[topic] what kind of coffee should I order when I go to a coffee shop / visit / exchange / observe / discuss?

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The editor also likes to visit stores, but he often falls into an awkward situation of "I don't know what to order". Instead of being poor or pretending to be a rookie, I was really curious about all kinds of coffee. I wanted to taste all of them, but I couldn't drink them all, so I was suffering from difficulty in choosing. Until one day, the editor asked a friend who is very keen on the bar, what kind of wine do you usually order when you go to the bar? He rolled his eyes: of course it's a cocktail. If you drink pure Whisky, you might as well buy a bottle and drink it home.

One word wakes up the dreamer! Usually want to go to the coffee shop low-key inspection and observation (kicking shop), of course, if you order a cup of Cappuccino!

Why do you go to the coffee shop to drink cappuccino? Nowadays, the popular boutique coffee does not emphasize single manor, special treatment and special flavor. Cappuccino with milk, the original taste of the coffee is not covered up. (500 words and questions are omitted below)

The editor once worked in the baking world and saw an oven worth hundreds of thousands in a well-known bakery, which made me stunned. It turned out that this was one of the secrets of delicious bread. At the same time, we can also see the words "good bread = good raw materials + good equipment + good technology" in the training room. This sentence is definitely a golden sentence in the catering industry and can be applied to all kinds of products. So go back and explain why you drink cappuccino.

Undervalued cappuccino

A good cappuccino, you need a cup of perfectly extracted Espresso, coupled with the right temperature not hot, suitable and mixed with coffee foam, of course, there is a beautiful flower more pleasing to the eye. Further disassembly, the perfect Espresso needs a good bean blending machine, a good bean grinder (the developer is a god), a good coffee machine, a good machine setting, and good technology. And good milk foam needs to have good delicious fresh milk and the technology of dispelling milk foam. The combination of Espresso and fresh milk is even more wonderful. There are so many fresh milk brands on the market, and there are great differences in craftsmanship and prices. How to find a wonderful match is simply the highest and deepest art in a coffee shop.

At this point, compared to the unique flavor emphasized by individual coffee, in the final analysis, we appreciate the original flavor of the ingredients, just like going to a meat store to buy A5 grade and beef slices, going home and rinsing a pot of vegetable soup to enjoy the unique aroma and sweetness of Haku. But can you imagine using A5 grade beef to make fried beef, beef tenderloin or beef noodles? Some people will say, this is really a waste of materials, money is self-willed!

Yes, using A5 and beef to make fried beef with scallion is indeed too expensive, and you can't hire a chef with excellent culinary skills to make it, but if a chef is willing to do it, who won't try it regardless of the price?

On the contrary, cappuccinos made of boutique coffee beans are very close to the people. For example, Geisha is a famous boutique bean, and most people only drink black coffee, but on the stage of the highest-level WBC World Barista Competition, there are many masters who conquer the world with cappuccinos made of Geisha.

Now boutique coffee shops have been set up all over the country, and the Italian beans used in many coffee shops are also of high quality. Don't think that Italian beans are all rotten beans. Look for a lot of surprises inside. If the espresso beans in a store are used well and the milk is used well, you can feel the sincerity of the boss.

Eclectic American coffee

What if you don't really want to drink milk coffee on the same day? The editor will choose American coffee which is more refreshing. Because American coffee can taste the flavor of Espresso more intuitively and truly, while avoiding being too high-profile (Espresso is definitely not the style that most people will order), and some of the more fastidious coffee shops will distinguish between milk coffee and black coffee using different beans.

Observe the retention of oil on the surface of American coffee, feel the concentration and taste of American coffee, the American coffee obtained by diluting Espresso will not be difficult to taste because the concentration is too high and the flavor is too concentrated. At the appropriate concentration, American coffee is easier to taste the various flavors and aromas of coffee beans, and it is easier to judge the degree of focus of a coffee shop on Italian products.

Those who have hands will order Yega Xuefei.

According to the "Advanced trend of Coffee consumption in China in 2019" released by the first Financial and Economic data Center (CBNData) and Tmall, the offline boutique coffee led to the growth of hand-brewed coffee, and gradually walked out of the niche market, becoming more and more loved by Chinese consumers, among which the consumer demand for niche coffee beans with moderate acidity and fruity flavor increased significantly. Specifically, Yega Sheffield coffee from Ethiopia is the most popular.

What does that mean? It shows that most boutique coffee shops are equipped with hand-brewed coffee, and the most popular coffee is Yejia Xuefei coffee. Ye Jia Xuefei coffee has distinct characteristics and charming flavor. If you want to compare the goods, of course, it will be easier to distinguish and compare if you choose the same kind.

Finally, the editor would like to remind everyone to explore the civilization (ti) store (guan), exchange as the main, learning as a supplement. Different coffee shops have different business concepts, different cooking systems and knowledge systems, and different ways of understanding extraction and baking. Long live our understanding, do not deliberately distinguish between the good and the bad.

I don't know what kind of coffee do you like when you visit the store?

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