The difference between espresso and Blue Mountain Coffee which tastes better, Blue Mountain one or Italian coffee beans?

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When I saw some netizens asking about the difference between espresso and Blue Mountain Coffee, Qianjie couldn't help thinking. This question may seem strange to the coffee industry (why would anyone ask such a question), but on the other hand, it is precisely because many people have never touched coffee and want to know about it. The popularization of coffee knowledge has a long way to go.

First of all, let's briefly introduce espresso and Blue Mountain Coffee.

Espresso

Espresso, also known as Espresso, is a way to make espresso, a coffee that is quickly extracted under high pressure from Italy. The traditional capacity of a single espresso is about one ounce. Espresso is divided into three parts, namely, fat, main body and core.

What is the oil (Crema) in espresso? When the coffee machine extracts espresso, the coffee is ground to a very fine size and extracted under pressure up to 9bar. When the hot water passes through the coffee pressed powder, the carbon dioxide in the coffee powder is under too much pressure, and the water is supersaturated for the carbon dioxide. There is no way to release the carbon dioxide and melt directly into the coffee liquid. The high pressure also forces the oil in the coffee to detach from the coffee pressed powder and is brought out by the hot water.

After the coffee is extracted, when the coffee liquid flows out of the coffee machine, the atmospheric pressure returns to normal, and the carbon dioxide that remains in the coffee liquid. When it was ready to return to the air, the carbon dioxide encountered the oil in the coffee liquid. The grease wraps the carbon dioxide that is ready to return to the air. So that's why this layer of grease is produced.

Therefore, espresso is characterized by small quantity, full-bodied and mellow taste.

Blue Mountain Coffee

Blue Mountain Coffee generally refers to Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee beans. of course, you may have heard the name of Blue Mountain without drinking coffee. Blue Mountain began to grow coffee in the 18th century, and from the beginning to the end is the cultivation of excellent iron pickup coffee, what really became world-famous was in the 1970s, when Blue Mountain received assistance from Japan, led by the government to vigorously develop high-quality Blue Mountain Coffee, its quality was among the best in the world at that time, and won the title of "King of Coffee".

Blue Mountain Coffee has the characteristics of balance, richness and cleanness. due to the famous Blue Mountain Coffee beans, but with small quantity and high price, some coffee that "imitates" the flavor of Blue Mountain Coffee also began to appear in the market. It should be noted that these so-called Blue Mountain Coffee, Comprehensive Blue Mountain Coffee and mixed Blue Mountain Coffee are not real Blue Mountain Coffee.

For example, the blue mountain coffee beans on the front street come from the Clifton farm in the blue mountains of Jamaica, which has a long history in the blue mountains. 95% of the blue mountain coffee beans imported from the regular channels in the country come from this farm. The real Blue Mountain Coffee has a balanced and full-bodied taste, without any feeling of prominence or lack of flavor, which is unmatched by any other coffee beans, the most critical identification point. The aroma of blue mountain peas is more subtle and the taste is relatively stronger. The taste of Blue Mountain is full-bodied and mellow. the sweet, sour and bitter taste of coffee is perfect, with no bitterness at all, only moderate and perfect sour taste and long-lasting fruit taste.

So they taste different?

Espresso is a way of making espresso in Italy, while Blue Mountain Coffee is a kind of coffee beans, so the two are not comparable at all, and there is a very interesting joke, "if you have to tell the difference between high and low, which espresso made from Blue Mountain Coffee tastes better?"

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