Do you want to know the secret of coffee beans? The reason why you can't make coffee by hand.

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People need to put coffee from different places together for several different purposes. The ideal goal, of course, is to piece together a coffee that tastes better than any of them. But generally speaking, Arabica coffee from a single origin is enough to make coffee that tastes good for export; it has a delicate flavor, a soft taste and a sweet aftertaste. So there is no need for "blending" (that is, putting together coffee from different places).

The main commercial purpose of blending coffee is to reduce costs and mix coffee with coffee that is not very good. In order to improve sales profits. There is also a possible purpose, that is to put together a unique taste, the unique taste of a brand. Customers who like this taste have to go to this factory to buy it, but can't get it from other suppliers. Another advantage of this is that the taste of the blended coffee will not change no matter how the taste of the coffee from different years changes in some places.

As we all know, there are unlimited possibilities in the blending of espresso. Manning and Brazil are the most classic Mamba combinations, but with the addition of a certain proportion of Colombia between them, the properties of beans have changed greatly. Not only the formula for blending coffee, but also the roasting degree of coffee beans will change accordingly. When the beans have changed, the extraction scheme must be adjusted accordingly.

In blended coffee, flower-and-fruit coffee beans account for the main proportion of blended beans, because they want to reflect the upward flavor of flowers and fruits in concentrated or Italian coffee, so most of them have a shallow baking degree (sometimes the depth of roasting in blended coffee is very subtle. I can't see it, but it's obvious to drink it).

Before blending any coffee, you should first understand the taste characteristics of all kinds of coffee, and at least make it clear in your heart that the taste of the kind of coffee you want to mix can not be achieved by any single coffee.

Although some fixed varieties of coffee can be drunk directly as individual coffee, most of the coffee has more or less defects in flavor, such as no special flavor, lack of depth, not strong enough or a certain flavor is too strong. In order to make up for these deficiencies, it is necessary to combine several kinds of coffee beans with different characteristics to create a harmonious and deep flavor.

Some people think that the fun of coffee is focused on baking and blending, while drinking coffee is just enjoying the fruits of your own victory. Blending coffee is not a random mix of coffee beans.

Sometimes the blending of two kinds of boutique coffee will suppress each other's unique flavor, so blending is not simply blending several kinds of boutique coffee together. Matching is just like a painter adjusting and creating charming colors in a palette, so the mixer can also blend with coffee beans to produce an attractive flavor. Therefore, it is not too much to say that matching is an art. as an artist, the assembler needs not only experience and inspiration, but also through certain scientific calculation. The emergence of works of art will not be accidental, but the outbreak of long-term accumulation. The average blended coffee does not need to use more than five kinds of coffee beans. Because if there are too many kinds of coffee beans, the situation can be very complicated.

Before matching, we should be clear about the following points:

1. The theme of the match wants to match what kind of flavor, that is, to determine the goal of the match.

two。 To understand the characteristics of coffee beans, in order to mix coffee, you must first be familiar with the characteristics of each kind of coffee, and understand the subtle relationship between roasting degree and coffee flavor, all of which can only be achieved by tasting the cup.

3. Determine the task of participating in the blending of coffee beans

Since a variety of coffee beans are used together, it is necessary to know whether the task of each kind of coffee beans is to make her show soft bitterness, distinct acidity or thick mellow taste, etc.

Because most of the previous blended beans are Luodou, and Luodou is not suitable for hand flushing because of its poor flavor. However, with the continuous changes in the coffee market, there are already a lot of boutique matching, which is different from the traditional one, so you can give it a try.