Tasting coffee guide is coffee tasting the same as wine tasting?

Coffee tasting, like wine and tea, has always been the object of eager learning and tasting. The tree species, origin, treatment technology, baking, blending, brewing of coffee beans. Every link fascinates enthusiasts. But like tea, the biggest difference between coffee and wine is that it usually goes into circulation as semi-finished products, especially those of the best quality-it should still be coffee beans half a minute before you plan to enjoy a good cup of coffee. In the process of transforming coffee beans into coffee, the maker has a great influence on the flavor. To eliminate this artificial difference, professional coffee tasters use a tasting process called "coffee cupping", which involves scooping up coffee to inhale in the mouth, which is absolutely unenjoyable in the eyes of laymen.

The cup test of coffee

But the consolation is that even without such a professional preparation process, you can still have a lot of fun as long as you treat a good cup of coffee with a serious attitude. So, the core of this article is how to make the most of a cup of coffee in the most appropriate way if you buy a nice bag of coffee beans or plan to spend the afternoon in a coffee shop with good reviews.

1. A good start.

Like tea or wine, coffee beans should be preserved; once roasted, coffee beans become extremely fragile. Extreme temperature, humidity, oxygen, odor and light are all enemies of preserving coffee beans, and any neglect will cause coffee beans to lose their flavor, acidification and oil in a few days. Once the vacuum-packed coffee beans are opened, no matter how careful they are, they can only last for 2-3 weeks, and the coffee powder is even more short-lived. So whether you want to go to a cafe or buy your own coffee, be sure to pay attention to the preservation of the other person's coffee. If you buy it yourself, don't buy too much at once. If you smell volatile sour taste, a strong sense of bitterness or can not drink any of the aroma mentioned below, your coffee has gone bad. In addition to coffee beans, the cup should also pay attention to, if you are sitting in a coffee shop to drink, then take-out paper cups are not only not environmentally friendly, but also affect the taste of coffee.

two。 There's no hurry to add milk and sugar.

No matter how many kinds of fancy coffee you can name, black coffee is still the best reflection of the quality and characteristics of coffee beans. If you don't want to drink black coffee from the beginning to the end, at least make sure you taste it before you put in milk and sugar. In fact, there has been a big misunderstanding for a long time. People who like black coffee do not mean that they like bitter taste, and bitterness is not the main flavor of normal black coffee. If the coffee berries are fully ripe, roasted and maintained with good freshness, the coffee itself will have a certain sweet taste, especially the aroma of caramel, honey and even sucrose. At the same time, many kinds of coffee itself have a good round texture. These exquisite features worth appreciating can be obliterated by a small spoonful of sugar and milk. Of course, if it's just mediocre quality, or coffee that has been stored for too long, you will simply have a problem with yourself without milk and sugar.

After reading this article, have you "coffee fans" learned any new general knowledge of coffee tasting? Learning to taste the details of coffee often leads to different surprises.