How to drink espresso? Do you drink espresso directly or mix it with water and milk?

Many people's impressions of espresso are the bases of various well-known fancy coffees, such as latte bases, American bases, Australian white bases, or cappuccino bases, etc. Because the concentration of espresso is too high, many people are not used to drinking it, so they can only add a large amount of various condiments to it to dilute its concentration.

But this does not mean that espresso is not suitable for direct drinking! As Qianjie often shares, the coffee that many people abroad prefer is concentrated. They enjoy the strong taste brought by the extremely high concentration of concentrated concentrate and the lasting aroma after swallowing. In "How to Drink Espresso?" In this article, Qianjie has shared in detail how to drink espresso. If you are interested, you can click on it yourself. But even if they use concentrated as a daily drink, many of them cannot drink concentrated directly because not everyone can accept such a strong bitterness. As a result, there are many "fancy ways to drink espresso."

These drinking methods are different from well-known Italian coffee such as latte and American style. They balance the bitterness of the coffee by adding various seasonings without changing the intensity of the espresso. This allows people to enjoy high-concentration coffee without tasting unflattering strong bitterness. So today, Qianjie will come to share what fancy ways to drink espresso. Then in this article, the espresso shared by Qianjie will always be the same in terms of parameters and coffee beans used! They are all extracted using Qianjie Bean List and Zhongqian Street Italian classic mixture. The extraction parameters are 20g, 30s, and 40ml. The flavors are expressed as chocolate, nuts, cream, and cookies ~

1. Add sugar to coffee When it comes to ways to neutralize bitterness, Qianjie believes that the first thing everyone thinks of is adding sugar. The sweetness provided by sugar can balance or even override the bitterness of coffee, so many friends add sugar to coffee to make it easier to taste. Especially for espresso coffee, adding sugar is a common thing. But does everyone know? There are many kinds of sugar! Different types of sugar will have different characteristics, and their addition will bring different changes to the taste of coffee.

The more common one is white sugar! After many refinements, the crystal became white and free of impurities, but because of this, white granulated sugar became a simple sweetener. If we just want espresso to taste less bitter, then white sugar would be a good choice. Just add 5g of white sugar to easily balance the bitterness of coffee. So if you want to make your espresso drink more layered, change white sugar to yellow sugar. Because yellow sugar is not refined too much, it retains more substances than white sugar, which can bring a richer experience to coffee. Similarly, by adding 5g to espresso, we can obviously taste the changes brought by yellow sugar to coffee. It is very unique!

Cuban espresso: In Cuba, people there add brown sugar to their coffee. However, the addition of this brown sugar is not routine. The specific method is like what Qianjie shared before: first divide the espresso into two parts, then mix one part with 10g of brown sugar, stir until thick, and then add the rest. Pour in all the espresso and a Cuban espresso is finished ~

The espresso made in this way has a unique feature! Not only does it lose the bitterness of coffee, but it has more aroma and sweetness of brown sugar, but it also becomes thicker in taste, which is very good ~

2. Adding dairy products to coffee In addition to adding sugar, adding dairy products is another common way to neutralize bitterness in coffee. Milk, cream, condensed milk, etc. are very common condiments in coffee. There are many local specialty espresso coffee made by adding these materials. For example, Kang Baolan, whom we are familiar with.

Kang Baolan: Kang Baolan adds cream to espresso! The method is very simple. We just need to cover the surface with a layer of whipped cream after the espresso coffee is extracted, and the Campaolan is finished! The addition of cream not only reduces the bitterness of coffee, but also provides a dense touch, making our drinking experience richer. But as Qianjie often mentions, we don't need to stir when drinking Kangbaolan, and just sip it in large gulps, so that we can drink cream and coffee at the same time. Then, because the ratio of cream and coffee is different each time (cream and coffee), the taste of coffee will gradually change with the number of drinks increases, which is very good ~

Macchiato: Come again! This is a coffee that is often shared on Qianjie. Macchiato is based on espresso with a small amount of milk added, and then the surface is decorated with a little milk foam in order to distinguish it from regular espresso.

The addition of a small amount of milk will properly neutralize the bitterness of the coffee, but not too much, so that the texture of the coffee can be preserved without being too bitter, and then the taste will become more silky due to the addition of a small amount of milk.

Café Bombón/Candy Coffee: In Spain, there is a special espresso with condensed milk added. It is Café Bombón, which translates to Candy Coffee. Its materials are only condensed milk and concentrated, with a ratio of 1:1. This means that if you use 40ml of espresso, add 40ml of condensed milk.

It is not difficult to imagine that the addition of such a large amount of condensed milk would give the coffee a sweetness like candy, which is why this coffee got this name. But the problem is that there is too much condensed milk! Even friends who like sweetness, Qianjie believes that it will be difficult to accept such high sweetness. Therefore, the Front Street Association recommends that you reduce the proportion appropriately when making Café Bombón and use a ratio of coffee to condensed milk of about 1: 0.5. Take Qianjie as an example. When Qianjie makes candy coffee, it uses 40ml of espresso and 30ml of condensed milk! The candy coffee made with this ratio not only has the right sweetness, but also can taste the mellow texture brought by condensed milk.

3. Add other seasonings. In addition to sugar and milk, people add very, very many seasonings to coffee. For example, it can provide sour lemon or salty salt.

Roman espresso: Although this coffee has Rome in its name, it is rumored that it was not born in Rome. Roman espresso is a very special drink. It uses the acid of lemon to neutralize the bitterness of coffee, and then adds sugar to suppress the acid of lemon. The whole thing tastes like a cup of sweet and sour espresso. It's very simple. We can choose to soak the whole lemon directly into the espresso, or squeeze the lemon juice into the espresso by squeezing it. The Front Street Association recommends the latter. Squeeze 4ml of yellow lemon juice into 40ml of espresso, then add 10g of white sugar. After stirring well, a cup of delicious Roman espresso is ready.

Just note that this ratio is only suitable for the espresso made from Qianjie's classic blend used in Qianjie. It's a medium to deep roast coffee bean, so you don't need much lemon juice and sugar to neutralize the bitterness. If the coffee beans you use are lightly or deeply roasted, it is best to add or subtract lemon juice and sugar appropriately.

Espresso with salt: Not only is it sour and sweet, salty can also neutralize the bitterness of coffee. In the article "Sharing a Tips to Improve the Quality and Flavor of Coffee", Qian Jie mentioned that adding a small amount of salt to coffee can not only effectively reduce the bitterness of the coffee, but also improve the smoothness of the coffee.

Therefore, adding a small amount of salt to the concentrate will also be a good recipe to reduce bitterness, but everyone needs to pay attention to the need for less salt! Otherwise, you will easily get a cup of espresso that is too salty to swallow! So, the above is all the content shared by Qianjie this time. In addition to the above-mentioned practices in Qianjie, there are many fancy ways to drink espresso. You can explore on your own and see which way to drink is your favorite ~

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