Technology is the soul of coffee

When we go to a cafe, we often see a double-ended machine and a professional bean grinder, but does the coffee satisfy you? maybe you will say: the beans are not good enough for me.

With a good machine, you can't make good coffee without good beans. I think everyone basically knows this, but with good machines and good beans, can you certainly make good coffee?

In the past two years, people should clearly feel that the number of people drinking coffee has soared, and how exciting it is that more people can communicate! The choice of equipment has also increased geometrically (for example, three years ago, there were few options for entry-level Italian devices except silvia and oscar). As for coffee beans, big brands such as illy and lavazza have long been common, and fresh formula beans developed by coffee enthusiasts have become popular. As for individual items, Panamanian summer, cat shit and Blue Mountain are no longer far away. It can be said that as long as the silver is in place, any bean can be bought.

There is a heated discussion about how big the coffee machine is, whether the heat exchange is a double boiler, whether there is a pid temperature control, a rotary pump or a vibration pump. The filter cup is metal, ceramic, glass, plastic, what grain, a few holes, which material and design will have much influence on the extraction.

There is also no lack of discussion about beans: which country, producing area, manor? How high is it? What kind? What kind of treatment? Beans in the year of God Horse? It is already known to botanists.

So, ask again: with good equipment and good beans, can you easily make delicious coffee?

It is clear that the current emphasis on extraction and brewing technology lags far behind the worship of equipment and beans. That's why I first mentioned that the products of the cafe can't satisfy you.

Give me a few examples:

With the introduction of the world's most advanced automobile production line, can we produce top-notch cars? We know the answer, and it is easy to understand the industrial base and history of Europe and the United States.

We go to the restaurant to eat, if the restaurant is delicious and has a branch, do we think that the best branch of the main store is not authentic enough? We will also understand that the cook in the branch store needs time to imitate the cook in the head store.

So if a person who can't cook buys top kitchen utensils, the answer is that he can't stir-fry a plate of shredded potatoes.

Top kitchen utensils, ingredients, top cooking skills, in order to produce the top dishes.

Sometimes local customers "question" me: I bought the same machine as you, bean grinder, used your coffee beans, why is it not the same taste as you? Some customers will ask me if I gave him my beans. I understand this. When I encounter such a situation, I will ask him to bring the beans. I will make a cup for him to taste, and the other side will often show a surprised expression after tasting it. At this time, I will usually say that I have been concentrated for so many years, you just learn to make my taste, how can I mix? . (in fact, the same equipment and beans may not be able to make coffee of the same quality as I have been prompted before buying, but most of the uninitiated customers will think that the merchant is improving their posture.)

Coffee skill is a culinary skill, which requires constant learning, practice and deliberation. Only with the integration of us can we make the best match between equipment and beans, and make a cup of delicious coffee with its own style that can impress others.

Good coffee can be really touching.