Basic knowledge of boutique coffee black coffee

Black coffee is unembellished coffee, black coffee brings the original feeling of tasting coffee. When brewing coffee with a small household coffee machine, the foam on the coffee can be seen visually. If brewed properly, the foam should be even yellowish brown. If the coffee beans are mostly Arabica varieties, the foam is fine, dark brown and slightly reddish; if most of the coffee beans are robusta, the foam is loose and dark brown with gray stripes. A cup of mellow and delicious coffee, for black coffee, in addition to the mellow taste, the most attractive thing is that the coffee in the brewing process is a slightly mysterious aroma. Therefore, the so-called taste of a cup of coffee should be from the moment of brewing coffee.

After the coffee is brewed, you should smell its fragrance before tasting it, and then look at its color. Only clear coffee can bring a refreshing and round taste to the mouth. Then sip the coffee in small sips. If you are not in a hurry to drink the coffee, you should temporarily mix it with saliva and air. At the same time, feel the coffee in different parts of the mouth, and then gently let the coffee into your stomach. Only by combining the taste and appreciation of smell, vision and taste, can we really understand the essence of a cup of black coffee. Only in this way can we enjoy the balanced taste of black coffee, which is fragrant, sweet, sour and bitter.

① fragrance.

Black coffee emphasizes the aroma of coffee itself. Aroma is the life of coffee quality, and it can best represent the coffee production process and baking technology, as well as the climate, elevation, variety, refined treatment, harvest, storage and roasting technology of the consuming country, which all determine the aroma of coffee beans.

② tastes bitter.

The bitterness of black coffee is the basic taste of black coffee, there is a difference between strength and texture, raw beans contain only a very small amount of bitter ingredients, followed by baked sugar, part of starch, fiber caramelization and carbonization, to produce the most symbolic bitterness of coffee.

③ is sour.

Black coffee also has a sour taste, and proper heat to produce a moderate sour taste will make the coffee taste better and make people feel more deep.

④ is sweet.

The sweetness of black coffee is closely related to the bitter taste, so the refreshing black coffee must have a sweet taste.

Coffee in different brewing stages will produce different aroma at the beginning of brewing, the coffee aroma is like raw coffee beans, the taste is very astringent, and then the aroma will gradually turn to mellow. After the coffee is brewed, you should smell its fragrance before tasting it, and then look at its color. Only clear coffee can bring a refreshing and round taste to the mouth. After a small sip to taste the coffee, at this time do not rush to drink the coffee, should be temporarily contained in the mouth, let the coffee and saliva and air slightly mixed, at the same time feel the coffee in different parts of the mouth, and then gently let the coffee into the stomach.