"good coffee" & "good coffee"-what is a good cup of coffee?

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How do you define a good cup of coffee?

Some people say: to be strong, mellow, bitter; others say: to be refreshing and sweet; others say: if not sour, not bitter, not astringent.

Usually the old gluttonous coffee lovers will say that the coffee of the XX brand and XX is good, while the gourmet coffee lovers will say that the coffee of XX and XX is good.

Of course, everyone will have different perceptions because of the different kinds of coffee they come into contact with. For ordinary people, good coffee usually means to suit one's own taste and get used to that taste. As far as the coffee industry is concerned, there has long been a unified objective evaluation method for "whether coffee is good or not".

For the coffee industry, the so-called delicious coffee is the use of coffee cherries grown from the highest quality environment, processed in the form of Parchment, the natural flavor of raw beans (Green Bean) is extracted by the roasting process, and then extracted in the most appropriate way according to the state of roasted beans (Roasted Bean).

In short, if you want to make a good cup of coffee, you must first have a basic understanding of the aroma and taste of coffee in each process of the "coffee industry chain" (Coffee Chain). The aroma and taste of coffee are collectively referred to as "coffee flavor". The purpose of every process in the coffee industry chain is to show the flavor of coffee. Without such a flavor interpretation, it is difficult to reflect the value of a cup of coffee.

But the definition of the word "delicious" is too subjective, the so-called your arsenic, the other's honey. Of course, there are many people who like fine coffee, but there are also many people who like to drink Luodou, defective beans and seasoned beans. Don't you see, in the most famous international coffee competitions, such as COE (Cup of Excellence), BOP (Best of Panama), etc., there are often more than a dozen professional judges, and their evaluation of each type of coffee is also different, so they have to determine the ranking on the basis of average scores, which is enough to prove that everyone's preferences are different.

Therefore, it doesn't make much sense to simply comment on "good coffee". The best coffee beans selected by professional judges can only be regarded as "the highest quality coffee beans", but for drinkers, they are not necessarily the "best". In other words, whether your coffee is good or not should not be decided by the experts, but by you.

Good coffee = good coffee. Is it?

Of course not. The definition of good coffee does not lie in the subjective question of whether it tastes good or not, but in:

Judging from the choice of raw beans, whether there are bad ingredients or taste

From the point of view of baking, whether it can show the original flavor of coffee beans, and whether it produces ingredients that are uncomfortable to the body in the process of baking.

From the analysis of the bubble, whether the good flavor can be extracted, and the bad ingredients can be avoided.

If you want to take a closer look at whether the upstream and upper reaches of this cup of coffee are in line with "moral" factors such as organic cultivation, sustainable development, environmental friendliness, fair trade and so on, it is also possible, but it seems too picky.

When these conditions can be noticed, then this kind of coffee is basically a good cup of coffee. Although it may not be in line with everyone's taste, it ensures that this cup of coffee is made up of good factors, and of course you won't feel uncomfortable when you drink it.

The definition of good coffee?

In fact, the more coffee you drink, the less you ask for coffee. Different coffees are tasted in different ways and have different highlights. For the editor, the definition of good coffee is coffee that "won't feel uncomfortable after drinking it."

The coffee is not strong? It doesn't matter. You can taste its refreshing taste

Coffee is not sweet? It doesn't matter. You can taste its own sweetness.

Isn't the coffee bitter? It doesn't matter. You can taste its acid.

The coffee is not sour? It doesn't matter. You can taste its mellow.

Can't make coffee well? It doesn't matter. You can look forward to better next time.

The only thing I don't want is to give up "physical comfort" in order to pursue "sensory enjoyment". In order to make the coffee stronger and more bitter, the coffee is scorched and bright, and the bad ingredients in the coffee are also extracted; or the excessive pursuit of the so-called "flower-scented fruit acid", which is baked sour and astringent, is also called "primitive flavor". It makes people drink uncomfortable mouth, stomach and heart.

Finally, we still have to return to the nature of coffee, what is a good cup of coffee? It doesn't matter if you don't get a high score, win an award or add any seasoning. As long as the drinker thinks the coffee tastes good, OK, the consumer's approval is the best.

So guys, what do you think is a good cup of coffee?

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