Coffee excipients

Coffee excipients

I. Coffee partner

Coffee companion, also known as vegetable fat, is a kind of plant hydrogenated oil, which is bad for human health and easy to make people fat, so they should eat as little as possible. At first, people drink coffee by hand, and then add fresh milk, sugar or other drinks to form a variety of different flavors. Simple coffee tastes bitter. If some coffee companions are added to the coffee, the taste will become delicious and rich in a variety of flavors.

Nowadays, instant coffee sold in the market is very popular, especially among young people, so there are "coffee companions" at the end of the plant (such as Nestl é). The list of ingredients for this companion indicates that the coffee companion plant is composed of glucose syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil, sodium caseinate, stabilizer, emulsifier and anti-caking agent. In other words, coffee companion is the end of the plant, and the end of the plant is commonly known as "cream". The end of the plant is solid vegetable fat, that is, vegetable oil.

The vegetable fat in this coffee companion ingredient is a relatively healthy unsaturated fatty acid, but it is particularly prone to oxidation and decay and is difficult to be preserved for a long time. Therefore, in the food process, unsaturated fatty acids should be made into saturated fatty acids, and stabilizers, emulsifiers and anti-caking agents should be added to ensure that the cured fat particles are uniform, non-cohesive and stable in quality. suitable for storage and long shelf life. In other words, it eventually becomes saturated fatty acid and contains a lot of additives. Therefore, the impact of this kind of coffee partner on human health is self-evident.

2. Milk and cream

Usually people like to drink coffee with sugar and milk, or cream. Choosing different milk products can give the coffee a different flavor and enjoy the varied taste.

1. Fresh cream, also known as whipped cream. This is a high concentration of cream that separates fat from fresh milk and has a wide range of uses, such as making butter, ice cream, cakes, or making coffee. The fat content of whipped cream is as high as 45% Mel 50% and the lowest is 25% Mel 35%. Coffee is usually made with whipped cream with a fat content of 25% Mel 35%. To identify the quality of cream, you can refer to the following points: (1) shape: the packaging still maintains its original shape after opening, there is no oil spill, and the quality of cream with smooth surface is better; if deformed, and oil spill, uneven surface, deflection and surrounding depressions are inferior cream. (2) Color: high-quality cream is transparent and yellowish, otherwise it is inferior cream. (3) smell: high-quality cream has a special aroma. If there is sour taste, bad smell, it is spoiled cream. (4) when the high-quality cream is cut with a knife, the cutting surface is smooth and there are no water droplets. Otherwise, it will be inferior cream. (5) the cream must be stored in cold storage equipment, and the suitable temperature is in the range of-5 ℃-5 ℃. Therefore, when buying, you should see whether the temperature of refrigerated goods display cabinets and other refrigerated equipment has the management conditions below 10 ℃ degrees. (6) taste: high-quality cream can dissolve in the mouth without roughness, otherwise it is inferior cream. (7) according to the year, month and day of manufacture, the flavor of cream will not change within 6 months when the cream is kept below 10 ℃.

2. Foamed cream: whipped cream turns into foamed cream after stirring and foaming. This cream tastes best with bitter espresso.

3. Condensed milk: concentrate the milk 1-2.5 times to become sugar-free condensed milk. Generally speaking, canned condensed milk sold in stores is heated and sterilized, but it is easy to rot after opening cans and cannot be preserved for a long time. When brewing coffee, whipped cream floats a layer of oil on the coffee, while condensed milk precipitates into the coffee.

4. Milk and cream: milk is suitable for blending espresso or fancy coffee, while cream is easy to use and easy to preserve. But no matter what kind of product you use, you can make a delicious cup of coffee according to your personal preference. When fresh cream is added to coffee, if there is a feathery oil on the surface, this is due to the phenomenon of fat separation when high-fat fresh cream is added to sour coffee or when stale dairy products are used. So in addition to paying attention to the freshness of dairy products, high-fat whipped cream should be mixed with coffee with a mild sour taste.

Sugars

The purpose of adding sugar to coffee is to ease the bitterness, and depending on the amount of sugar, it will create a completely different flavor. Powdered sugar: it belongs to a refined sugar, has no special taste, is easy to dissolve, and is usually easy to use in 5-8 grams. The price is a little higher than ordinary sugar.

Sugar cube: add water to the refined sugar and then solidify it into a lump. The cube sugar is easy to preserve and easy to dissolve.

White granulated sugar: White granulated sugar is also a refined sugar, it is coarse crystal solid, white color. There are more than 8 grams of small packaging in the market for each use.

Black sugar: this is a kind of brown sugar, a bit scorched, commonly used in the preparation of Irish coffee.

Rock sugar: transparent and crystalline, light sweetness and insoluble. It is usually ground into fine particles for use in drinks such as coffee or flavored tea.

Coffee sugar: sugar used specifically for coffee, brown sugar or cube sugar. Coffee sugar stays sweeter on the tongue than other sugars.

4. Other auxiliary materials

Coffee varies according to people's feelings and preferences, so there are many different ways to drink coffee. At the same time, a variety of additives are used to improve the taste of coffee. Used for seasoning and decoration of flavored coffee, enriching the new enjoyment of coffee.

1. Spices: cinnamon (divided into powder or stick), cocoa, cardamom, mint, cloves, etc., of which cinnamon is often used in cappuccino. 2. Fruit: oranges, lemons, pineapples, bananas, etc., used for flavoring and decoration of fancy coffee, enriching the alternative enjoyment of coffee.

3. Alcohol: brandy, whisky, rum, peppermint liqueur, etc., is the magician of fancy coffee.