Basic knowledge of how to taste a cup of coffee

A cup of mellow and delicious coffee, for coffee fans, in addition to the mellow taste, its most attractive place is the coffee in the brewing process floated out of a slightly mysterious aroma. Therefore, the so-called tasting of a cup of coffee should start from the moment you make your own coffee.

Coffee produces different aromas at different brewing stages. At the beginning of brewing, the aroma of coffee is like raw coffee beans, the taste is very astringent, and then the aroma will gradually change from raw to mellow. After the coffee is brewed, you should smell it before tasting it, and then look at its color: only coffee with clear soup color can bring a refreshing and round taste to the mouth. Finally, sip the coffee in a small sip. at this time, you are not in a hurry to drink the coffee, you should temporarily contain it in the mouth, let the coffee mix slightly with saliva and air, and feel the coffee in different parts of the mouth, and then gently let the coffee into the intestines and stomach. Only by combining the taste and appreciation of smell, vision and taste, can we really realize the essence of a good cup of coffee.

The best drinking temperature for coffee is 75 ℃ ~ 80 ℃, so drink it while it is hot. Although the temperature of a cup of high-quality coffee should be consistent in taste, the cooled coffee will slightly fade in aroma; after a cup of hot coffee has been placed for an hour, all the aromas will be gone. And because of the unstable nature of coffee, it is easy to acidify after cooling, which in turn affects the flavor of coffee, so coffee should be drunk while it is hot.

In addition, many people think that only by drinking "black coffee" can they really drink coffee. In fact, only when evaluating the grade of coffee beans, you need to drink black coffee without sugar and cream. in general, people should drink coffee according to their personal preferences and other foods. Adding other foods can sometimes make up for the shortcomings of coffee, such as adding ground lemon or orange peel to increase the irritation of coffee, adding cream to remove astringency, and adding sugar to reduce bitterness. However, if it is a cup of high-quality coffee, it is best to taste it in the way of black coffee, so that you can enjoy the balance of sweet, sour and bitter taste of the coffee.