Beginner's knowledge of coffee basic knowledge of coffee

In the process of promoting boutique coffee, friends often ask me how to understand where to start coffee, how to taste and understand the real flavor of a cup of coffee and the difference between coffee from different places. Now I will summarize some of my experience and share with you.

First of all, we should bid farewell to a few misunderstandings-- coffee is bitter, coffee is expensive, coffee tastes the same, and it is cumbersome to make your own coffee.

Coffee is actually a kind of fruit. It tastes sweet without bitterness or sweet and sour. Coffee is as cheap as coke. Making coffee is not cumbersome.

When coffee first entered the country, most of the coffee was of low quality and deeply roasted, and when roasted to a certain extent (deep roasting), only bitterness was left. So at that time, the impression of coffee was bitter coffee, which was sung even in pop songs. In fact, this rough roasting method can not express the original flavor of coffee.

Coffee is a fruit that grows on a tree. It looks like a cherry. It has the sour, sweet and fruity aroma of the fruit. It is a happy thing when you drink a cup of coffee with high quality sour fruit. Do not drink sour coffee will feel strange taste, if there is such a psychological implication, it will be easy to get into misunderstanding. Of course, if it's acetic acid or bad sour, it means the coffee is seriously stale. Just like the difference between apples and oranges in our lives, yogurt is different from bad anti-acid, which is varied. As sweet and sour as fruit or red wine is delicious, of course, depending on the variety and roasting, there is also coffee that is not sour and full of aroma, but if it is only bitter, it is definitely not good coffee. You may have been shocked that some people can drink bitter coffee in one gulp, but it makes no sense except that they can bear bitterness, because good coffee is not like this, nor is it drunk in this way.

In fact, it is quite expensive to go out for a cup of coffee for dozens of yuan. (I seldom go to a cafe). The price of two cups is equal to two dishes and one soup, but I can tell you that coffee is the second largest futures in the world (the first largest futures is petroleum oil). It is the largest beverage in the world besides fresh water, and its sales are much higher than Coke and tea. So many people are drinking it shows that this is a good and cheap drink. If you do it at home, you can buy manor-grade coffee beans of higher quality than ordinary cafes for 100-200 yuan (coffee is usually in pounds, that is, 454 grams, which is easy to understand here). On average, it costs about 3 yuan per cup, which is about the same as Coke.

If you are going to make your own cup of coffee and don't know where to start, you can refer to my following guide recommendation.

Barista in foreign countries is similar to the profession of chefs, with considerable technical requirements, just like we can cook a dish, but can not make the taste of a hotel chef. While the same ingredient, such as eggs, tastes completely different when fried and boiled, it is also the same in coffee. Different utensils and methods of making will make the taste completely different.

As a novice technology is the biggest problem, if you choose and operate it improperly, you are likely to make the worst bitter coffee in the world, which will make you misunderstand that this is the taste of coffee. Therefore, novice selection appliances should try to choose the type with low technical content and can reflect the original flavor of coffee beans. In this way, it is easy to objectively understand the characteristics of beans and avoid detours, so I push the kettle first.

Preheat the pot and coffee cup before use, it will have a surprise effect.

Put in coarsely ground coffee powder 12g, the ratio of coffee powder to water commonly used in the French kettle is 1: 14: 14: 1: 1: 18, can be adjusted according to your own preferences. It is recommended to start with a moderate or light proportion. If you can't adapt to black coffee at the beginning (black coffee without sugar milk), you can also add sugar milk. Each drink is a little less than last time. After a period of time, you can adapt to black coffee and taste the original aroma of coffee.

Add 200ml hot water, recommend water temperature 85-92 degrees, stir for about 30 seconds.

Close the lid after stirring, but do not press down the strainer and rest for 20-30 seconds.

Press down the strainer.

Pour out the coffee, because there is a small amount of fine powder, you can rest for 20 seconds before drinking, or you can drink it right away, the amount of fine powder is acceptable.

The biggest advantage of the French kettle is simple and convenient, at home, office, anytime and anywhere can make an authentic cup of coffee, do not rely on the characteristics of technology can be a good training of the concept of coffee aroma. The premise is to use coffee beans that are good enough and fresh enough.

Finally, it is suggested that when buying utensils and coffee beans, we should find businesses with good reputation and reputation to buy them, especially coffee beans, which can be found everywhere to make up the number and poor quality, and only use low prices to occupy the market. Buying poor-quality or fake beans loses the basic meaning of tasting a cup of coffee.