The advantages and disadvantages of iced American coffee why is Starbucks American iced coffee so bitter that everyone likes it?

Regular coffee drinkers should know that espresso has a very strong taste and strong taste, which is even more difficult to accept if it is cooled. But if adding ice can make the concentrated temperature drop rapidly, or add ice water to highlight the refreshing taste, the bitterness becomes not heavy, and the summer taste is to quench thirst and relieve heat, this is the charm of iced American coffee.

The ratio of iced American coffee to water

Iced American coffee is undoubtedly the simplest and most popular item in a cafe, with a combination of Italian concentrate, ice and water. At this time, some friends may wonder, what is the proportion of each component? There is no specific standard for the proportion of iced American coffee, which means that the American style made by each coffee shop may be different, which will be determined according to the taste characteristics and cup size of the coffee beans used.

For example, the American coffee produced by Qianjie store uses sunflowers roasted by Qianjie to mix coffee beans. Ideally, it should have the flavor of wine, vanilla, cream, chocolate and berries. In order to highlight these aromas, Qianjie has been compared many times and finally determined the ratio of 1RV 4.5. When making, extract 40g espresso with 20 grams of coffee powder, pour it into a preheated cup, add 180g hot water and control the temperature at 80,85C.

When making iced American coffee, Qianjie will take into account the situation of ice and ice fusion, the stronger the ice is soaked in water, the slower it melts, so the ice used in Qianjie stores is frozen in advance and frozen in the refrigerator. This "old ice" melts more slowly, even in summer, diluting the concentration to make the coffee taste too weak. Here, Qianjie will choose a relatively large ice cube, one grain weighs about 25g, and replace the hot water in the hot American style with 100g ice cubes and 120g normal temperature water, that is, 1PUBG 2.5V3. This kind of iced American coffee is moderate in concentration, sweet and sour and refreshing.

In addition to iced American coffee, what other iced coffee can be made of espresso and ice?

Among the guests who come to Qianjie for coffee, a few friends will order Qianjie barista like this, "Boss, please give me a cup of iced American coffee without water, thank you!" The practice is also very simple, that is, ice water in iced American coffee keeps only ice cubes. But what Qianjie suggests is to pour espresso liquid into ice cubes or extract espresso directly from a cup with ice cubes. In this way, espresso will be cooled quickly by ice cubes, resulting in a better flavor and taste. So the iced American coffee without water, that is, iced espresso, is still quite rich. The coffee beans used in the front street are sunflowers, sunflowers and coffee beans made of hot concentrate and ice concentrate respectively. Compared with hot espresso, it is less bitter, a little more sweet and sour, and the whole cup is bright and upward.

In addition, "quicksand iced American coffee" and "waterfall iced American coffee" are also popular on various platforms in recent years. "quicksand" means that the oil of espresso is turned into a delicate golden foam layer under steam, and then poured into the cup to wait for the coffee to be stratified, forming a visual effect of slipping layers like fine sand. Due to the strong espresso and the addition of ice, the bitterness of the coffee liquid is reduced, but highlights the light vanilla flavor and refreshing sweet and sour berries, coupled with the delicate and smooth foam layer, there is some dark beer taste. Pour the coffee liquid into a pre-frozen "ice cup" and let it float smoothly on the surface, waiting for the espresso liquid to "leap" out of the inside. This is the once popular waterfall iced American coffee, which presents a dynamic visual effect through the solid melting of ice into a liquid.

Is iced American coffee bitter?

Qianjie believes that a good cup of iced American coffee and a high-quality Italian concentrated base is the key, so it is very important to choose the right coffee beans. Since espresso is a pressurized extraction, minor adjustments to the parameters will also affect the taste of the final espresso, so Qianjie recommends medium and deep roasted coffee beans. Italian coffee beans are cooked beans made by roasters who carefully select coffee beans from different producing areas and different flavors for mixed roasting (or roasting separately and then blending them in proportion). The aim is to highlight the mellow aroma of Espresso, maintain a balanced flavor, and make the espresso produced by stores more stable. Qianjie's understanding of blended beans is to maintain a stable flavor and balance the taste, so that the blended coffee shows the effect of one plus one greater than two, and the taste has the effect of learning from each other, thus creating a richer new taste of coffee.

Compared with the classic bitter American coffee in many stores, the espresso produced by Qianjie store is made of self-baked "sunflower sunflower blend coffee beans", which is made of Honduran sherry coffee beans and sun-dried Shirley red cherry beans. The Italian concentrate under the ideal extraction should be whisky, vanilla, cream, berry acidity, rich aroma, soft taste, very good taste, and easy to be accepted by friends who don't drink coffee very much. Of course, in addition to warm sun blending, Qianjie has three kinds of Italian coffee beans with mellow flavor and balanced taste, which are also very suitable for the production of American coffee.

1. Qianjie Coffee-Fine mixed Coffee beans:

Colombian washed coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian half-sun coffee beans (70%)

Colombian coffee is added to the nuts of classic Brazilian coffee, which is concentrated in Italian style with dark chocolate flavor, caramel sweetness and roasted aroma.

two。 Front Street Coffee-Commercial blending of Coffee beans:

Robusta washed coffee beans (10%) + Colombian washed coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian half-sun coffee (60%)

The espresso has rich golden grease and nutty aromas. When you taste it, the coffee will be bitter, but it will be more creamy and full, and after swallowing, the bitterness will dissipate and the lips and teeth will stay fragrant.

3. Qianjie Coffee-basic mix of coffee beans:

Yunnan washed small coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian half-sun coffee beans (70%)

Yunnan small Coffee has a soft acidity with the mellow aroma of Brazilian Hilado Coffee. Espresso has the taste of caramel, nuts and soft plum acid.

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The same "configuration", the iced American coffee will be added a few more steps to become another coffee-quicksand iced American coffee.