How do you make American coffee? what coffee beans do you use in American coffee? is American coffee bitter?

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American coffee is formed by diluting espresso with water and using deep-roasted espresso beans. Qianjie makes American coffee beans using the combination of two kinds of individual beans from producing areas, which has the advantage of making up for the low acidity of traditional Italian coffee and enriching the taste. Many people ask whether American coffee beans must be made with Italian coffee beans. What is the flavor and taste of American coffee beans made from other coffee beans? In order to solve this problem, Qianjie is duty-bound to come to a production experiment, the previous street of the two matching beans to make a comparison.

What coffee beans are used in American coffee beans?

There are two kinds, one is blended coffee beans, the other is SOE (single-origin espresso, single origin espresso). The biggest difference between the two is that it contains at least two kinds of coffee beans, while SOE has only one kind of coffee beans.

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The purpose of blending is to gather the flavor of coffee beans from different producing areas together, showing a new flavor, in order to achieve a more balanced effect. For example, if a kind of coffee bean is slippery but lacks aroma, another kind of beans with rich aroma can be added to enhance each other's strengths and avoid weaknesses. The suggestion is to choose three kinds of coffee beans to match. If there are too many kinds of coffee beans, it is difficult to control the flavor of the combination, so you may lose one or the other.

The coffee beans selected by SOE actually highlight the flavor of the producing area. If you simply like the coffee beans in a certain producing area, the choice of SOE will also suit the taste. Although SOE is outstanding, because it comes from a single origin, its shortcomings are relatively easy to be magnified. If the coffee beans are not good enough, then SOE coffee will not taste good, or even can not be hidden. Therefore, in the actual operation process, SOE coffee for all aspects of technical requirements are relatively high, which is one of the reasons why SOE coffee is usually more expensive than ordinary Espresso.

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Sour American coffee beans

Take Qianjie coffee sunflower warm sun coffee beans as an example

Choose Honduran Shirley Coffee beans and Yega Sheffield Red Cherry Coffee beans, the blending ratio is 6:4 with obvious acidity, light berry aroma, wine aroma, rich chocolate flavor.

American coffee production parameters suggest: double handle 18 grams of powder (plus or minus 1 gram of powder), extract 36 grams of coffee liquid, extraction time 28 seconds, pour the coffee liquid into a 330ml cup filled with ice and water, if you like the coffee flavor is stronger, you can appropriately reduce the amount of water, if you want a more diluted taste, you can add more water appropriately.

Mellow American coffee beans

Take the commercial blending of coffee beans in Qianjie as an example.

Choose Colombian coffee beans, Brazilian coffee beans and Robusta coffee beans, the proportion is 3:6:1 flavor with caramel sweet, nut and cocoa, dark chocolate flavor, sweet and sour balance, slightly bitter, lingering finish

American coffee production parameters suggest: double handle 18 grams of powder (plus or minus 1 gram of powder), extract 36 grams of coffee liquid, extraction time 28 seconds, pour the coffee liquid into a 330ml cup filled with ice and water.

Moderate and balanced American coffee beans

Take Qianjie coffee boutique with coffee beans as an example.

Choose Colombian coffee beans and Brazilian coffee beans, the proportion is 3:7 flavor with soft slightly sour, sweet, nuts back sweet, the overall feeling is not too exciting, peaceful, fat belongs to medium

American coffee production parameters suggest: double handle 18 grams of powder (plus or minus 1 gram of powder), extract 36 grams of coffee liquid, extraction time 28 seconds, pour the coffee liquid into a 330ml cup filled with ice and water.

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The above three kinds of mixed beans, the production of American coffee has different flavors, some friends like to drink sour, then [sunflower warm sun with coffee beans] is very suitable, if you want to drink more mellow, then [commercial coffee beans]. If you don't want to be too sour or too thick, you can choose [premium coffee beans].

Tasting steps

When a cup of coffee is brought to you, don't rush to drink it. There should be a gradual process like tea or wine tasting, so as to achieve the goal of relaxation, refreshing and enjoyment.

The first step is to smell the fragrance and taste the strong aroma of coffee.

The second step is to look at the color. The coffee had better be dark brown, not dark and bottomless.

The third step, taste, first drink a sip of black coffee, feel the taste of the original coffee, coffee entrance should be some sweet, slightly bitter, slightly sour not astringent. Then taste it in small mouthfuls, do not rush to swallow the coffee, but temporarily contain it in your mouth, let the coffee and saliva mix with the air, and then swallow it.

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