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Two days ago, didn't Qianjie share the reasons why American coffee suffers? Then a friend wrote privately to Qianjie saying that he had a cup of American coffee that looked like juice in a coffee shop outside, asking Qianjie if he could produce an issue of this type of American production. Share.

So this is what Front Street wants to share today: how to make an American coffee that tastes like juice! But it's actually very simple. We just need to add juice to the American coffee... If we want to make American coffee with a juicy feel, we must first understand what a juicy feel is. In previous articles, Qianjie has shared that the so-called "juice feeling" actually refers to the characteristics of coffee that are similar to fruit juice when drinking, such as less bitter and more sweet and sour, and full and heavy in taste., the texture is like juice.

To make such a cup of coffee, there are only two things we need to do. The first is to choose the right coffee beans, and the second is to use the right parameters. Coffee beans determine the taste of a cup of coffee. If we want to make a cup of coffee with a sweet and sour taste, then it is best to choose moderate to light roasting beans. Because lighter baking will not produce too much burnt aroma, and at the same time it can well retain the acidic substances of the coffee beans themselves, the extracted coffee will not only have a richer flavor, but also have a sweet and sour taste.

There are many beans that meet this condition. After all, most single-piece coffee is medium and light roasted, so we only need to select some medium-light roasted single-piece coffee beans that suit our preferences to make. Of course, there are also some of them that are particularly suitable for making this American-style coffee bean. They will have a more concrete fruit flavor due to processing or various other factors, which can make the "juice feeling" of coffee more three-dimensional. For example, Front Street often shares in articles, Front Street Boundary Manor·Xizhao, or Front Street Kenya·Little Tomato, Essay·Alo, etc. These are particularly suitable for making such American coffee beans. They are also beans used by Combo and SOE that you can often see in boutique coffee shops.

There are two aspects we need to pay attention to in terms of parameters. One is the extraction parameters of espresso, and the other is the ratio of coffee to water. Because we want to make a cup of American coffee with a sweet and sour taste, when extracting espresso, we cannot extract too much bitterness of the coffee, so that the sweet and sour taste of the coffee can be highlighted. But what everyone needs to know is that while reducing bitterness, we also need to ensure that the coffee has sufficient extraction rate.

Qianjie often shares that many friends mistakenly think that as long as the amount of liquid extracted is reduced on the original basis, the bitterness in coffee can be reduced. That's right, but the consequence of doing so is that in addition to the bitterness, it will also reduce the acidity, sweet flavors and the expression of various flavors in coffee. Because many friends 'practice is to reduce a large amount of liquid output without any adjustment. For example, if we originally wanted to extract 38ml, we would directly extract 28 ml, which would directly reduce the extraction efficiency and make coffee prone to insufficient extraction. There are two correct ways to do this. One is to not lower the liquid volume too much, for example, from the original 38ml to 35ml. Although there is only a difference of 3ml, the taste of coffee will also change a lot; The second is to adjust the grinding degree of the coffee, increase the extraction time by refining the grinding of the coffee, and expand the surface area of the coffee powder. In this way, even if the liquid volume is reduced by a large margin, because of sufficient extraction efficiency, coffee is not prone to insufficient extraction, and then the bitterness will be reduced.

Here, Qianjie will give a brief demonstration. The coffee beans demonstrated are the dividing line manor·Xizhao in the Qianjie bean list. The coffee made with it will have the flavor characteristics of grapes, passion fruits, apricot peaches, and floral flowers. If Qianjie wants to make a cup of American coffee with a full juice feel, the parameters used can be: powder to liquid ratio 1: 1.5, extraction time 30 to 35 seconds. Under this extraction parameter, we not only ensure that the coffee has sufficient extraction rate, but also does not have too much bitterness, and then has a high concentration. Even if this concentrate is used to make milk coffee, it is no less inferior. Next is the issue of proportion, but here everyone can adjust it according to your own preferences. If you want to make the coffee taste fuller and then accept a higher concentration, then the ratio of coffee to water in American coffee can be around 1:3 to 3.5.

The larger the proportion we use, the higher the concentration of coffee will be, because it is not diluted with too much water, so the taste will be more concentrated. Not only can we taste a stronger flavor when drinking it, but the taste of coffee will also become fuller. For example, Qianjie uses the concentrate made by Boundary Manor·Xizhao to make a cup of American coffee according to the ratio of coffee to water of 1: 3.5. It tastes just as Qianjie said, the flavor of grapes, passion fruits, and preserved fruit is very prominent, and then the taste is very full, really like drinking a cup of grape juice.

However, such high-concentration coffee is only suitable for friends with a slightly stronger taste preference. If you don't like it too strongly, it doesn't matter if the ratio is 1: 3.5 to 4! The coffee produced will also have a strong flavor. Although it is not so full, because the concentration is lower, the flavor has enough room to display. We can better capture the delicate flavor similar to the flower fragrance from the coffee. The taste will be relatively light, but it is also very good ~ So above, that is the whole process of making a cup of American coffee that tastes like juice. It's very simple. As long as we choose the right coffee beans and find the right parameters and proportions, we can easily make such a cup of American coffee ~

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