What does soe coffee mean, suitable for hand-brewed coffee or Italian? Taste characteristics of soe and single Coffee beans

Everyone knows espresso, but do you know SOE coffee? Maybe you will find that more and more cafes offer SOE. But there is no SOE coffee in Qianjie Coffee. Why? Let's talk about SOE coffee in front of the street.

SOE, whose full name is "Single Origin Espresso", or single-origin espresso, is actually a single-origin boutique bean that is generally of better quality than most commercial beans. Is it possible that all hand-made coffee beans can be made into SOE coffee? The front street tells you: yes, but I dare not say whether it tastes good or not.

If a single coffee bean is used as SOE coffee, its flavor will show more flavor than that of commercial beans, and espresso will magnify the taste of coffee.

So what do you need to pay attention to if you use individual coffee beans to make SOE coffee?

SOE single-origin espresso, the coffee beans selected in order to highlight the flavor of the producing areas, the baking degree is generally not too deep, compared with the traditional deep-roasted Italian coffee beans, the flavor will be more difficult to extract. Therefore, on the one hand, it is necessary to adjust the extraction parameters to increase the extraction rate. For example, lengthen the extraction time, adjust the degree of grinding, increase the amount of powder and so on.

On the other hand, when producing espresso based on SOE, you need to adjust the ratio of espresso to milk or water. Reduce milk or water and highlight the taste of the coffee so that the coffee is not too light.

Blended coffee, also known as mixed coffee and Italian coffee beans, is to mix all kinds of individual coffee beans together, so as to give full play to the strengths of various individual coffee beans, and the blended beans are made from coffee beans from different producing areas to make a more balanced taste. For example, if one kind of coffee bean is slippery but lacks aroma, another kind of coffee with rich aroma can be added to make the advantages of individual coffee beans complement each other, complement or strengthen each other in taste, thus creating a richer new taste of coffee. Sometimes the beans are mixed first and then baked, which is called roasting; sometimes they are roasted and then mixed with coffee beans, which is called cooked.

What kind of coffee beans are suitable for SOE?

When choosing coffee beans to make SOE single-origin espresso, we have to meet several conditions, first, flavor, and secondly, roasting properly.

Let's start with roasting, what are the characteristics of SOE single-origin espresso? It shows the regional flavor of a single origin, what does that mean? It means that the degree of roasting can not be deep, we know that roasting is a link that deeply affects the taste of coffee beans, the deeper the roasting degree, the flavor of the coffee producing area will be gradually eroded, replaced by the caramelization and roasting flavor brought by roasting, which runs counter to the purpose of highlighting the flavor of a single origin.

But at the same time, it should not be too shallow, although shallow roasting shows the taste of coffee beans more than deep roasting, but at the same time, we should also consider the high pressure environment experienced when the espresso machine is used to extract espresso. The degree of shallow roasting means that the coffee beans have high hardness, slow flow rate and short time, and it is easy to cause acidity and incomplete taste due to insufficient extraction.

Why didn't the front street coffee put SOE coffee on the menu? Because soe coffee is an espresso extracted from individual coffee beans, coffee beans will be affected by the weather, planting, roasting and other factors, which will make the flavor differences in different batches of the same bean, which can not guarantee the stability of the flavor of every cup of espresso. Qianjie hopes that everyone who comes to Qianjie Cafe can drink espresso or milk coffee with stable and obvious flavor every time.

SOE, as opposed to Espresso Blend,Espresso Blend, refers to the process of brewing coffee with a mixture of beans from multiple producing areas.

Fresh and sweet flavor: Yega Xuefei sun-tanned cherries are recommended for Qianjie coffee. This coffee from Aletaland Manor Yega Sheffield is 1700-2200 meters above sea level and is treated with full red fruit. It has a very rich fruit sweetness and floral aroma.

Flavor description: citrus, berry, fermented aroma, sticky, moderately bitter, moderately high acidity, bright and lively acidity.

Full-bodied flavor: Honduran sherry barrel is recommended in the front street. This coffee from Manor Mocha in Honduras, 1500-1700 meters above sea level, is fermented with fine water to wash sherry buckets and has a very strong fermented aroma and dark chocolate cream flavor.

Flavor description: whisky aroma, soft and high acidity, smooth taste, creamy sticky, cocoa.

When making espresso, we also need to pay attention to the freshness of coffee beans, because the freshness of coffee beans will directly affect the taste of coffee.

Qianjie coffee brewing suggestion:

Therefore, Qianjie recommends using freshly roasted coffee beans for brewing, so that you can maximize the rich flavor of the coffee. The coffee beans shipped in Qianjie are all roasted within 5 days, because Qianjie is well aware that the freshness of coffee beans has a great impact on the flavor. The purpose of Qianjie roasting is "freshly roasted coffee", so that every guest who places an order is the freshest coffee when he receives it. The bean cultivation period of coffee is about 4-7 days, so when the guest gets it, it is the time when the flavor is the best.

Of course, there are also customers who ask Qianjie to help grind into powder. Qianjie reminds me that coffee beans should be washed and boiled as soon as possible, because the flavor of coffee powder is more likely to get lost after it comes into contact with the air. so it may not be able to fully taste the perfect flavor of coffee, so Qianjie coffee is recommended to buy whole beans, grinding and flushing now, which can better reflect the flavor of coffee!

Of course, if these two individual boutique coffees are made by hand, the flavor is also very delicious! In front of the street, there are more than 50 coffee beans from different producing areas with different flavors, which can fully satisfy everyone's exploration of coffee.

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