Do you know what categories of "coffee companion" dairy products are?

We often add milk when we drink coffee. I believe many people have heard that coffee and milk are the best "companions". From the early days of coffee, people began to add milk to coffee, so milk is commonly known as the best "coffee companion"! However, the milk here is not just ordinary milk, but a kind of dairy products, adding milk to the coffee, one is to improve the nutritional value of the coffee, the other is to improve its taste and make it appear sweet and smooth.

At present, there are many kinds of dairy products in the market. In the face of these dazzling dairy products, which type should be chosen to make coffee? Below, the editor of China Coffee Network will introduce to you what kind of effect will be produced when different dairy products and coffee are matched.

The first is classified according to the source of dairy products.

(1) Milk: milk is a traditional coffee companion. It can add sweetness and texture to the coffee, but it won't steal the limelight. And milk is cheaper and easy to buy, so most people are very familiar with it and can accept its flavor characteristics.

(2) Goat milk: goat milk has a strong flavor similar to salt and grass. People who like Greek yogurt should like goat milk very much. Goat's milk is not as sweet as milk and is best used to make coffee that has been moderately roasted.

(3) Buffalo milk: Buffalo milk has the highest fat content, extremely rich taste, with a sweet, cheese-like exciting flavor, some people may not like this taste. In the morning, drink a cup of coffee with the right amount of buffalo milk, and you will enjoy it all morning. Buffalo milk is rare and expensive, so if you have a chance, you might as well give it a try.

Second, it is classified according to the milk fat content of dairy products:

(1) whole milk: whole milk refers to pure milk without artificial skimming, but its fat content is actually very low. Dairy products marked as whole milk need to have at least 3.25% fat (American standard), and most companies make milk taste better by making it 4% fat. Whole milk is the most commonly used dairy product in coffee shops because it contains just the right amount of fat, neither more nor less, and can achieve an ideal balance between flavor and texture when mixed with coffee.

(2) low-fat milk: low-fat milk refers to milk with a fat content of about 1% or 2%. Although their fat content has been reduced, there is no significant change in flavor and taste, but it may seem a little thin compared to whole milk. In a coffee shop, if baristas run out of low-fat milk, they mix whole and skim milk to get roughly low-fat milk, but the resulting milk sometimes appears to be too hydrated or too fat.

(3) skim milk: this milk contains no fat at all, which may be one of the reasons why they have a faint blue hue. Fat balls can only refract light with longer wavelengths, which makes dairy products look whiter, so milk with fat looks milky white. The main component of skim milk is casein, which can only refract light with shorter wavelengths. This kind of milk tastes sweeter because it has no fat. Hot skim milk produces thicker and denser bubbles, which, when added to the coffee, make the coffee nearly gray and sweeter.

(4) Cream: there are many types of cream, such as low-fat cream, semi-fat cream, high-fat cream and heavy fat cream. Obviously, the biggest difference between these creams is the content of cream.

OK, the above content is that the different kinds of dairy products introduced by the editor have different effects with the coffee. You can add dairy products to the coffee and make a different cup of milk coffee according to your own preferences.