How to make the perfect cold coffee? What factors should we pay attention to?

Analyze how to make perfect cold coffee

About the choice of coffee beans

Of course, we can roughly classify coffee according to its origin. For example, African coffee usually has fruit aromas such as blueberry and lemon, while Brazilian coffee has nutty, earthy and cocoa aromas.

However, based on the origin alone, it is difficult to accurately define the taste characteristics of a particular variety of coffee. Abhinandya Datta, a coffee and tea extraction expert from Kerry RD&A, said: "soil composition, altitude, humidity and temperature all affect the taste of coffee because these factors affect the quality and quantity of moisture, sugar and amino acids in coffee, as well as the content of chlorogenic acid in raw beans." The charm of cold-extracted coffee is that any single or mixed coffee can make cold-extracted coffee, so choose the variety of coffee beans carefully according to your own taste preferences and your customers' taste preferences.

About the degree of baking

The degree of roasting also affects the taste of cold-extracted coffee. Roasting can greatly change the physical and chemical structure of coffee beans. "the main chemical reaction is the Merad reaction." "the reaction produces large amounts of aromatic substances, such as sulfur, aldehydes, furans, pyrazine and pyridine, which bring nutty, malt and caramel flavors to coffee," Datta said.

The longer the roasting time, the higher the roasting temperature, the deeper the roasting degree of the coffee, the higher the caramelization, the sweeter the coffee, the heavier the roasting taste, the darker the color. Deep-roasted coffee usually has a smoky flavor because more chlorogenic acid is broken down into guaiacol. But we should pay attention to caramelization can not be too high degree will make coffee with charred and dusty taste, cover up the original flavor of coffee.

The shorter the baking time, the lower the roasting temperature, which will give the coffee a stronger sour taste and more delicate flavors, such as fruit and vanilla. But if the degree is too light, the taste of the coffee will not be enough, the coffee will have the smell of grass and the acidity will be too high. Sensory analysis shows that consumers do not like acerbity and astringency. "the astringent taste is due to the high content of chlorogenic acid, while the sharp acid is due to the high content of citric acid, acetic acid and quinic acid."

On the degree of grinding and water volume

The degree of grinding is the key to balance coffee extraction. If the coffee powder is too thick, the extraction of coffee will not be sufficient, this is because the contact area between coffee and water is not large enough, which will make the cold coffee taste indifferent and tasteless. If the coffee powder is too fine, it will make the coffee extract too much bitterness or sour taste. Extract coffee should use a thicker ground coffee powder, and a larger amount of coffee powder, a higher gouache ratio will make the coffee more silky and stronger.

Increasing the amount of powder is the key to ensuring the sweetness, caramel and fruit taste of cold extracted coffee, while avoiding excessive bitterness, dust and burnt taste of coffee, and ensuring the best taste of coffee.

About the brewing condition

In order to ensure the best taste of cold extracted coffee, soak the coffee in cold water or water at room temperature for 12-24 hours. Traditionally, if the time is too long, the temperature will be too high, which will lead to excessive extraction of coffee; if the time is too short or the temperature is too low, the extraction of coffee will be inadequate and the taste will be insipid.

However, since cold-extracted coffee does not need to be heated, we must extend the soaking time to ensure the silky taste and sweet taste of the coffee.