What is raw bean coffee? What's the difference between raw bean coffee and instant coffee?

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Due to the influence of the third wave of coffee, more and more people choose to buy raw beans, but it is undeniable that there is still a big market for instant coffee.

What is the difference between instant coffee and raw bean coffee that needs to be ground? Where did instant coffee come from? Which one should I drink?

Is instant coffee made of real coffee? How do I get coffee beans?

First of all, instant coffee is really made by coffee. But coffee beans are not "beans", but seeds.

Coffee is a kind of fruit, which is often called "coffee cherry" because of its round red appearance. Usually a fruit has two seeds, and a small number of those with only one seed are called Peaberry. After harvesting the fruit, coffee farmers will carry out a series of treatments, the difference of which depends on how to remove the pulp from the outer layer of the seed. Different treatments will affect the flavor of coffee. It will then be dried and baked before a cup of coffee can be made.

At this stage, there is a difference between instant coffee and coffee beans.

How can I get instant coffee?

Whether you drink two-in-one or three-in-one instant coffee, they are all products of science.

When we come to the instant coffee factory, we will see a large vat of coffee liquid that is ready to be made into instant powder. the process is very simple, just dehydration. When the water in the coffee liquid is removed, it is the instant powder that everyone scoops out of the coffee can. That is, the soluble powder retains the coffee substance that is soluble in water.

The procedure of dehydration can be divided into the following two kinds: freeze drying and spray drying.

It should be noted that some of the substances in coffee are lost during processing, especially caffeine and aroma molecules. Even the quality of coffee powder has a lot to do with the drying process. Some manufacturers even add substances to fill these lost flavors.

Differences in cooking methods

Instant coffee is very simple, as long as the fusion of instant powder and water, you can drink.

If it is raw bean coffee, there are different preparation procedures. You need to grind the coffee beans and cook them (usually filtered with filter material), and then discard the coffee grounds. These brewing processes deeply attract many coffee lovers, who can experiment with different brewing methods, different powder-to-water ratio, water temperature, etc., to make a cup of coffee they like.

If you want full-bodied coffee, you may be able to use a French filter pot or Philharmonic pressure instead of a V60 filter cup. If you want to reduce the bitterness of coffee and improve its sweetness or acidity, you can reduce the extraction rate and brew it through thicker grinding, shorter brewing time or lower water temperature.

The same kind of instant coffee always tastes the same. On the other hand, if you look at ground coffee, you can taste the brewer's skills.

Which is better, raw bean coffee or instant coffee?

Instant coffee is usually cheaper, and you can drink it just by adding hot water, which makes it convenient. In terms of convenience, instant coffee is slightly better.

But in terms of the quality of coffee, the quality of raw bean coffee is better, because drinking raw bean coffee will pay more attention to the flavor and quality of coffee, while instant coffee is not so fastidious.

How to choose raw bean coffee?

In the front street coffee, you can pick a lot of raw bean coffee, basically Asian, African and American coffee can be found, dozens of coffee beans can always find the one that suits you.

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