Live up to this boutique coffee and learn to taste the unique flavor of coffee.

Introduction: the so-called coffee is probably bitter and refreshing in the impression of ordinary people. But this is already a trick played by the United States to cheer its soldiers up during World War II. Now everyone is talking about boutique coffee, so what is its charm? How can we stop being an outsider of fine coffee? (source: Enjoy, author: CherishSam)

As a loyal fan of Starbucks, it used to be a habit to check in a cup of coffee at Starbucks every day, whether it was refreshing in the morning or afternoon tea, and it was fun to upgrade the star card from silver star to gold star.

Until a friend took me to an inconspicuous cafe, the barista was just making coffee by hand-lattes and cappuccinos have become quite boring since entering the boutique coffee pit. From then on, the Starbucks gold card with my name on it has been sealed in the innermost corner of my wallet for a long time.

Complaining that boutique coffee has no "coffee" flavor is the experience of almost everyone who tastes fine coffee for the first time. The so-called coffee is probably bitter and refreshing in the impression of ordinary people. But this is already a trick played by the United States to cheer its soldiers up during World War II.

Coffee from the first wave of coffee fast food (to refresh the mind, no pursuit of taste), to the second wave of coffee boutique (coffee chains such as Starbucks), to the third wave of coffee beautification, and even the fourth wave of gestation, the development of coffee has gradually changed from the original refreshing practicality to the romance of the original real taste of coffee.

So what is the charm of boutique coffee? How can we stop being an outsider of fine coffee?

Start with the first cup of boutique coffee

Although boutique coffee has been ruined abroad, it is just in its infancy at home. Nowadays, more and more cafes are labelled as hand-brewed coffee, boutique producing areas and freshly roasted coffee, especially the controllable and changeable hand-brewed coffee, and more and more people try to taste the unique boutique coffee in independent cafes.

To enter the coffee circle, the most important thing is to dare to try, there will be a magical experience in independent cafes, for example, people who come into contact with boutique coffee for the first time will marvel: this cup of coffee is really not like a cup of coffee, but more like a cup of tea.

In fact, what is more interesting is through the communication between coffee and baristas. At first, people may think that the so-called coffee should have the taste of "coffee", but unlike traditional coffee, fine coffee is different because of its origin, processing, roasting, and brewing methods, as well as the barista who makes the coffee has his own taste. therefore, the taste of the brewed coffee is very different, and each cup of coffee is unique.

How to make a cup of coffee at home? Take a look at the barista from Mr. Porter to show you: second, make good use of your sense of smell

The aroma of coffee from the corner cafe is the most generous gift to passers-by.

Coffee tools some people say that smelling coffee is more pleasant than drinking coffee, because most of the aromas in coffee are volatile, such as some sweet and sour flavor molecules are volatile and water-soluble, so they can enjoy it through both smell and taste, while the unpleasant bitter and salty taste is water-soluble and can only be felt by taste, so some people prefer to smell coffee instead of drinking coffee in order to avoid the bitter taste of coffee.

The sense of smell is more recognizable than the sense of taste and taste. The nose can smell the smell of the outside world, that is, the "pre-nasal smell", while the "smell" of the diet eaten into the mouth is called the "post-nasal smell".

Coffee has volatile aromas of caramel, cream, sour, flowers, fruit, herbs, nuts, resin, wine, spices and so on, which are all presented by the sense of smell before and after the nose, so you should be good at using two different senses when tasting the aroma of coffee.

Make good use of the sense of smell behind the nose will experience more fun of coffee. Because the gas in the mouth is far away from the nasopharynx to the nasal cavity, if you chat while drinking coffee, then the coffee vapour in the mouth will disappear when you speak.

Therefore, to taste the pleasure brought by the stimulation of coffee to the sense of smell behind the nose, do not open your mouth after the coffee entrance, shut up and exhale slowly out of the nasal cavity, this experience will be very enjoyable.

Third, try to chat with the barista

Drinking coffee is like tasting a person, not only the coffee brewed by different baristas has different tastes, but also the personal experience of the taster will give this cup of coffee a unique experience. At the same time, coffee beans are a very "neurotic" thing, because many factors can affect it, but this makes each bean unique.

When novice coffee beans first taste boutique coffee, they generally have no concept of the taste of boutique coffee, so they usually compare it with the taste of life contact. And some taste is always associated with memory, and the memory evoked by taste is always full of sedimentation.

Good and bad are not the only criteria. A lovelorn person who drinks a cup of bitter coffee will feel the same way, otherwise it will be counterproductive, while a happy person who drinks a cup of sweet coffee may feel the icing on the cake.

I like to sit at the bar and drink coffee because I can chat with the barista more directly. By communicating with the barista, you can know the origin, processing method, roasting depth and other information of this cup of coffee, so that you can know more about this cup of coffee.

At the same time, tasting coffee is like tasting a person, even if different people use the same kind of beans, the same method, and even every variable (water temperature, coffee powder amount, extraction time, etc.) are strictly controlled at the same value, the final coffee taste will be very different. A cup of ordinary coffee actually contains the barista's attitude towards life and life experience. Tasting this cup of coffee is like a dialogue between different life experiences.

Fourth, tasting coffee is a kind of slow and exquisite feeling

A Liang, a coffee lover, asked him how he liked to taste coffee. "drink as you like," he said. "Don't think too high-end in the first place, and don't be too far from the ground." After all, coffee grows from the ground. Don't have too much burden to drink coffee. You'd better go to the cafe to blow water in your spare time and spend more time slowly tasting different kinds of coffee.

It takes imagination to taste coffee. Because coffee is also an addiction, like red wine and cigars, it needs to be tasted slowly. You can try to use the flavor wheel to taste the coffee, but don't try to get the flavor out of the coffee too much. Among all kinds of flavor wheels, coffee is the most profound and difficult to understand.

Up to now, scientists have isolated 300 compounds from raw coffee beans, more than 850 kinds of ripe coffee beans, and at least 1200 volatile, water-soluble, organic and inorganic compounds in coffee, far exceeding more than 300 kinds of chocolate and 150 to 500 kinds of wine. What is more neurotic is that the taste spectrum of coffee will change with the degree of baking, which can be called the "flavor dragon" in the beverage industry.

Sometimes it depends on who you drink coffee with and who you brew coffee, because coffee contains a feeling, what kind of people should drink what kind of coffee, what mood should drink what kind of coffee, different opinions.

Although the sun is high, the weather is not muggy. The clerk went up to a young man sitting at the outdoor wooden table and asked, "is it business as usual?" At this time, the aroma of coffee in the air is so gentle and kind.

In any case, the most important thing to drink coffee is to be happy, whether for the barista who brews the coffee or the coffee drinker who tastes it. Every cup of coffee places the feelings of a barista, it brings you a story, so please live up to this boutique cup of coffee.

Source: Sina Fashion