Coffee that the French like

I have heard that France once drank less coffee because of a shortage of coffee, and immediately saw more people taking a nap. It may seem like an exaggeration, but it is true that the French are addicted to coffee. When the Gulf War broke out in 1991, France was also one of the countries participating in the war, and some domestic people were worried about the war.

Affecting the supply of daily necessities, one after another rushed to the supermarket to buy. Even the TV station was alarmed by the fact that when the camera was full of customers with "scarce supplies", they found that what they took the most was coffee and sugar. At one point, it became a big joke at that time.

The French do not seem to pay attention to the taste, but the environment and atmosphere. Most of them do not want to drink alone behind closed doors, but join in the fun outside, even if the price of a small cup is enough to make a pot at home. They did not drink hurriedly, but tasted slowly, tasted carefully, read books and newspapers, talked about it, and drank it for most of the day. French people develop this habit of drinking coffee, whether they consciously express a kind of elegant charm, a kind of romantic sentiment, a kind of freehand feeling of enjoying life. It can be said that this is a traditional and unique coffee culture. Because of this, French coffee resting places can be said to be all over the streets, roadsides, squares, riverbanks, cruise ships and even the Eiffel Tower. And the form, style, size are not limited to one style, there are coffee shops, restaurants, halls, rooms. And the most popular and romantic ones are those open-air cafes, which are almost a portrayal of French life.

No wonder the tasteful French have a traditional saying that it may be more difficult to get someone to change a cafe by the Seine than to change a religion! In an authentic cafe, regular customers not only never change their coffee shop easily, but also have a fixed time to come to the cafe and the habit of which coffee table to sit on. Of course, this loyal relationship is also reflected in the hospitable and tireless host, without greeting, the old waiter who is familiar with his frequent customers' temper and hobby will bring his favorite kind of coffee, accompanied by a plate of special snacks, and even bring his favorite newspapers and periodicals, needless to say thank you, which are taken for granted in an authentic cafe.

So what kind of coffee do the French like best?

The International Coffee Organization assessed a group of French consumers with six types of coffee (from Brazil, Cameroon, Costa Rica, C ô te d'Ivoire and Kenya) and found the following:

① Colombian coffee is considered to be the most fragrant coffee, and its price is much higher than that of Costa Rica, Cameroon, Brazil and Kenya. Only coffee from C ô te d'Ivoire is considered stronger by some coffee tasters.

② acidity is a difficult feature for tasters to evaluate. Coffee bulbs from Costa Rica and Columbia are thought to have the strongest acidity, with deep-roasted coffee losing almost all its acidity, while lightly roasted coffee has high acidity.

③ Kenyan coffee is not considered to be as bitter at all as coffee from Colombia, Costa Rica and Brazil. Although Kenyan coffee is a bit bitter after deep roasting, it is no more bitter than those two Robbins (usually, roasted black Arabica coffee is bitterer than black roasted Robbite coffee. But Kenyan coffee is an exception.

④, a fruit aroma that may disappear because it is roasted black, can still be recognized by reviewers. Kenyan coffee is thought to be more fruity than Cameroon and C ô te d'Ivoire, but not as strong as coffee from Brazil, the King of Columbia and Costa Panga.

⑤ when the reviewer is asked to identify the scorched taste, the result is similar to that of the bitter taste. Participants were divided into two groups: one group could distinguish the burning smell, while the other group could not. Coffee from Costa Rica and Colombia is thought to be more scorched than Kenyan coffee.

When ⑥ estimates the grains of coffee beans, Costa plus coffee is considered to be the fullest, and the difference is more significant when compared with coffee from Kenya, Brazil, C ô te d'Ivoire and Cameroon, but less significant compared with Colombian coffee.

All ⑦ coffees are thought to have a moderate aftertaste. Only Costa coffee is thought to have a deeper finish than the other three coffees from Africa.

All in all, critics have a preference for Kenyan coffee compared to coffee from Brazil, Colombia and C ô te d'Ivoire, with the other two in second place after Kenyan coffee.

The results of the review show that, at least among this group of French consumers, coffee with the lowest aroma, bitterness and scorching taste, full grains and strong fruit flavor is more popular. Colombian coffee has the opposite characteristics of Kenyan coffee, so it is not as popular as African coffee. Although coffee from Cameroon is closer to Kenyan coffee, it is thought to be a bit bitter and lacking in flavor.

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