A guide to the inventory of the seven top coffee spots in the world

In coffee-addicted Europe, each country has its own unique taste. The most intuitive way to experience a city is to walk into a local cafe and serve a cup of specialty coffee in the air full of roasted cocoa beans and a warm smell.

A foreigner came to China and sat in an antique teahouse. Facing the tea list, he knew for the first time that there were so many categories of tea. And vice versa. Being familiar with every kind of coffee on the Starbuck,Costa menu and being able to place exactly the cup you want each time seems to be enough to claim to be proficient in coffee among friends. But when you go abroad, you will find that your coffee knowledge becomes negligible in an instant.

In the eyes of Westerners, this bitter black liquid is not just a drink, it is already a symbol of culture. Subtle differences in climate in places of origin can cause huge differences in taste. In coffee-addicted Europe, each country has its own unique taste. Europeans say the most intuitive way to experience a city is to walk into a local cafe and serve a cup of specialty coffee in the air full of roasted cocoa beans and a warm smell.

1. Lisbon, Portugal

Coffee beans: Bica. Features: Portugal has a lighter baking and a smoother taste than deep-roasted Italian coffee beans. Another feature of Portuguese coffee is bitterness, and the roasted charcoal is full of flavor.

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Pingado: Portuguese espresso. Espresso is made quickly by adding 14 to 16 grams of coffee powder to pure water at 88 to 95 degrees Celsius at 9 to 10 atmospheric pressure in 22 to 28 seconds. Due to the lack of water, espresso has a strong flavor. Pingado means "one thing", that is, a drop or two of milk in an espresso made from Portuguese Bica beans to float a white cloud in a black drink with slightly caramel gold.

Uma bica: heavy enrichment. Also espresso, Uma bica has a very strong taste. This is strongly reflected in bitterness, but for those who want to taste the purest aroma of coffee, this is undoubtedly the most fragrant and mellow coffee choice. If you order a Uma bica in a Portuguese cafe, the enthusiastic Portuguese will say to you: "Beba isto com a ç ucar" must be sweetened!

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Nostalgia: Leitaria A Camponeza

Leitaria A Camponeza, based in Lisbon, is a century old, but it hasn't always been a cafe. Before that, the southern European building with all kinds of colored tiles and exquisite relief was a dairy store. The coffee shop owner follows the original style of the building, making diners feel at home as if they were in a nostalgic movie scene.

New trend: Gr é mio Cafe

Gr é mio Cafe shares a small space with a bicycle shop, but the cup of coffee presented by an inconspicuous shop is as impressive as a work of art. The owner of Gr é mio Cafe originally worked in a high-end restaurant in London. When he returned to Lisbon, he founded the coffee shop and applied his rich culinary experience to it. There are not only creative coffee here, but also delicious Portuguese cuisine.

two。 Prague, Czech Republic

Coffee beans: Kava. Features: Kava is rich brown and black, similar to Turkish coffee beans, large and round. The coffee is the same as the thick color of Kava and has a strong taste. A small cup of coffee contains enough caffeine to drive away all tiredness.

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Preso s ml é kem: long espresso with milk. The only difference between long espresso and espresso is that the former uses more water and stretches the strong taste of espresso longitudinally, but makes up for the regret that espresso always leaves enthusiasts. Milk is often served in delicate white porcelain pots, and there are two choices, hot and cold, according to the drinker's preference.

V í densk á k á va: long espresso with whipped cream. V í densk á k á va has its own unique container-a tall glass in which the brown liquid gradually changes from dark to light, and the barista squeezes a delicate and smooth cream on the golden brown top of the liquid. The smell of cream softens the strong taste of the coffee and is suitable for quietly lighting a cup to enjoy the whole afternoon.

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Nostalgia: Grand Cafe Orient

Grand Cafe Orient's ceiling is regularly hung with brass chandeliers, which are unique, yellow and green chandeliers designed by Czech artist Joseph Gocar in 1912 and preserved to this day. Wouldn't it be nice to go into a warm cafe, sit in a green velvet seat, order a local favorite dessert medovnik (honey cream cake), with a cup of steaming coffee, and maybe enthusiastic locals will come forward and talk to you in poor English?

New trend: La Boh è me

La Boh è me is like a heavenly shop in a fairy tale. The gray-and-white cloud wallpaper fills the cafe with fairy air. The menu here is a blackboard with colorful chalk characters, and the shopkeeper inadvertently sends guests a relaxed mood with cartoon handwritten fonts. On the second floor, the roaster kept turning, and the coffee beans smelled comfortably in the high temperature. The waiter with a silver tray walked quickly to the table and put the coffee in front of the guests skillfully during the greeting interval.

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3. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Coffee beans: Mate. Features: local coffee brewers add dried Mate leaves and spices to give Argentine coffee a richer taste. Argentine coffee brewing process is extremely fine: the water temperature must be between 70-85 ℃, neither too cold, nor too hot, so as not to lose the nutrition of coffee beans and bean leaves. Argentine coffee has a strong taste and a lingering aftertaste.

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Cortado: long espresso with steam to heat milk. Unlike ordinary hot milk, milk forms a delicate foam in high-temperature steam, and the entrance melts to make the milk flavor thicker.

L á grima: l á grima is a bit of putting the cart before the horse. Instead of coffee, the container is filled with slightly foamy milk heated by steam. Espresso becomes a finishing drop, adding a little bitterness to the milk, but a different flavor.

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Nostalgia: El Gato Negro

Located between the bustling theatres, El Gato Negro has a history of 85 years. In addition to delicious coffee, you can also taste tea from all over the world and buy mysterious and strange spices from exotic islands.

New trend: Full City Coffee House

Full City Coffee House is run by a Colombian-born British couple, where all the coffee beans are imported from Colombia and can taste a variety of rare coffees, such as Guayat á. Colombian caffeine has a sour taste and a good finish. The coffee shop adheres to the wooden style, and the simple table is quiet and peaceful in the warm yellow light, as if waiting for an unknown story.

4. Berlin, Germany

Coffee beans: Arabic coffee beans Features: compared with several coffee beans listed above, Arabic coffee beans are roasted more lightly. In order to make delicious coffee, these beans need to be ground very carefully to ensure that each particle is in contact with hot water to maximize the aroma of the coffee.

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Milchkaffee: large black coffee with steamed milk.

Aeropress: espresso. Aeropress is actually the name of a special filter pot for making coffee. Germans who are proficient in design have come up with this device in order not to miss even a little smell in the coffee powder. When in use, put the fine ground coffee bean powder into a glass container, inject hot water, wait 20 seconds and press the air plug on the container, the strong air pressure once again passes through the powder, and the fragrant coffee becomes more attractive.

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Nostalgia: Konditorei Buchwald

As early as 1852, Konditorei Buchwald was already a household name, and admirers came just to taste the delicious chocolate butter cake, which continues to this day. In addition, the fruitcake, a wide variety of cheeses and a comfortable outdoor courtyard attract tourists.

New trend: No Fire No Glory

There is a continuous trend of coffee evolution in Berlin, and this one is particularly prominent among many trendy coffee shops. It is not so much a coffee shop as an art center. Of course, the coffee here is so good that there is nothing to say.

5. Paris, France

Coffee beans: French coffee beans. Features: the roasting technology of French coffee beans has become one of the standards to measure the roasting degree of coffee. The roasting degree of French coffee beans is between shallow and deep, the sugar in coffee beans has been caramelized to a large extent, and the acidity has been completely removed, which makes it widely accepted all over the world. Another feature of French coffee is its charcoal flavor.

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Coffee é noisette: espresso with light cream or cream. Cafe noisette is interpreted as espresso with splash of cream or milk foam in English, and the splash in it is a bit of ink-splashing in Chinese watercolor painting. Sure enough, it is France, and even making coffee is a bit romantic.

Coffee é allong é: French espresso.

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Nostalgic style: Caf é Verlet

Every cup of coffee sold by Caf é Verlet is made from its own roasted beans. Since its operation in 1880, the roaster here has gradually developed the unique coffee flavor of Caf é Verlet. Just look at the fact that this place can last for more than 100 years, you can imagine how delicious a small cup of coffee is.

New trend: Ten Belles

Ten Belles is located in a bustling residential area next to the St. Martin Canal. The French cookies baked by the boss himself, even the locals can't help but pick up two packs when they pass by.

6. Mexico City, Mexico

Coffee beans: Arabica. Features: Mexico is the eighth largest producer of coffee beans in the world. In Guatemala, a large number of Arabica beans thrive. The hot and humid weather in the rainforest makes the coffee beans produced here taste softer after roasting. Arabica coffee beans are recognized as the first generation of coffee beans cultivated by human beings.

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Coffee é de olla: ceramic coffee. Just like its name, the perfectly brewed black coffee is packed in a ceramic cup.

Although many modern coffee shops have begun to use polished porcelain cups, the original ones are tawny ceramic cups with big bellies and narrow mouths. To enrich the taste, locals put a piece of cinnamon and a little sugar in the porcelain cup.

Coffee é con leche: brew black coffee with steamed milk.

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Nostalgia: cafe El Jarocho

The coffee shop, founded in 1953, is now small in Mexico City. It is worth mentioning that the chain stores of Caf é El Jarocho gather in Coyoac á n, a well-known art center in Mexico City.

New trend: La Procedencia

Looking at La Procedencia from afar, the high-profile fuchsia exterior walls are doodled with exaggerated cartoon characters, which are out of place in many ancient shops around. The interior is decorated with bright colors, and Nordic music is slow and long. There is freshly roasted coffee and sweet and fresh papaya.

7. Barcelona, Spain

Coffee beans: Mezcla. Features: the taste of Spanish coffee seems to be as agreeable as the cheerful character of Spaniards. The unique torrefacto roasting technology here retains the sweetness of coffee beans and makes everything just right.

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Coffee é solo: very strong, bitter espresso.

Coffee é bomb ó n:Caf é solo with high sweetness concentrated milk.

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Nostalgia: Cafe del Centre

There is no shortage of artists in Spain. Cafe del Centre, which opened in 1873, has witnessed the growth of many poets, painters and literati. Sitting in front of its dark black wooden bar, as if he had inadvertently acquired a bit of literati temperament.

New trend: Baba è lia Books & Coffee

Coffee and books are said to be the best companions, and Bab è lia Books & Coffee has achieved this. Half of the rooms designed by warehouse-like brick houses are cafes and the other half are bookshelves full of books.