee bean?

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Is it better to choose espresso beans than to mix them? What are the requirements for espresso beans?

What is Espresso?

The so-called Espresso is a strict set of production methods-specific water pressure, water temperature, extraction time, etc.-only coffee made through these specific indicators is called espresso.

Espresso refers to all kinds of coffee produced with espresso extracted by Italian coffee machine as the base. The steam pressure extraction machine, invented by the Italians, is an espresso made by a steam pressure coffee machine, which is espresso.

With espresso as the base, with milk, foam, chocolate, ice cream and so on, all kinds of combinations, fancy or creative coffee, are called espresso. The core key words are Italian coffee machine, Italian concentration. The coffee in this system is called espresso.

So espresso is a system, a system based on espresso quickly extracted by a steam pressure coffee machine.

Examples are as follows:

Before matching beans, we should first know the flavor of different varieties of coffee in the world, and beans have different characteristics according to their origin. Different coffee beans have different personalities because of different varieties and producing areas, and there are subtle differences in sour, bitter, sweet, aroma, mellow thickness and other flavors. Single coffee beans often show the unique characteristics of a certain kind of coffee.

And blended coffee, also known as mixed coffee, is to mix all kinds of single coffee beans together, so as to give full play to the strengths of various single coffee beans, learn from each other, or complement or strengthen each other in taste, thus creating a richer new taste of coffee. To highlight the strong taste, it is necessary to choose Colombian beans with moderate acidity and balanced Brazilian beans, as well as rich, bitter coffee. If you want to add some sweetness, you can match some coffee beans with mild bitterness.

Brazil Bazil

South Minas, Brazil: coffee raw beans have plenty of moisture and good quality

Brazilian flavor characteristics: comfortable sweet and bitter taste, the entrance is very smooth; with a hint of grass, the fragrance is slightly bitter; smooth and smooth, the aftertaste can be pleasant

Water content: 11.7%

Brazilian coffee generally grows at an altitude of 1000-1300 meters above sea level, so its density is relatively low. Bourbon is mostly in the sun and half in the sun; the water content is moderate, the bean quality is soft, and the thickness from the bean surface to the bean core is thin, so it is not suitable for baking at too high temperature. The temperature on the inner wall of the boiler will scald the bean surface, so it will taste bitter.

At the same time, if we want to show the characteristics of good thickness of nuts, milk chocolate and alcohol, and serve as a matching base, we choose to throw beans over medium heat, keep the firepower to the stage of dehydration, and fine-tune as the temperature rises after the first explosion. promote the caramelization reaction more fully, heating up to near the second explosion can arrange beans.

Huilan, Colombia

Flavor features: the taste is rich and solid, with a pleasant sour taste, mellow smell, moderate acidity, rich sweetness and very intriguing. Because the price is cheap, the beans are small, so they are suitable for blending coffee. Coffee has a strong taste and heavy texture.

Its nutty, chocolate and caramel aromas and suitable acidity can be called premium boutique coffee, suitable for single or Italian blended base.

Product name: Columbia Huilan

Water content: 12.5%

Colombian coffee plays many roles in the market, suitable for Italian blending, Colombia is generally 1500-1800 meters above sea level; mostly Catura species, washing treatment, high density, uniform bean eyes, full bean shape (bean core to bean table thick).

According to the flavor characteristics of raw beans, I want to show the aromas of nuts, chocolate and caramel.

Baking method: stretch the baking time longer, so adjust the firepower when the dehydration is completed, bake to the maximum when the baking door is open to the maximum, and drop the beans close to 2 explosions.

Cooked beans: commercial Colombia and Commercial Brazil

[cooking analysis]

The seventh day after baking

The mixed bean was extracted in Italian way.

Mix bean formula: Brazil + Colombia

Flavor description:

What is SOE?

The term SOE, which stands for SIngle Origin espresso, translates to mean espresso from a single producing area.

Individual coffee refers to the coffee produced by only a single item of coffee beans. For example, NDUMA AA in Kenya, NARINO in Colombia, etc., the "single item" in single coffee refers to traceable items, not varieties, because many items of coffee beans actually contain not a single variety. For example, Yega typically has its own citrus flavor, Kenya has its own fruit flavor, and Kenya still calls it a single product, even if it is beans with RUIRU11 trees.

Individual products can also make espresso, while espresso can also use boutique coffee beans, commonly known as "soe".

So why did this thing appear? Then the starting point is on the word boutique coffee.

Give an example to illustrate:

Examples are as follows:

SOE refers to the use of a single variety, single origin, single roasting degree of coffee beans made of Espresso. So here comes the problem, such as the soe made of sun-tanned Yega Xuefei.

Coffee origin: Yega Snow Coffee WOKA Waka, Ethiopia

Baking degree: city+

Espresso flavor: tropical fruit flavor, wine aroma, tail rhyme flower flavor

Milk coffee: toffee, milk fruit, supple, soft acidity, long-lasting finish

This is a typical SOE product, because, as mentioned above, because it is a single producing area of coffee beans, so its flavor will be very typical, coupled with its own espresso will enlarge the taste of coffee, so the flavor will be more prominent than hand brewing.

The first misunderstanding of SOE:

SOE tastes better than coffee.

There are many factors that determine whether a cup of coffee tastes good, such as coffee beans, roasting, coffee maker, production process, personal taste preferences, etc., while SOE only refers to espresso made of individual coffee beans, the coffee beans used are not necessarily better than those used in blending coffee, and several other factors also have a great impact on the quality of coffee, so you can't generalize what kind of coffee tastes good!

The second misunderstanding of SOE:

The idea of SOE beans mixed with coffee is not standard.

SOE beans are individual coffee beans, and blended beans are beans made of more than two kinds of single coffee beans. Since it is a mixed bean, it can not be called SOE bean, there is no such contradictory saying as "SOE mixed bean"!

So how to correctly product espresso and soe?

1. Usually, the coffee shop espresso\ soe will go with a glass of water. Drink a glass of water first so that the taste buds can adjust to the cleanest and most primitive state.

2, observe: oil color, state, smell espresso overflow full of coffee aroma. The olfactory and visual nerves tell the brain that a perfect cup of coffee is about to begin.

3. You need to take a sip of espresso\ soe first, and don't swallow it, just like drinking red wine, let it stay between your lips and teeth for a while. Feel the relationship and weight between its sour and bitter, and then swallow it and wait for it to return.

4. Most people are used to killing a cup of espresso\ soe with three mouthfuls. It would be nice if you like to taste it slowly. If you're used to adding sugar, it's not a problem.

Italian coffee bean brand recommendation

The Italian coffee beans baked in Qianjie Coffee are fully guaranteed in terms of brand and quality. And more importantly, the performance-to-price ratio is extremely high. Take the commercially recommended style of commercial blended coffee beans as an example, a pack of 454 grams, the price is only about 60 yuan. According to the calculation of 10 grams of powder for a single cup of espresso, a packet can make 45 cups of coffee, which costs less than 1.5 yuan per cup. Even if you use two heads per cup of espresso and 20 grams of powder per serving, the price of a cup of double espresso concentrate is no more than 3 yuan. Compared with the price of hundreds of yuan a pack sold by a well-known brand, it can be described as a conscience recommendation.

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