When making espresso, which coffee beans are better in Kenya, Colombia, Manning, mocha, Brazil?

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Espresso:

A coffee shop's Italian recipe is called House Blend, which is usually heavily used in Italian coffee drinks such as cappuccino, American coffee and latte, most of which are roasted deeply to go with milk and hot water. Making this kind of coffee can only be grinded by a professional bean grinder, which is also an important basis and key to making high-quality Italian coffee.

The selection of coffee beans

Italian coffee is a mixture of a variety of coffee beans, such as Kenya, Mantenin, Mocha, Brazil, Colombia ⋯⋯and so on are often mixed as basic beans. Different varieties of beans from the place of origin, coupled with the acquired baking time, the mixture will naturally have a unique taste and aroma. The selection of coffee beans is mainly based on whether the taste after extraction is in line with personal preference.

1. Kenya

Coffee beans have obvious sour taste and hard texture, in which the coffee beans with blackcurrant flavor are regarded as the best. The quality and production capacity of coffee beans in small farms are much better than those in large farms, while the quality of large farms can only be ranked as medium. Kenya beans are divided into seven grades according to particle size and appearance, the highest is AA or AA+, followed by AB, PB, C, E, TT, T, but good appearance is not necessarily proportional to taste.

two。 Colombia

Is an Arabica variety, coffee thick neutral, with sweet after baking, taste more sour with sweet, slightly bitter, often used to mix in the comprehensive coffee, such as the taste of melon peel is the most advanced variety.

3. Manning

Produced in Sumatra, Indonesia, is a basic bean, roasted with bitter taste, thick and strong taste, is the most common mixed coffee beans.

4. Mocha

For example, mochas from Ethiopia in Africa are all Arabica varieties, with a unique sweet and sour taste, as well as a special flavor of chocolate, with fruit aroma in baking, such as mixing in coffee to increase aroma, mellow taste to increase its uniqueness.

5. Brazil

Belonging to Arabica, its taste is slightly sour, slightly sweet, slightly bitter and slightly fragrant. Coffee beans with a neutral taste do not have a strong special taste, and are very suitable for drinking alone or mixed with other coffee.