How to deal with coffee beans? how to make coffee? can coffee powder be brewed directly?

Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style)

Freshness is the life of coffee. How to determine the freshness of coffee beans?

Smell

Put the coffee beans close to the nose and take a deep breath to see if you can clearly smell the aroma of the coffee beans. If so, it means the coffee beans are fresh enough. On the contrary, if the aroma is weak, or if the smell has begun to appear greasy (such as peanuts or nuts will appear for a long time), the coffee beans are not fresh at all.

Look.

Spread the coffee beans on your hands, determine the origin and variety of coffee beans, and determine whether the coffee beans are roasted evenly.

Peel off

Take a coffee bean and try to peel it off by hand. if the coffee bean is fresh enough, it should be easy to pull away, and it will have a crisp sound and feeling. If the coffee beans are not fresh, you will find that you have to work hard to get rid of a bean.

Another important point to observe when peeling off the coffee beans is to see if the firepower is uniform when baking. If it is uniform, the outer skin and inner layer of the beans should be the same color. If the color of the surface layer is obviously much darker than that of the inner layer, it means that there may be too much firepower during baking, which will also affect the aroma and flavor of coffee beans.

Note: why are there differences in quality of the same kind of coffee?

As a kind of natural crops, it is inevitable that there are slight differences in the quality of coffee. The same Colombian coffee can also be affected by season, climate, soil and water differences; however, the difference is so small that it is difficult for the average drinker to detect it. In addition, after different treatment methods, the taste of coffee will be different. If the baking time is too long, the coffee will taste bitter, and the short baking time will cause the coffee to taste sour. Storage methods also affect the quality of coffee, stored properly fresh coffee tastes good, but coffee will give off flavor, stored for too long will make its unique aroma lost.

Coffee beans from all over the world

01

Costa Rica

With fertile volcanic soil, it has attracted a lot of attention on special types of coffee. The variety is mainly Tarasu.

02

Panama

Similar to Costa Rica, it is famous for the emergence of many talented bloggers on the east side of Mount Baru. Well received in the cultivation of cocoa beans.

03

Colombia

It is known as the fourth largest production in the world. A lot of cocoa beans have been planted on a small scale in the highlands 2000 meters above sea level.

04

Brazil

Production began in 1727 and is now known as the world's largest output. There are also many kinds of cocoa beans, including Arabica and Carpinblanco.

05

Indonesia

Coffee was grown a long time ago in the centers of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. The method used is to let the raw coffee dry naturally.

06

Hawaii

Hawaii has a big temperature difference between morning and evening, so it is suitable for growing coffee. To the west of the special island is the Kunai region, which has been a good place for growing coffee a long time ago.

07

Guatemala

There are many volcanoes because coffee was grown a long time ago because of the high altitude. For example, Antigua, Attland and other places, there are many famous planting sites.

08

El Salvador

The cultivation of coffee was blank from 1980 to 1990s because of the civil war. However, it did not replace the planting of other trees, leaving behind a lot of precious chocolate beans.

09

Yemen

Haras, Cape Haima, Matari and so on, there are many famous places of origin. Grow on rugged highlands with unique planting and sun-drying methods.

ten

Ethiopia

The origin of Arabica species, and the caffa in the south and west is the birthplace of the name coffee. With the Abyssinia plateau as the center, coffee is grown all over the country.

eleven

Kenya

Below the equator, it rains twice a year. It is also characterized by a harvest period of two times a year. The farmers mainly planted on the volcanic soil with an elevation of 1400 to 2000 meters.

twelve

Burundi

The history of coffee cultivation is not very old, and about 80, 000 farmers gather on the highlands around 2000 meters above sea level. There are a lot of beans that are similar to fruit in sweetness.

thirteen

Rwanda

The Coffee Cup campaign was launched in early 2008. The highlands with an elevation of 2000 meters above sea level are rich in rain and water, which are suitable for planting.

fourteen

Tanzania

A place famous for Mount Kilimanjaro. Now high-quality coffee beans are also produced in nearby places such as Mount Meru and Macy.

END