Whether coffee blending is fine coffee | is coffee blending very low? the art of coffee blending

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Is mixed coffee a boutique coffee? Is it low to drink mixed coffee? Is it good to mix coffee in the end?

In fact, there is a misunderstanding here. Many people think that hand brewing is fine coffee, but it is not made with a coffee machine. In fact, this is wrong. Whether beans are fine or not can only be seen by beans, regardless of the way they are made.

Individual coffee is more to show the characteristics of coffee raw beans, and mixed beans really belong to the roaster's coffee (roaster's coffee), each enduring mix, is the crystallization of the roaster's wisdom and technology.

There is no doubt that the earliest blending must be to reduce costs, such as using 70% cheap beans and seasoning with beans with good flavor, but in the era of boutique coffee, reducing costs is no longer the only goal, and customers will be more concerned about flavor. You can pay a higher price for the taste you like.

Based on this market change, there are several common matching methods now. the first is the two-male model, in which two beans account for about 50% each, and occasionally a certain bean accounts for up to 70%. But it is definitely not for the purpose of reducing the cost, just because the bean has a better flavor, or to achieve a balance in some aspects, such as one out of sour and sweet, one bitter, one flavor and one alcohol thickness, and so on.

In blending, cooked spelling is more stable than raw spelling, but now many people will use raw spelling to solve Italian beans or individual blending, and even some raw bean suppliers have already assembled the beans, and the bakers can bake them directly. Normally, spelling is more stable and more time-saving, so more bakeries prefer to use it.

The reason and purpose of matching

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.

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. It would be a pity if the blended coffee doesn't taste better than one or more of them. It would be better not to match. If you use some pretty good quality coffee for blending, the result is likely to be so.

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. Almost only a very special expert would not be confused by so many different coffee beans.

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