How should I drink espresso? What is the Cream on the espresso?

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Espresso has always been known as the "Soul of Coffee"! However, because of the strong taste and strong taste of Espresso, it is often difficult to accept, but once you accept this setting, you feel something different. And Espresso is also a kind of coffee for testing coffee quality and baristas' skills.

Since Espresso is loved by so many people, it must have a certain charm. Next, Qianjie Coffee will take you to know Espresso!

| | Espresso |

Through high temperature, high pressure, with the right coffee powder, you can make a cup of Espresso.

For example, we usually use 19-20 grams of powder on both ends, 13-14 grams of powder on a single end, and 9 atmospheric pressure (that is, 9Bar) to extract the required Espresso.

The Espresso just extracted has a beautiful layer of golden grease, which we generally call "Cream". The emergence of "Cream" is closely related to the pressure of the 9Bar. Under heating and pressure, water will extract the soluble substances from the coffee powder layer, and this process will emulsify the fat and oil naturally present in the coffee. At the same time, freshly roasted coffee beans contain carbon dioxide, which is under pressure and melted into coffee in the process of making Espresso.

Many people care about its Cream layer when drinking Espresso, thinking that the more Cream, the better the beans. It is true that the amount of Cream has something to do with the freshness of beans, but it should be noted that Luodou's Cream is also very rich!

| how to evaluate Espresso?

* smell

Usually when we get a cup of Espresso, the first thing we do is smell its aroma. You will smell the aroma of nuts and caramel, and perhaps the sweet and sour aroma of fruit if it is not baked so deeply.

* View

After smelling the aroma, we will look at the color of the Cream and the thickness of the Cream, because from this we can get a general idea of how the cup of coffee is made. 、

The concentration of light color and thin oil can basically be judged as insufficient extraction.

The color is very dark and the color of the oil on the surface is inconsistent, which can be judged as excessive extraction.

The appearance of grease spots on the surface can be judged to be caused by partial overextraction caused by perforation.

* drink

Finally to drink this step, how should we drink a glass of Espresso? The first sip is to drink Cream, the second is Cream+ concentrate, and the third is coffee liquid.

We can taste the flavors of fruit acid, nuts, chocolate and caramel.

There are different ways to drink in different places, some drink with a glass of ice water; others put a cube of sugar on it and watch it slowly sink and melt; and add milk, which becomes latte, cappuccino, macchiato.

Espresso has always been impressive because of its unique taste and taste. Because of the characteristics of the production, whether the taste is good or bad, it is magnified, so the quality of the coffee bean itself is also very high! If you have the opportunity, you can also order a cup of Espresso and feel the charm hidden in a small cup of coffee.

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