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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.

Matching is actually an art, not just mixing coffee beans together casually.

What is the reason and purpose of matching?

People need to put coffee from different places together for several different purposes. The ideal goal, of course, is to piece together a coffee that tastes better than any of them. But generally speaking, Arabica coffee from a single origin is enough to make coffee that tastes good for export; it has a delicate flavor, a soft taste and a sweet aftertaste. So there is no need for "blending" (that is, putting together coffee from different places).

The main commercial purpose of blending coffee is to reduce costs and mix coffee with coffee that is not very good. In order to improve sales profits. There is also a possible purpose, that is to put together a unique taste, the unique taste of a brand. Customers who like this taste have to go to this factory to buy it, but can't get it from other suppliers. Another advantage of this is that the taste of the blended coffee will not change no matter how the taste of the coffee from different years changes in some places.

To mix coffee is to mix beans at will?

Before blending any coffee, you should first understand the taste characteristics of all kinds of coffee, and at least make it clear in your heart that the taste of the kind of coffee you want to mix can not be achieved by any single coffee. It would be a pity if the blended coffee doesn't taste better than one or more of them. It would be better not to match. If you use some pretty good quality coffee for blending, the result is likely to be so.

Although some fixed varieties of coffee can be drunk directly as individual coffee, most of the coffee has more or less defects in flavor, such as no special flavor, lack of depth, not strong enough or a certain flavor is too strong. In order to make up for these deficiencies, it is necessary to combine several kinds of coffee beans with different characteristics to create a harmonious and deep flavor. Some people think that the fun of coffee is focused on baking and blending, while drinking coffee is just enjoying the fruits of your own victory. Blending coffee is not a random mix of coffee beans.

Sometimes the blending of two kinds of boutique coffee will suppress each other's unique flavor, so blending is not simply blending several kinds of boutique coffee together. Matching is just like a painter adjusting and creating charming colors in a palette, so the mixer can also blend with coffee beans to produce an attractive flavor. Therefore, it is not too much to say that matching is an art. as an artist, the assembler needs not only experience and inspiration, but also through certain scientific calculation. The emergence of works of art will not be accidental, but the outbreak of long-term accumulation. The average blended coffee does not need to use more than five kinds of coffee beans. Because if there are too many kinds of coffee beans, the situation can be very complicated. Almost only a very special expert would not be confused by so many different coffee beans.

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Some baristas will tell you, "our latte is made of coffee beans made of SOE beans!"

This statement 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"!

The barista may say this because he wants to hit a hot spot and use "SOE" to raise the price of his coffee; or maybe he doesn't understand SOE well enough, or maybe he just wants to tell you that his mixed beans are all Arabica beans, without Robota beans, but Robusta beans can't be single beans? Can't an Italian concentrate made of robusta beans be called SOE? Obviously, you can!

What is the espresso mix?

Blended coffee beans are made from a variety of coffee beans mixed with different proportions and tastes of different or similar coffee beans, which can make the original coffee produce distinctive characteristics and unique flavor. The blending of coffee beans is also an art, repeated attempts, looking for inspiration can make a good bag of beans. Usually this well-balanced blend of coffee beans is used to make espresso, and the mellow espresso liquid is extracted by high temperature and high pressure.

Can Italian coffee be used only for Italian style?

It's not! In the former street, for example, use KONO filter cup, water temperature of 88 ℃, medium and coarse grinding, powder-to-water ratio at 1:14, cooking time of one minute and 50 seconds. It tastes balanced, with chocolate and hazelnut flavors and a mellow taste, which is a little surprising.