How to choose coffee beans?

1. How to choose coffee beans?

The first thing to look at is the price, and the principle of one price for one share is worth learning, but it does not mean that what is expensive is necessarily good, but 99% of the cheap ones cannot buy high-quality goods. The same is true for coffee beans, usually medium and high quality coffee beans, 227g packaged coffee beans cost more than 50%.

Second, look at the freshness, the fresher the coffee beans will taste better. Since the coffee beans are roasted, the amount of aroma of the coffee beans is fixed, and the longer the beans are placed, the more serious the aroma is lost, then the less aroma we can drink. Then the aroma of coffee will be lighter, on the contrary, the taste of coffee will be more water, the more bitter.

Finally, drink taste, now Taobao a search, a pile of coffee beans, and do not know the buyer is good. Our advice is that you can buy a small amount in multiple stores so that you can drink a few more times and you can find the coffee that best suits your taste.

2. Judge whether the coffee tastes good or bad?

Coffee beans are good or bad, not an expert, it is difficult to see directly from the appearance, the important thing is to drink. We mainly assess the quality of a cup of coffee from four aspects.

Sour, bitter, sweet: a cup of coffee beans that meet the big standard can usually balance sour and bitter. Of course, it has to be judged by the origin of the coffee bean itself, usually: coffee beans in Africa tend to be sour, such as Yega Chefe, coffee beans in Asia tend to be bitter, such as Mantenin, while coffee beans in Latin America are more sour, bitter points are lower, and neutral, such as Colombia.

Alcohol thickness: simply understand that alcohol thickness can be regarded as concentration, if two kinds of coffee beans are made according to the same data, the sour coffee beans are fresh, on the contrary, the bitter coffee beans are not fresh.

Aroma: the aroma of coffee made from good coffee beans can be maintained at about 30 minutes after drinking, on the contrary, the coffee made from bad coffee beans is more fragrant in the mouth, but after a few minutes, the aroma in the mouth disappears, showing the phenomenon of anti-acid water.

3. How to judge the freshness of coffee beans?

1. Look at the production date: but it may not be accurate, it is only for reference.

2. Squeeze the packing bag: there is an one-way breathable valve on the coffee bean bag. We squeeze the coffee bag and remove the air inside. If it is fresh coffee beans, after an hour or two, the coffee beans will re-expand, on the contrary, stale coffee bean bags will not expand again.

3. Brewing: we grind the coffee beans into coffee powder, pour them into a cup and add a full cup of boiling water. if the coffee powder expands, it proves that the coffee beans are fresh, on the contrary, they are not new magnesium.