What's the difference between hand-brewed coffee and espresso? Do I have to add milk to my coffee?

As we all know, coffee with milk is called latte or Ole Coffee. For people who are not used to drinking coffee, it will feel very bitter to drink espresso alone. It takes a little milk to smooth the mouth. There are some that drink black coffee without sugar or milk. For example, American coffee, single coffee, generally we think that drinking American coffee without milk, adding milk will lower the temperature of the coffee. Even destroy the flavor of individual coffee.

Sometimes guests order espresso, which is too bitter, too little, or ask for milk. How to drink concentrate? People who are more impatient choose a mouthful of stew, and for baristas who drink N cups of espresso every day, they will popularize how to drink concentrate correctly.

Misunderstanding about espresso:

When it comes to "espresso", many people think of such bad words as "bitter", "thick", "more caffeine", "less" and "expensive".

Many reasons for the bitter taste come from the beans. Italian deep baked beans are used, so the concentrated beans are bitter. The commercial beans used in some stores for a long time are seriously deoiled and the aroma is discounted. It always smells like charcoal.

Then there is the reason for extraction and concentration:

Espresso (serving):

7-10 grams: generally speaking, it takes 7-10 grams of coffee powder to make a cup of espresso. after knowing this amount, you can have more of your own taste.

25ml-30ml: the amount of 25ml-30ml concentrated in a cup is extracted. This amount can not only give full-bodied aroma of coffee fat in coffee beans, but also have a comfortable taste. If it is less than 20ml, its pungent smell will give people a heavy blow. If there is more extract than 35ml, the taste will be light and too soft.

9 atmospheric pressure: this pressure is the ideal extraction pressure, less than 9 atmospheric pressure will not be extracted thoroughly. Coffee without flavor color will be white, higher will make the coffee mixed with other flavors or blackening.

90 degrees Celsius: this temperature is the most suitable water temperature for extraction. There are devices on the Italian coffee machine that can set the temperature to keep it 90 degrees all the time.

Only by the above conditions can we make a good espresso. A good espresso is clearly layered from top to bottom,

Daily grinding:

Usually, Italian concentrated grinding, single head, take 13 grams of coffee powder for the first time, extract 26 grams of extraction time in 23 seconds, and find that the flow rate is too fast, sharp acid, oil has coarse foam, fine and throw the grinding degree, take the way of increasing the amount of powder for debugging, change to 14 grams of powder to extract 30 grams of coffee liquid in 25 seconds, with the flavor of cocoa and almonds, the sweetness of caramel, and a slight mint regale at the end. The sense of balance is obviously improved, the oil is solid and beautiful, the coffee is floral, and the taste is strong.

How to drink espresso:

Finish the espresso in three bites. The first sip enjoys the oily aroma and acidity of espresso, the second taste the bitterness and middle nutty taste of espresso with the tip of the tongue, and the third taste the sweetness and finish of Huigan.

In addition, many people feel more caffeine as soon as they hear "concentrated". If espresso uses deeply roasted beans, the caffeine can be volatilized after deep roasting. The coffee that needs to be filtered for a long time has more caffeine, such as siphon pot, Belgian pot, Turkish pot, French pressure, American drip, Vietnamese coffee set.

Espresso with instant extraction of coffee fat is actually the least caffeine of all coffee types.

The basic dripping coffee equipment is cheaper than investing in an expensive espresso machine. Handmade coffee has been very popular in recent years. Many friends who want to enter this field want to buy a set of handmade coffee but do not know how to buy it. Of course, it is best to be able to buy cost-effective and cost-effective coffee within the budget. Including filter cups, hand or electric bean grinders, hand pots, thermometers, electronic scales, filter paper and glass pots. On the other hand, the six necessary groups for the first stage of hand flushing are more classic:

1, hand punch pot

Our commonly used hand punch pot is bonabita, stainless steel material, the appearance is generous and good-looking, effectively control the flow speed, flow and direction, the kettle lines are smooth and feel comfortable, the flow is soft, the novice can also be well controlled, generally speaking, it is easy to use, the novice is suitable for the small mouth pot (inner diameter 6mm or above), professional gooseneck fine tip design, more effective control of flow speed, moderate flow size.

2, filter cup

3, bean grinder

According to the way you work, you can break up manpower and electric power, no matter what category, my personal advice is to buy a good bean grinder that you can afford!

Electric bean grinder: small steel gun

There are three different types of knives: split knife, cone knife, ghost tooth and so on.

The flat knife grinds the coffee beans in a "peeling" way to increase the area of the cell wall, so using the flat knife can increase the concentration and extraction rate of coffee liquid in a short time, so that the aroma of coffee can be significantly improved in a short time.

[ghost teeth] Grinding in the way of grinding, the particles are close to round, and the ratio of coarse powder to fine powder is more uniform, so the coffee taste is cleaner, the flavor is more three-dimensional and full, but the machine price is higher, we use the small steel cannon of ghost teeth.

4, filter paper

Kono unbleached coffee filter paper 100 pieces of 01 1-2 for human use, almost no smell of paper.

5. Electronic scale

Electronic scales are often the easiest to overlook, the amount of powder and the amount of water injected when brewing coffee. There is a certain ratio of water to powder to extract how much coffee needs to be ground with beans and how much powder is needed.

6, thermometer

The thermometer is used to measure the water temperature, and there is also a corresponding cost-effective thermometer on a certain treasure.

7, share the pot

For sharing pot coffee, if you drink it alone, you can put it on the mug instead of sharing the pot. To extract multi-cup coffee, you need to share the pot. With the scale display and transparent material of the sharing pot itself, it is also easier to understand and control the extraction process, and the sharing pot is not just the role of dividing the cup.

The next step is to buy coffee beans and make your own cup of coffee to enjoy!