The Grinding degree of the skills of making Espresso (2)
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Previously we have understood the effect of the degree of grinding on the taste of Espresso and the degree of grinding can be adjusted, but the range of adjustment is very small. So what factors affect the adjustment of the degree of grinding? First of all, the strength of powder pressing is not a condition for adjusting the degree of grinding. The strength of powder pressing should be relatively stable. After adjusting the degree of grinding, the strength of the pressing powder can be adjusted appropriately, either large (when the degree of grinding is slightly thickened) or smaller (when the degree of grinding is slightly adjusted). In order to make the coffee flavor performance more stable. In other words, the degree of grinding is a factor that affects the strength of the powder to a certain extent, not with the change of the strength of the powder, but in the case of the adjustment of the degree of grinding.
The freshness of coffee beans is one of the factors affecting the grinding degree. Freshly roasted coffee beans because of the high activity of flavor components, do not need too fine grinding degree to emit enough flavor, so the grinding degree can be adjusted properly. At this time, if you still take a fine degree of grinding, coffee bean flavor components can be more divergent, but at this time it is easier to extract miscellaneous flavor and astringent taste, under the balance, it is more appropriate to use a thicker degree of grinding. On the other hand, with the decline of the freshness of coffee beans, it is necessary to use fine grinding to extract the flavor components that have lost their activity.
The change of humidity is also one of the factors affecting the degree of grinding. When the humidity is relatively high, the wet speed of the ground coffee powder is very fast, and there is already a slight humidity when filling the powder and cloth powder. If a fine grinding degree is used, the coffee flavor components have already reacted with the air with high humidity and become messy and impure, while the coffee powder is easier to be compacted and the extraction process is longer, which makes it easier to extract the bad taste and make the overall coffee taste muddy. Therefore, in the case of relatively high humidity, it is not suitable for a finer degree of grinding, it will be better to use a slightly thicker degree of grinding. On the other hand, in the case of relatively low humidity, coffee powder is ground out after contact with the air, the speed of oxidation reaction will also be accelerated, if the coarse grinding degree is used, then the coffee powder oxidation and flavor composition changes together make the extracted coffee taste will be less, lack of depth and mellow feeling, so the degree of grinding should be adjusted appropriately. Of course, after adjusting the degree of grinding, the corresponding adjustment of powder strength is also necessary.
Humidity factors play a role not only in sunny and rainy days, but also at different times of the day. Generally speaking, the humidity in the morning and evening is higher than that at noon, so according to the influence of humidity factors, the grinding degree should be thickened in the morning and evening, and finer at noon.
There are many other factors that affect the degree of grinding, including the roasting degree of coffee beans (although coffee beans used by Espresso should use a deeper roasting degree, but sometimes different roasting degrees may be used to roast formula beans for richer taste), blended recipes, and so on. All of the above are the most common and can be mastered by baristas. The previous sections are all about the adjustment of the basic factors in the production process in order to meet that taste standard on the premise of understanding the good taste of Espresso (see the taste of Espresso). There are many places in the world of Espresso that we don't fully understand, and we would like to explore this wonderful world of coffee with you. (this article is reproduced)
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The skill of making Espresso, the skill of grinding
I talked about the steps of pressing powder in the process of making Espresso and the strength of pressing powder, and mentioned a little about the factors that affect the strength of pressing powder, one of which is the degree of grinding of coffee powder. Grinding refers to the process of grinding coffee beans into the coffee powder used in making coffee by using a bean grinder (or manual grinding apparatus), and the degree of grinding refers to the thickness of the coffee powder.
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