Coffee, beans or flowers?

Britain's first cat cafe opened on March 1 in Beth Nalgren, east London. the shop features 11 cute cats to accompany guests. In just a few hours, the number of online bookings reached 3000. But there are more than 100 cat cafes in Japan, which are also cat-themed, and customers already feel ordinary. This may indicate that coffee consumption varies regionally.

There are also many themed cafes in Guangzhou, including chocolate, maids, England, nostalgia, as well as animal themes, such as Zoo coffee in Guangdong. "in several big cities in China, people who really love coffee seldom go to the cafes on the main roads, but do it at home and make a real cup of manor coffee." Some coffee experts believe that coffee culture has become more and more mature in Guangzhou.

Liang Hongju, a journalist with articles and pictures.

The taste is fascinating.

The taste of manor coffee

"A few years ago, I was not interested in coffee at all, because most of the coffee I was exposed to at that time was instant coffee. I didn't feel good about it. I never thought that one day I would not be able to do without coffee." Tourist keep told reporters that it took two months in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Yemen to learn what coffee really tastes like. "Instant coffee is just a drink that tastes like coffee, while fancy coffee in some cafes in China only tastes better than instant coffee." He revealed that after leaving his hometown of coffee, he went to more than a dozen countries, and each country he went to had to taste local coffee. For example, Kenya claims to produce the best coffee beans in the world, and the most famous and best local coffee shop is called java house, "but the coffee in java house tastes terrible." Maybe coffee is something that talks about personal feelings.

Eritrea has a history of 100 years as an Italian colony, and the local people have a long tradition of drinking coffee. Because of its long isolation, everything in this country is the same as it was decades ago, as if time was at a standstill there. "A cappuccino costs more than 1 yuan, but the quality is very good. And the Yemeni mocha is the best I've ever had. Really good coffee, taste can be described as fascinating, that kind of feeling unforgettable. "

After returning home, keep did not go to the cafe, but made his own coffee, and his circle of friends was also driven by the "real taste of coffee", more and more people began to taste the manor coffee.

"from a professional point of view, there is some truth in keep's argument. Guangzhou has indeed entered the era of consuming manor coffee." Li Bingbing, general manager of ACM Adeli, told reporters: "now ordering a cup of Blue Mountain Coffee in a cafe may only serve a blue mountain coffee-flavored drink, which has nothing to do with the real Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee." According to the reporter's understanding, the "Kopi Luwak" chain stores also produce coffee made in Vietnam, while the most authentic Kopi Luwak is produced in Indonesia. "the price of Kopi Luwak made in Vietnam is US $50,200 / kg, while that of Kopi Luwak made in Indonesia is US $500,000USD / kg."

There are two widely recognized baristas in the coffee industry, similar to wine connoisseurs, one is a coffee cup tester certified by SCAA (American Fine Coffee Association), only ACM Adeli is authorized in Guangzhou, and the other is a barista certified by SCAE (European Fine Coffee Association), which is more common. It is understood that at present, there are only more than 100 cup testers certified by SCAA and less than 200 baristas certified by SCAE in China. "in the past, many students studied to open a coffee shop or to run a coffee shop, but now more people study for interest, and many of them study the cup test of manor coffee." In her opinion, fancy coffee is the flavor, while drinking manor coffee is the taste.

Creativity wins

Fancy coffee plays with fancy money

Belinda disagrees with keep's claim that coffee has become a part of her life when she returned to Guangzhou after working in France for five years. "when one is alone, coffee is a soothing medium; when two people are together, coffee is a messenger to express their deep feelings." This is a quote from Belinda, who believes that coffee is part of a leisurely life.

"fancy coffee is nothing more than individual coffee with more ingredients, such as milk, chocolate sauce, wine, tea, cream and so on. I also admit that it's not really coffee, it's just a drink. This is similar to cocktails, but can you say that cocktails are not alcohol? "Belinda thinks fancy coffee has a reason to be favored. "Coffee such as Blue Mountain and Colombia belong to individual coffee. This kind of coffee is low in calories, but it tastes bitter, and people who don't drink coffee often can't accept it. Fancy coffee with milk, chocolate sauce, wine and so on, the bitterness is greatly diluted, and the taste is richer. " Belinda told reporters that in foreign countries, baristas not only make a cup of coffee, but also create a coffee art. A good barista will attract guests to appreciate his creative production, and creative inspiration is the soul of every cup of fancy coffee.

The traditional cappuccino coffee is 1x3 espresso, 1pm 3 steamed milk and 1pm 3 foamed milk. The full-bodied taste of espresso, coupled with lubricated foam, has a touch of essence and dew. The most famous coffee in Austria is Viennese coffee, which captivates people all over the world with its rich whipped cream and sweet flavor of chocolate. Snow-white fresh cream, sprinkled with colorful rice, the appearance is very beautiful. Irish coffee made from whisky can set off the sweet and sour taste of coffee, with a hint of mature melancholy. There is also Royal Coffee, which can be said to be the best of coffee, which is said to have been invented by Napoleon. Coffee plus French pride-brandy, when the blue flame dances the mellow aroma of brandy and the scorching aroma of square sugar, coupled with a strong aroma of coffee, slightly sweet in bitterness.

Green tea coffee is also popular now, which is the combination of western coffee and oriental green tea, with the elegant fragrance of green tea and the richness of coffee. Ice cream coffee is full of creativity, pour Italian espresso on the cold Vanilla Ice Cream, and then use chocolate sauce to freely compose the fresh cream and ice cream, leaving only fragrance and freshness in the mouth. There is also mocha frost coffee, using a blender to break ice cubes and ice cream to create a dense visual effect, and then add mocha iced coffee, the entrance is slippery and refreshing.

Something new.

Make an appointment to play coffee at the weekend

It is a pleasure to watch the barista make coffee, but it is even more fun to make it yourself. Nowadays, many coffee enthusiasts take part in the study of coffee culture, purely out of interest.

For example, learning to pull flowers is one of the indispensable skills when playing coffee, and it is also the soul of fancy coffee. Many people think that pulling flowers is very complicated, in fact, you need to learn, you can learn it in a weekend, and then you can practice. Practice makes perfect. In Guangzhou, many petty bourgeois young people and leisurely people go to learn the skills of making fancy coffee. The reporter saw a lot of fancy coffee flowers on the Internet, such as faces, animals and other shapes, in fact, they are not pulled out with milk, but painted with props. There are three common shapes that can pull out flowers: peach hearts, swans and leaves.

Fancy coffee does not necessarily have to pull flowers, pull flowers is just milk and coffee two different density of liquid through human factors to form a more regular picture, just to make the coffee look better. Well-known fancy coffee includes cappuccino, black sugar macchiato, latte and so on. Can pull flowers, or not pull flowers.

"how to embody the creativity of baristas is to pull flowers. Make all kinds of lovely patterns on top of the coffee. " Among them, milk foam is the key to the technology, and it is impossible without a certain period of training. First of all, we should choose the right milk. "the shorter the shelf life, the better the fresh milk." Milk foam should be made finely and evenly. Then skim off the big bubbles above, because the bursting of the big bubbles will leave an ugly pit, affecting the shape.

On the other hand, supporters of manor coffee will devote themselves to learning the flavor of different coffee beans, the characteristics of various utensils of coffee pots, and familiarizing themselves with the usage and the culture behind them. For example, the hand-made pot can highlight the floral aroma in the coffee and is suitable for making small and fresh style coffee. The siphon pot can prolong the alcohol thickness of coffee.

On the other hand, enthusiasts who play coffee to a higher level will participate in the certification of barists. they not only need to master the process of grinding and baking coffee beans, but also need to understand various production processes such as siphon pot brewing coffee, mocha pot brewing coffee, fancy hot coffee, iced coffee, etc., but also understand the culture of the coffee shop, modern social etiquette, business etiquette, and so on. After professional training, should have a good sense of taste, visual discrimination, coffee in addition to bitter, there are sour, fragrant, sweet, alcohol and other flavors, baristas should be able to grasp the subtle differences and make them out. "in fact, it is not difficult. As long as you put your heart into it, you can become a qualified barista." Li Bingbing said.