Have you heard of Japanese garlic coffee? What are the characteristics of garlic coffee? Does it taste bad?

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The source of garlic coffee in Japan, Yokitomo Shimotai, a 74-year-old grandfather in Japan, accidentally burnt his steak and garlic while cooking 30 years ago.

He suddenly found that the charred garlic smelled very special, so he left the dish behind, mashed the burnt garlic with a spoon and filled it with boiling water. He was pleasantly surprised to find that it tasted like coffee. Although pleasantly surprised, Shimotai did not conduct further research at the moment, and it was not until he retired that he had time to pick up this unforgettable taste again.

After many trial and error experiments, Shimotai successfully found the right "formula" five years ago. He chose to bake the garlic in an electric stove, cool it, grind it into powder and brew it like coffee. In fact, in addition to garlic, people have tried to bake a lot of things to imitate the taste of coffee.

For reasons such as religion, health or lack of access to coffee beans, there have been ways to find alternatives to coffee drinks.

For example, most Mormons who cannot drink coffee because of dogma like to drink a drink called Postum, which consists of roasted wheat bran, wheat and caramel, which tastes similar to coffee.

In addition, the more commonly used coffee substitutes are roasted or fried nuts and grains, such as almonds, acorns, asparagus, figs, peas, rye, dandelion roots and other ingredients.

What's the taste of garlic coffee?

Garlic can detoxify, is also a very common delicious food seasoning, but garlic has a strong spicy taste, there will be an unpleasant smell of garlic, many people also love and hate it.

Coffee is a kind of drink that people like to drink in modern times. mixing milk, honey and white granulated sugar will produce different tastes.

I wonder what kind of spark will happen when garlic and coffee meet.

It is well known that coffee is a drink made from roasted coffee beans, but in Japan there is "garlic coffee" made from garlic without coffee beans.

According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency on the 15th, this "garlic coffee" looks and tastes the same as coffee, but the raw material is 100 percent garlic from Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is understood that the "garlic Coffee" developed by Xiapingmi Jizhi in Nanbu town of the county has become a topic since its launch in January this year. "this may be the first in the world," Xiaping said. Because there is no caffeine, people who want to drink coffee in the evening and pregnant women can drink it. "

It is reported that Xiaping used to run a coffee shop in Bahu City, Aomori County. About 30 years ago, he scorched steak and garlic because he was absorbed in receiving guests. When he crushed the blackened garlic with a spoon and washed it into hot water to drink, he was surprised to find that it had a bitter taste "like coffee".

After Xiaping retired, he "wanted more people to know" the taste of garlic coffee and conducted repeated studies in order to realize commercialization. He adjusted the baking method and temperature, and after repeated explorations, he finally made a satisfactory "coffee" about five years ago. The method is to bake the garlic in an electric stove until the outer skin is all black, then bake at a lower temperature until the interior is amber, cool to not hot, grind it into powder and filter out. Xiaping obtained a patent in 2015 and opened a studio in Iwate prefecture.

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