What is the best milk for coffee in a coffee shop? What kind of milk tastes good with coffee?

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Fancy coffee is a kind of coffee, which is mainly made of espresso mixed with frosted coffee. Although black coffee has been very popular, fancy coffee has indeed been sublimated on the basis of black coffee, and it is a kind of popular coffee all over the world.

But what kind of milk does coffee need to drink best? This needs a good analysis.

What kind of coffee beans are suitable for adding milk?

Whether a cup of coffee contains milk or not, the biggest difference should be in the taste, that is, what we usually call Body. Body (mellowness) is the touch of coffee in the mouth. When drinking coffee, we will feel the "consistency" and "weight" behind the entrance of the coffee, including a light, watery, or thick taste. Coffee with milk can obviously feel the heavy feeling, coupled with the fat, or milk foam, the coffee with milk will be smoother and textured.

Analysis in terms of taste

There are many factors that affect the mellowness of coffee, including the flavor of the place of origin, the way of baking, etc., some coffee itself can make people feel "thick", while others make people feel silky and light, and some people like it, but if you want to drink with milk, usually with Body thick coffee, the rich coffee taste will not be covered by the same thick milk, the two match complement each other, more attractive.

In terms of flavor, coffee beans from South America and Asia are usually more balanced and thicker, such as Brazil, Colombia and Mantenin, which are also the most commonly used blended varieties when coffee chains use espresso as milk coffee.

At the same time, even the same coffee beans have different taste when the degree of roasting is different. Usually, the baking degree of medium and deep baking can show a thicker and stronger texture, and the sour taste is slightly weak. the flavor also mainly expresses the "coffee flavor" in the general impression of nuts, caramel, cream, chocolate and so on. Italian coffee machines mostly use coffee beans with medium and deep roasting degree.

In the past, we were often advised not to add milk to individual coffee, because milk would destroy the delicate flavor of the coffee itself, especially the sour quality. In order to show and retain the flavor characteristics of the country of origin, single coffee usually uses a shallow baking degree to retain more flower aroma and fruit acid, but the sour taste is difficult to blend with milk, so milk is not recommended for light-roasted coffee beans.

Analysis in terms of concentration

However, even if the taste of coffee beans is perfect with milk, some coffee is not suitable for milk because of the different concentration. Although the milk itself is strong and thick, but its water content is very high, not to mention coffee, the strongest espresso (Espresso) is more than 80% water. If it is some relatively light way of brewing, with milk, it will dilute the taste of coffee, and the taste will become thin and tasteless. Baristas advise guests not to add milk to American coffee and hand-brewed coffee, but also out of this concern.

Therefore, if you want to add milk to coffee, it is recommended to choose utensils with high brewing concentration and high pressure extraction, such as Italian coffee maker, mocha pot, Philharmonic pressure, etc., if they are atmospheric pressure extraction utensils such as hand brewing, siphon kettle, French pressure kettle, etc., you can only put a little less water and more powder, or simply add less milk. In short, if you want to balance the taste of coffee and the sweetness of milk, coffee must not be too thin and too light.

Milk because of the existence of fat, after being sent to form a dense milk foam, stimulate the smell of milk, and then mixed with strong coffee, it is simply a seamless combination, no wonder it is loved by so many people. All seemingly ordinary coffee is not a common choice in milk, so a cup of fragrant and delicious coffee is the painstaking work of baristas.

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