The correct method of selecting and preserving coffee beans

The quality of a cup of coffee depends on many factors, including brewing utensils, water temperature, filter paper, etc., may affect the taste of coffee, but whether the coffee is good or not, the most important key is the coffee beans! Many people like to drink coffee, but do not know how to choose coffee beans, a wide variety of coffee beans, it is really big for beginners, how to choose? How to choose? And how to save it in order to drink a cup of coffee with perfect taste? GQ found "Uncle Coffee" this time to give coffee novices the correct idea of choosing coffee beans!

GQ: what are the basic conditions for choosing coffee beans?

Uncle Coffee: there are three basic conditions for choosing coffee beans: your favorite taste, a reasonable price, and the most important thing is the freshness of beans. The first two conditions are more determined by your own subjective opinion, but to choose good coffee beans, the focus is on freshness and baking time. Most of the coffee beans on the market have been baked, but the different baking time will affect the color of the beans. If the beans seen today are dark in color and have the appearance of bright oil on the surface, it means that they are deep-baked coffee beans. If you smell the coffee carefully, you can smell the coffee. Generally speaking, the best taste period for this kind of deep-baked coffee beans is within a month. After time, the beans gradually lose their luster, deteriorate and taste fuel consumption, and taste bad, so when buying beans, if you smell the smell of fuel consumption. It means the coffee beans are not fresh. In addition, the shallow roasted coffee beans can not be seen whether there is oil or not, and it may not come out until a month later. This kind of beans are not recommended to drink directly after baking, because they are not very good, so try to put them for about a month before you recommend drinking them. Therefore, when choosing coffee beans, we should keep in mind the idea that when the coffee beans are roasted well, the taste will develop all the time, and it is also an important factor affecting the freshness. GQ: recently I often hear "boutique coffee beans" can explain to us how it is different from the coffee beans on the market.

Uncle Coffee: as we said before, the biggest difference between cheap coffee and high-priced coffee lies in the selection of coffee beans, while boutique coffee beans mainly come from the manor. We have three definitions of high-quality coffee beans: high quality, sustainable management, can be tracked, high quality is the first condition of high-quality coffee, so through bidding to determine the quality of coffee. In addition, boutique coffee should have the spirit of sustainable management, not because a large number of coffee beans are planted and the rainforest is cut down at will, so manors that grow boutique coffee need to have rainforest alliance protection certification to meet the requirements of environmental protection and organic cultivation. Finally, boutique coffee needs to be tracked, that is, it is necessary to have a good production resume and determine the production process, country of production and baking methods of coffee beans in order to ensure the quality of boutique coffee.

GQ: is the refrigerator really the best place to keep coffee?

Uncle Coffee: this is indeed a very controversial discussion. generally speaking, coffee can be preserved for a long time in a low temperature environment, but remember to seal the coffee beans before putting them in the refrigerator to prevent other odors in the refrigerator from affecting the coffee beans. and then go bad. If you buy a bag of coffee beans, the utilization rate is not high and you want to keep them for a long time, in fact, it is recommended to put them in the freezer. At a low temperature at the moment of freezing, you can better preserve the original flavor of the coffee beans, but remember to seal them and put them in again; if you want to drink the frozen coffee beans, you do not need to deice and pour them directly into the bean grinder. The aroma of the brewed coffee may be reduced, but the taste will not be too bad.

GQ: ask Uncle Coffee to provide a special way to preserve coffee beans?

Uncle Coffee: after many people buy back a bag of coffee beans, they may put them directly in the same jar and take them after opening them many times. Over time, because they are often in contact with the air, the oxidized coffee beans will deteriorate easily, so they want to extend the shelf life. It is suggested that you can buy a half-pound glass jar to preserve the coffee beans. With the concept of separate bags, reducing the contact time between the coffee beans and the air can prolong the quality of the coffee beans.

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Do you like the coffee? Are you an out-and-out coffee fan? How many cups of coffee do you drink at least a day? Do you really know anything about coffee?

Coffee can be said to be a very popular drink in Taiwan, and it is also needed by many people to refresh their spirits. how much do Taiwanese love coffee?. According to statistics, Taiwan drinks at least 2.3 billion cups of coffee a year, or an average of 6.4 million cups of coffee a day. The figure is actually quite staggering. In Taiwan, the number of coffee shops is also growing, so it is not difficult to buy a cup of coffee at all. From basic canned coffee, supermarket, chain coffee shop, alley coffee shop, hand coffee shop, to tourist attractions and department stores, you can almost buy a cup of mellow and delicious coffee, but in this huge coffee market, can you be sure whether the coffee you drink is good or ordinary? Because of their love of drinking coffee, many people begin to pursue the quality of coffee, and then make their own coffee, but in the face of different problems with coffee, do you really know how to drink coffee?

In view of different coffee problems, GQ solved many people's basic doubts about coffee and found a "coffee uncle" who had introduced many utensils to our readers to teach you the correct knowledge of coffee, from choosing beans, brewing coffee, and drinking coffee, so that it is no longer just a common thing to drink coffee, but that you can know more about coffee, so that you really know how to drink coffee!