What does Coffee combo mean? What coffee beans are most suitable for Combo? What is the best ratio of latte to American in coffee combo?

By dividing the extracted espresso into 2 to 3 portions, making it into different types of coffee and finally combining it, this is a form of coffee that is very popular in coffee shops nowadays-Coffee combo.

Combo is popular among many people because you can taste different "dishes" made by one bean at the same time, and at the same time, the cup size is small and does not occupy the stomach. To this end, more and more coffee shops are starting to produce Combo (except Qianjie). Although it may seem that simple, many friends found that there was always a cup of coffee in the combination that tasted unsatisfactory after actual production. It's either too bitter, or it tastes tasteless, and then the aroma is not very prominent. So some friends would ask Qianjie customer service when buying beans online on Taobao, whether they didn't use matching beans? To make sense, in fact, all coffee beans can be used to make Combo, because Combo just divides one serving of espresso into two or three portions, and then makes different types of coffee. In our daily life, most espresso is made in this way, so Qian Jie said that all coffee beans can be used to make Combo. But if you have certain needs for your Combo, such as having some special aroma and impressive memory points, then the choice of coffee beans will have certain requirements. For example, it must have enough aroma and enough flavor, which is the characteristic of the coffee beans that most coffee shops use when making Combo today. So today, Qianjie will share what kind of coffee beans are suitable for making Combo!

1. The degree of baking will not be too extreme. If we want to make a Combo with a strong aroma and outstanding flavor, then it is best not to choose very deeply baked coffee beans to make it. Because too deep roasting will add a lot of charred aroma to the coffee, and the taste will be thicker, which will cover up the flavor of the coffee and prevent us from drinking the flavor characteristics of the coffee itself. (It's not that deep-baked beans are bad, but it's just not suitable for this purpose)

Of course, coffee beans roasted too lightly are not suitable! Although lighter baking will not have any charred aroma to cover up the flavor, because there is not enough caramelization reaction, the coffee will not be as sweet and will taste sour. Then, because the flavor and taste are relatively weak, it will easily be covered up by the taste of milk, and the milk coffee made will easily have no flavor.

Therefore, when making Combo, it is best to use some medium to light and moderately roasted coffee beans. Because these roasted beans not only retain enough flavor, but also because the caramelization reaction is carried out just right, they not only bring enough sweetness to the coffee, but also have the ability to compete with the taste of milk.

Second, the degree of fermentation is deep. If we want coffee to have a prominent enough flavor, we can also limit the processing method. For example, select some coffee beans that use a deeper fermentation process to make Combo. Examples include sun-cured, anaerobic, honey-treated beans.

In previous tweets introducing treatment methods, Qianjie once mentioned that different treatment methods will cause coffee beans to ferment to different degrees. The deeper the fermentation, the richer and more prominent the aroma of the coffee beans will be. Sunning, anaerobic, honey treatment and other methods will allow coffee beans to ferment deeply enough to develop a very rich flavor. So if we want to make a Combo with outstanding flavor, coffee beans processed in these ways will be a good choice.

What beans do you have that match the above two points? There are still many coffee beans that match the above two points! For example, more than half of the beans in the front street meet these two conditions: the right degree of roasting and rich and outstanding aroma. Among them, there are several coffee beans that many coffee shops like to use in Combo. Their aroma is very rich and very special. You can refer to ~ The first one is Ethiopia Alo in Front Street. The coffee made with it has the flavor performance of mango, pineapple, citrus and magnolia flower; The second one is the boundary manor of Front Street·Xi claw, whose flavor performance includes grape, passion fruit, flower fragrance and fruit wine; The third one is the front street rose summer mix·strawberry candy, which is often shared by the front street. The coffee made with it will have the outstanding flavor of strawberry fudge, white flower fragrance and citrus ~

When we get the right coffee beans, the next step is to start making coffee. As for Combo, there are many things we need to pay attention to when making it.① Use of powder: Since espresso coffee needs to be divided into multiple portions to make different coffees, unless you usually use a large amount of powder, it is best to increase the amount of powder used appropriately. Because we usually extract at a ratio of 1:2 (about). If the amount of powder used is relatively small, then the average amount of coffee liquor will not be too much, and the amount of cups made will be smaller. (This is something you need to pay attention to when you produce coffee shops. Home users can do whatever they want ~)

② Concentrated extraction: After debugging the concentration extraction parameters every morning, the coffee shop will specially make a cup of latte to verify whether this cup of concentration can be used to make latte. Why? Because delicious concentrates may not be suitable for making lattes!

When the intensity of the espresso coffee is not high enough or the sourness is too prominent, the milk coffee produced will not taste so good. Maybe it doesn't taste like coffee, or it may be that it tastes awkward. For coffee like latte that requires a large amount of milk, the concentrated base needs to have a certain bitterness to make a cup of rich milk, while American and other black coffee can not be used. So in the morning, we also need to make an extra latte to test whether the concentrate is suitable for making a latte (one of the reasons). Therefore, when making Combo, many coffee shops will specially add more concentrate to the concentrate used for making lattes. This can effectively enhance the bitterness of coffee and increase the balance of taste, thereby making a latte with outstanding flavor.

③ The ratio between coffee and materials: Finally, the ratio is the ratio. Since the coffee beans we use to make Combo are generally lighter than those used in regular Italian style, we'd better adjust the ratio appropriately. For example, the ratio of coffee to water in Combo American style and the ratio of coffee to milk in Combo lattes can be appropriately increased.

Take Qianjie as an example. When Qianjie uses Qianjie's classic mixture of middle-to-deep roasting beans to make regular lattes, the ratio of coffee to milk is 1:5, that is, 40ml of espresso will be paired with 200ml of milk. If the latte in Combo is made using the front street dividing line·Xizhao, which is the medium and light baked in the bean list, the ratio of coffee to milk will be 1:4 to 4.5. The reason is the same as previously mentioned in Qianjie. Because the roasting is not so deep, the flavor intensity is not so high, so naturally it is impossible to add too much water or milk to dilute the flavor of the coffee.

So, the above are some of our making matters and the choices of coffee beans when making Combo. Of course, Qianjie here is just a reference for everyone. In actual operation, adjustments still have to be made according to specific conditions.

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