Are you sure you're drinking good coffee? Do you know the six standards of "good coffee"?

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It is not easy to drink a cup of coffee, especially for those who are just learning to taste coffee, coffee is bitter, thinking that as long as you add some cream and sugar, turn it into a latte or cappuccino is a good cup of coffee!

Today, I would like to share with you our six criteria for "good coffee":

1) fresh and recently roasted coffee beans

At present, many coffee brands in the market sell coffee with a shelf life of 18 months in major shopping malls. The question is, did you really buy fresh and delicious coffee?

Usually, the freshly roasted coffee beans will have a strong aroma, and the flavor to drink is very rich, and the baked beans need to be cultivated, and the process of raising beans will make the flavor of cooked beans more prominent, and the recommended days for raising beans is 15 days. it is recommended to finish drinking the beans within 30 days, because the flavor of the coffee beans will gradually weaken after 30 days.

The conclusion is that the coffee beans 15 days after baking show the best flavor.

Tip: next time you buy coffee beans, don't forget to check the baking date.

2) grind beans before brewing

Even if the coffee beans you buy are still in the taste period, the flavor will be lost very quickly after being ground. Only by grinding the coffee powder before brewing the coffee can you retain the original flavor of the coffee.

3) use the correct proportion when brewing

There are a lot of proportion and small details to pay attention to when brewing coffee, including water temperature, grinding thickness, water volume when brewing coffee and so on, these factors will affect the extraction rate of coffee and ultimately affect the flavor of coffee. Professional coffee barista will record the proportion of each brewing, the next brewing can be adjusted according to this proportion, you can also guess the flavor of this brewing according to the proportion.

A little reminder:

Start recording the proportion of each brew and you can adjust your favorite coffee flavor as you like.

When the coffee is too bitter, it means that the coffee extraction is too high. It is recommended to reduce the brewing time or grind it a little thicker.

When the coffee is too sour, it means that the coffee is not extracted enough. It is recommended to increase the brewing time or grind it a little bit.

4) choose coffee beans of good quality

I am a loyal Coffee Lover. Before I touched coffee, I was both loving and afraid of coffee. As long as I had more than two cups a day, I began to have gastroesophageal reflux and palpitations. Later, I realized that it was directly related to the variety or quality of the coffee I drank.

Samsung Michelin chef will choose the top part when cooking steak. By the same token, the quality of coffee will also be affected by coffee beans. Robusta is a low-priced coffee with poor quality. Most of the coffee produced in Vietnam is Robusta, while many of the top coffee on the market are produced by small farmers or small-scale estates, because compared to large estates. They are usually able to take good care of the growth of coffee fruits and patiently supervise the process of harvesting and processing, which are closely related to the flavor of coffee, like the so-called single coffee, that is, coffee produced by the same origin.

In addition, in the classification of raw beans, moldy beans, or seriously damaged beans, unripe beans and so on are the key factors that affect our health.

5) the best way to taste the degree of baking is light and medium baking.

Too deep roasting may overshadow the flavor of the coffee itself, and it will only taste scorched, which is very wasteful. It is recommended to roast the beans as shallow as possible, bringing out the delicate flavor of the coffee beans, just like eating steak. Few people will like to eat well-done. But it is still based on personal preference.

6) the thickness of grinding powder

The bean grinder is very important! Choose a high-quality bean grinder, can grind out accurate fineness, too thick or uneven powder will affect the degree of coffee extraction, too thick coffee will appear sour, because the extraction degree is not enough, and too fine will let the water too fast to seep down, there is no way to completely extract the flavor of coffee.

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