Coffee basic knowledge "etiquette" is also important to coffee.

Tasting coffee is like tasting life. After bitterness and astringency, it is full-bodied and mellow, and after haze is bright sunshine. In fact, in life, in addition to learning to choose the coffee that suits you, you should also understand the etiquette about coffee in order to show elegance and generosity. Teacher Liu Tianxiao, a veteran fan of coffee classes in the supplement of Daily News University, who has taught coffee tasting courses in many schools in Harbin, introduced several etiquette when drinking coffee to prevent people from unwittingly breaking into the "forbidden area" while drinking coffee.

It is taboo to keep stirring your fingers over the ear of the cup.

"when carrying a coffee cup, remember not to carry the cup with your finger through the ear of the cup, no matter the size of the cup." Speaking of the etiquette when drinking coffee, Liu Tianxiao said that some people like to hold cups with both hands when drinking coffee, which is extremely indecent. In the West, coffee is often drunk after a meal and is usually served in a pocket cup. The ear of this kind of cup is too small for fingers to pass through. So when drinking coffee, people will hold the cup handle with the thumb and index finger of the right hand and slowly sip the cup to the side of the mouth. Put the coffee cup on the coffee plate immediately after drinking, not the two separately. "generally speaking, you only need to pick up the cup when drinking coffee. It would be rude to pick up the plate or hold the bottom of the cup to drink coffee. Unless there is no table to rely on, you can use the left hand to hold the plate and the right hand to hold the coffee cup ear to taste slowly. " Liu Tianxiao said.

Coffee shops often put a coffee plate under the coffee cup and attach a coffee spoon, which many people use to stir constantly to speed up the heat dissipation of the coffee. Little do you realize that this kind of behavior is a big taboo when drinking coffee. "usually, when a cup of coffee arrives at about 80 ℃, you just need to rest for a while and then taste it slowly." Liu Tianxiao said that constantly stirring coffee on the one hand will destroy the thick taste of coffee, but also give people a sense of restlessness, trance, very indecent. "if you are very eager to taste the coffee, you can stir it with a coffee spoon for 3 or 4 times. But there are certain rules for this kind of stirring, which must be stirred clockwise toward your chest. "

In addition to stirring coffee with a coffee spoon, some people will drink it slowly with a coffee spoon to show their reserve, which is also very rude.

Coffee with sugar and then milk tastes more mellow

When drinking coffee, many people will choose to add sugar or milk to cover up the bitterness of coffee. Should we add sugar or milk first? In fact, this is also a discipline.

"adding milk to coffee can mask its bitter flavor; adding sugar can reduce its acerbity, usually, you can add only one kind. If you have to add two things at the same time, add sugar first and then milk. " Liu Tianxiao said that adding sugar when the coffee temperature is high can make the sugar dissolve more evenly and taste more mellow.

When adding sugar to the coffee, the sugar can be scooped with a coffee spoon and added directly to the cup, or you can first use a sugar clip to clip the cube sugar on the side of the coffee plate near the body, and then use the coffee spoon to add the cube sugar to the cup. But never put the cube sugar into the cup with a sugar clip or hand, as it may spill the coffee and stain the clothes or tablecloth. Milk can be added directly, and the position should be as low as possible to avoid spilling coffee. After adding sugar and milk, there is no need to stir the coffee hard, let alone mash the cube sugar in the cup with a coffee spoon, because the sugar and milk dissolve very quickly.

In the sunny afternoon, it is a very pleasant thing to find a coffee shop and a dessert restaurant to drink a cup of coffee and dessert. In fact, there are many ways to do it. "you can have a snack when you drink coffee, but you can't have a coffee cup in one hand and a snack in the other. When you have a snack, you should put down the coffee cup, take a sip and drink it alternately. " Liu Tianxiao warned.

Drink water before tasting so that each taste bud can enjoy the aroma of coffee.

With the improvement of living standards, drinking coffee has become a way for more and more people to enjoy life. But can you really drink coffee? "you have to master three steps in drinking coffee, that is, preparing, observing and tasting, so that the flavor of coffee can bloom on the tip of the tongue." Liu Tianxiao said.

Before you officially start drinking coffee, you should make preparations, that is, take a sip of ice water. Ice water can help coffee taste emerge brightly, so that every taste bud on the tongue is fully prepared to taste the coffee. After the preparation work is done, do not rush to drink coffee, just like tasting tea or wine, smell the aroma, observe the color, taste the strong fragrance, and feel the visual impression of coffee. Then take a sip, but don't rush to swallow the coffee, keep it in your mouth for a while, mix it with saliva and air, and then swallow it. At this time, the coffee should be some sweet, slightly bitter, slightly sour not astringent.

Generally speaking, tasting the coffee served by your host while it is hot is the basic etiquette of drinking coffee. "the best temperature for coffee is 85-88 ℃. The tannins in coffee are easy to change during cooling, which makes the taste sour and affects the flavor of the coffee, so it is best to taste it while it is hot."

Liu Tianxiao said that in addition to fancy coffee, individual coffee and espresso should not be filled. A full cup of coffee will make people lose interest in drinking it, usually as long as it is poured to seven to eight points full.