How to taste a cup of hand-made coffee? How to drink hand-brewed coffee? recommended coffee beans suitable for hand-brewing

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Is it more advanced to make coffee by hand?

In the shop, I often hear guests who drink milk coffee joke, saying that they are always despised by their friends, because friends have gone through the process from caramel macchiato to latte, and then from milk coffee to American coffee. Every time I buy coffee with friends, I will be ridiculed for being too LOW and ignorant of coffee. I often come across such examples. I don't know if everyone feels the same way.

So what I want to say is that health aside, drinking hands is not necessarily superior to drinking milk coffee. When we mention milk coffee, the first thing that comes to mind is latte. Although more and more consumers are starting to make a latte at home, in terms of proportion, most consumers go to coffee shops to buy lattes.

Making coffee by hand is different. It is a convenient way to drink coffee that can be made and enjoyed at home. From this point of view, whether it is better to drink hand cups or milk coffee, there is no higher level, but personal preferences and drinking habits are different.

Which way of drinking ● is healthier?

However, if you ask me how to drink coffee healthily, I certainly recommend hand-brewed coffee. Now, when we go to the coffee shop to order a cup of hand-made coffee, it should be for the boutique coffee.

The concept of boutique coffee was first proposed by Ms. Knudsen of the United States at the International Conference on Coffee in France in 1978. The original definition was very simple, saying only "coffee beans with unique aroma produced under special climatic and geographical conditions." After more than 30 years of development, this definition has been explained more comprehensively.

● is first of all the origin of hand-brewed coffee beans can be traced back:

Raw coffee beans come from which country, which producing area, which manor, what kind of beans, planting altitude, how to harvest, how to carry out post-processing, and so on. Traceability is a very important point for the quality of coffee, because the quality of raw coffee provided by farmers will directly affect the subsequent sales and pricing. When consumers drink what they like, they buy again and again, and when they drink what they don't like, they will abandon it.

Second, the quality of coffee can be quantified.

When the harvest season comes every year, it is also the season to identify the quality of coffee, which is similar to the taste of food. in addition to the appearance, the identification of coffee quality is mainly through the senses, which is what we often call cup testing.

In the cup test, describe the taste, taste and flavor of coffee, and use a unified evaluation system to score the coffee, in this way to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of coffee. Coffee with high scores is also sold at high prices, while coffee with low scores can only be sold to large commercial companies at low prices.

Therefore, farmers pay more and more attention to field management, coffee processing, coffee picking and manual selection, and also pay more and more attention to the choice of bean seeds.

Driven by this concept of boutique coffee, we all hope to drink the unique flavor of the producing area or the unique flavor of beans, so when a good raw coffee bean is in the hands of the roaster, the roaster will also design a suitable baking curve according to the characteristics of the raw bean to show the characteristics of the coffee bean, and the barista will try to show the best taste of the coffee bean when brewing.

The current situation is that about 99% of the boutique coffee on the market is Arabica, because Arabica coffee contains more sugar, which brings stronger sweetness and more pleasant acidity after roasting, smoother taste and better flavor.

Arabica coffee contains lower caffeine and chlorogenic acid than Robusta, and the filter paper filters cholesterol. Drinking a cup of hand-brewed coffee without sugar, milk or other seasonings is undoubtedly the healthiest way.

●: so, is the hand-brewed coffee I drink good or not?

I have heard many people say that drinking coffee is only whether you like it or not, no good or bad.

The author does not quite agree with this view.

When we talk about personal preferences, we mean that some people like to drink bitter, some like to drink sour, some like to drink with milk, some like to drink with chocolate sauce.

Personal preferences are not only related to his living habits, but also to his personal health.

But there are standards for whether coffee is good or not.

For example, no matter how you drink coffee, it is not good if the raw coffee beans are moldy, worm-eaten or contaminated.

For example, if the coffee beans are not baked, with a raw taste and taste, this is not a good thing.

For example, if there is a mistake in the brewing process of coffee, like a cup of water, this is not a good thing.

Maybe you can't taste moldy, but it's not a good cup of coffee.

How does ● judge the quality of a cup of hand-made coffee?

When you drink a cup of hand-made coffee, try to feel it from the point of view of taste, touch and smell.

Taste refers to the sour, sweet, bitter and salty taste of coffee.

Touch refers to the sense of weight and smoothness you feel when the coffee is in your mouth.

The sense of smell refers to the aroma you smell before drinking, the flavor you feel after drinking it, and the aroma left in your mouth after swallowing.

Smell is a complex sensory experience that many untrained consumers or those who are new to coffee may not be able to tell.

However, almost everyone can feel the sense of taste and touch.

Therefore, I suggest that consumers focus on evaluating coffee from the perspective of these two senses.

● # first talk about the feeling of taste noodles #

Sweetness in coffee is the first ingredient.

We are born with a love of sweetness, because sweetness can give people a good feeling. What I mean by the sweetness of coffee is not the sweetness brought by seasoning, but the sweetness brought by the coffee itself. For example, can you feel sweet when you chew on rice or white steamed bread? The sweetness in coffee refers to the sweetness that can be tasted without adding any seasoning. This sweetness is the aroma brought to us by a series of chemical reactions in coffee raw beans during the baking process. If you have a strong sense of sweetness, the drinker will have a sense of pleasure. This is, of course, the bright side.

● # and then acid #

Each drinker has different levels of acid acceptance of coffee. Some people like bright acid, some people like slight acid, some people can't accept acid at all.

However, without acid, coffee loses its beauty.

Good acid is accompanied by sweetness and aroma.

I think whether the acidity in coffee is good or not depends not on the intensity of acidity, but on the balance of sour, sweet and bitter, as well as the quality of acidity.

# and then we're going to talk about the bitterness in coffee #

If the coffee you drink has a lingering bitterness in your throat or tongue, there may be something wrong with this cup of coffee. It may be a problem with raw beans, a problem with baking, or a problem with brewing.

If the bitterness of this cup of coffee appears on the tongue, it depends on its intensity. A little bitterness can increase the sense of balance, but too much bitterness can make people resist.

● next, a very important evaluation point is the taste.

Taste refers to the feeling that the coffee liquid brings to the drinker in the mouth, including the weight of the coffee liquid on the tongue, not the heavier the better. Including the touch of coffee liquid in the mouth, good coffee should be smooth, not astringent.

And then there is Yu Yun.

The afterrhyme of coffee refers to the residual aroma in the mouth after the coffee is swallowed. The evaluation of the afterrhyme mainly depends on the length of time of the coffee aroma. If the good aroma stays for a long time, the evaluation of the aftertaste is high.

Finally, there is flavor.

As I said earlier, not every drinker can tell the flavor of coffee.

Therefore, I think it is too demanding for ordinary consumers to evaluate hand-brewed coffee from the perspective of flavor.

● concludes with a summary:

A good cup of hand-brewed coffee is obtained after years of careful cultivation by farmers, selection of raw beans, the intention of roasters and the rigor of brewers.

It will bring you a sense of pleasure, bring you health, and bring you a high quality of life. If you are willing to learn about it, you will feel the charm of hand-made coffee. I wish you all the coffee that makes you feel good every day.

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