Will coffee cups affect the flavor of coffee? What kind of cup should I use to make coffee?

Some time ago, I watched the wine tasting video, which lasted for more than 10 minutes to introduce wine glasses, ranging from shape, material and craftsmanship to details of thickness, transparency and sound, all revealing different sensory experiences for wine.

Coffee tasting system will be a little later than wine, so it can also learn from some tasting items and aroma and flavor spectrum of wine tasting system. With the trend of high-quality coffee, the quality of coffee has been improved by the cultivation and treatment of producing areas, the roasting of bean merchants and the brewing of coffee. When everything is promoted, when it comes to the stage of tasting, the influence of the cup on the flavor becomes the object of attention. The choice of coffee cups generally does not receive much attention, but when you really taste coffee, the cup does affect the sensory performance of coffee. There are many types of coffee cups, such as ceramic, glass, wood and metal; the thickness is also divided into thick and thin; the cup type is also divided into tulip type (narrow mouth cup), egg type (wide mouth cup), open type, closing type, mug type. The size of the cup ranges from 60ml to 400ml.

For so many kinds of cups, Qianjie believes that there is no bad coffee cup type, as long as it can highlight the characteristics of the current coffee cup is a good cup. Let's talk about how to choose the right coffee cup in front of the street. At present, the mainstream coffee materials are ceramic and glass, while wood (lacquer ware) and metal are relatively minority. Ceramic is a common coffee cup material (without one), and its biggest feature is to keep warm. Hot coffee usually doesn't taste so good when it gets cold, so the use of ceramic cups can slow down the coffee. However, in recent years, coffee cups made of glass have sprung up because the transparent material of glass can better observe the color of coffee liquid through light and the permeability of the liquid. For example, the deep-roasted black coffee appears black in the ceramic cup and wine red through the light in the glass. The light-roasted black coffee appears dark brown in the ceramic cup and orange through the light in the glass. Coffee, which looks light and transparent, will feel less bitter visually.

Therefore, using a glass cup to drink a single black coffee will feel different from a ceramic cup in terms of sensory experience. However, because the thermal insulation performance of glass is not as good as ceramic, Qianjie suggests to choose some small-capacity glasses (inside 100ml). The thicker the cup is, the better the thermal insulation performance is, so the coffee cups are designed to be very thick at first. But later found that the thin-walled coffee cup, coffee taste will be more delicate, thinner walls, making it easier for the coffee liquid to flow into the mouth, the entrance is comfortable.

As a result, thick-walled coffee cups are used as milk coffee products, and the reason is that when making milk coffee such as lattes and cappuccinos, it is often 11 points full, that is, the foam is higher than the cup. The thick cup wall can better support the milk foam from overflowing. The thin-walled coffee cup will be used as the product of black coffee to improve the taste of the coffee. However, because the heat preservation effect of the thin cup wall is not so good, Qianjie recommends that the size of the cup be controlled below 200ml to ensure that the coffee is finished before it cools down thoroughly. Coffee cup type coffee cup type has a great influence on the sensory experience of coffee, such as a closing opening like a red wine cup, which is conducive to feeling the aroma. At the same time, it is also more difficult to flow into the mouth, so the taste of the entrance is relatively short. This cup shape is suitable for some coffee beans with strong aroma.

Like the extended open cup, the coffee is smoother and tastes better, while the open cup makes it easier for the coffee liquid to flow into the sour areas on both sides of the tongue, so the sour taste will be more obvious. However, the spread of the aroma is more scattered, so the aroma part is relatively weak. This cup type is suitable for some light-roasted and fruity coffee.

The straight mouth type is a straight line between the mouth of the coffee cup and the cup body, and the more typical one is the mug. This opening gets stuck right in front of the two, achieving a balanced effect. Suitable for some medium-and deep-roasted coffee, it tastes balanced and comfortable.

In addition to some common coffee cups, some coffee brands have developed coffee tasting cups with a better sensory experience, just like drinking wine. The more famous is Origami's fragrance cup, which skillfully combines the advantages of opening and closing, and makes a narrowing treatment in the body of the cup, which plays the role of gathering aroma. After narrowing, an open treatment is carried out to make the coffee liquid flow into the mouth more easily and improve the taste of the coffee.

Canadian brand Kruve launched the glass coffee tasting cup, retained the characteristics of the appreciation of soup color, double glass can better heat preservation, but also can prevent scalding. The mouth of the cup is also narrowed to gather the aroma of coffee, and at the same time, it makes an ingenious Radian to make it look like a closing cup, but in fact, the opening is straight, so as not to lose the taste of coffee.

Generally speaking, these professional coffee tasting cups are not short except expensive.