What kind of coffee will the barista order when he goes to visit the "kicking shop"? How should coffee peers communicate?

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For inexperienced coffee lovers, ordering coffee in a coffee shop can be a complex and contradictory challenge. Looking at the dazzling variety of menus, I want to try each one, but I don't dare to step on the mine easily.

But for baristas who ti guan and learn from each other, it is not difficult to order a cup of coffee they like. They know what a good cup of coffee is, from the real difference between deep roasting and light roasting, to the right temperature for lattes. Baristas have a natural advantage. But if you really want to steal the teacher to learn from each other's way of management (for reference! Learn from it! For those who study coffee, can studying coffee be regarded as stealing? ), in fact, there are also a lot of fastidious. How to steal the most useful knowledge with limited funds for visiting stores is also a profound knowledge.

Today, Xiao Bian will come to talk to you, coffee peers go to coffee shops, what coffee can you order?

Ordering a cup of regular drip coffee can get a lot of information about coffee shops.

A cafe's drip black coffee represents the quality level, if any, of the shop. At present, few coffee shops in China sell drip coffee (refers to drip coffee made by drip coffee machine), and the more common one should be Starbucks Coffee of the Week. So this point is more applicable to foreign shops. Although many trendy coffee shops pour their love of espresso and hand-brewed coffee, few can make drip coffee well. On the one hand, it is the reason for consumption habits and preferences, on the other hand, because drip coffee is a very test of the quality management ability of coffee shops.

Coffee shops that pay attention to quality need to check the drip coffee as often as other products, because the shelf life of pre-brewed coffee is very short, and if it is not consumed within the specified time, or if it is reported to be damaged, the quality of the drip coffee will decline significantly.

By ordering a regular drip coffee, you can tell how the coffee shop treats its products, whether it cares about the quality of all drinks, and whether it only focuses on higher-priced styles.

2. Special drinks recommended by the barista.

Not sure which one to try? Ask the barista if they have specialty drinks.

Even professionals, if you really don't know what coffee to order, ask a fellow barista in the store. Many professionals like black coffee, so Du Guyi orders coffee by hand, but sometimes ask the barista for advice, but it is easy to get some surprises.

Barista recommendations are more effective if you want to try something different with a drink or taste. In addition to the balanced presentation of milk coffee and the original flavor of coffee beans,"creativity" is also an element of expressing the style of your own coffee shop. Whether it's an offbeat variety, a barista's special, or an interesting "hidden menu," if even the person making the drink thinks it's interesting and worth a try, then your experience shouldn't be too bad.

3. Sugar-free and milk-free American coffee can taste the true quality of beans

Order a cup of American coffee and you'll know where the coffee beans go.

Real experts naturally understand that the simpler the style, the more delicious it is. There is no need to order the most expensive one on the menu. To a certain extent, American coffee can truly feedback the flavor characteristics of the Italian coffee beans used in the store: medium roast or deep roast, single or blended, floral or caramel aroma...

Observe the retention of oil on the surface of American coffee, feel the concentration and taste of coffee, and even know whether the barista has learned how to make espresso coffee. A cup of American coffee is all in one word.

4. Sensitive stomachs may need to consider deep-roasted coffee beans

Many people in the coffee business have stomach problems (we don't know why, we dare not ask), and deep-roasted coffee can help coffee peers avoid stomach discomfort or esophageal reflux.

If you want a strong espresso and forget to eat breakfast on the way out, ask if you have a choice of dark roast beans. The darker the roast, the lower the acidity and the less irritating the stomach.

Of course, from a professional point of view, there are many uses for trying deep-roasted coffee beans. Although the coffee beans '"terroir" characteristics weaken after being roasted deeply, it is still very difficult to achieve charred without choking, bitter without astringency. Compared with the "rotten street" shallow baked beans, sometimes deep baked beans more test baking technology and experience, for this store's production level and positioning also have exquisite value.

5. Try a cup of cappuccino and taste the kung fu of making milk coffee.

If you like espresso strong and rich, but don't want to drink it all in three gulps, a cappuccino is also a good idea. Cappuccino has a small proportion of milk and coffee, and the capacity usually produced is not too large. In a good cappuccino, you can drink the perfect extract of Espresso, warm and not hot mouth, soft and blended with coffee foam, and maybe even beautiful pull flowers ~ Since you want to explore the store, it's a pity not to see the pull flowers of your peers?

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Xiao Bian has always advocated multi-point communication between peers. The coffee market has always been a highly volatile one. Hand-brewed and siphoned coffee with a Japanese atmosphere was the mainstream of the coffee market in the early days; then it slowly developed into a chain that mainly served Italian coffee and milk coffee. As the market expanded, independent coffee shops and home roasters joined the fray over the decade to offer coffee a different look. Let go of existing ideas and try new coffee outside, perhaps you can start a different boutique coffee journey.

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