Introduction to Coffee knowledge how to get to know how to press a pot of coffee?

I often have friends ask me how to understand coffee from where to start, how to taste and understand the true flavor of a cup of coffee and the difference between coffee from various origins, and now I will summarize some of my experiences to share with you.

First of all, we must bid farewell to a few misunderstandings-coffee is bitter, coffee is expensive, coffee tastes the same, and it is cumbersome to make coffee yourself

Coffee is actually a fruit. Taste sweet without bitter or sour sweet. Coffee is as cheap as coke. Making coffee isn't complicated.

When coffee first enters the country, most of it is of low quality and deeply roasted. When roasted to a certain extent (deep roasting), only bitter taste will remain. So coffee at that time gave the impression that-bitter coffee, even popular songs are sung like this. In fact, this coarse roasting method does not express the original flavor of coffee.

Coffee is a fruit that grows on trees. It looks like cherries. It has the sour, sweet and fruity taste of fruit. When you drink a cup of coffee with high quality fruit acid, it is a happy thing. Do not drink sour coffee that is strange taste, if there is such a psychological hint, it will be easy to go astray. Of course, if it is acetic acid or sour, it means that the coffee is seriously stale. Just like apples and oranges in our lives, yogurt and bad things have different acid reflux, and acids are diverse. Sweet and sour coffee like fruit or red wine is delicious. Of course, depending on the variety and roasting, there are coffee that is not sour and full of rich aroma, but if it is only bitter, it is definitely not good coffee. You may have been shocked that someone can drink bitter coffee in one gulp, but that doesn't mean anything except that he can suffer, because good coffee doesn't look like that, and it doesn't drink like that.

In fact, going out to drink a cup of coffee often dozens of yuan or quite expensive, drink two cups of the price is equal to two dishes a soup, but can tell you, coffee is the world's second largest futures (the first futures is oil), is the world's largest beverage in addition to fresh water, sales are much higher than cola and tea, so many people drink that this is a good and cheap drink. Do it yourself at home, 100-200 yuan can buy a catty of coffee beans with a quality higher than that of ordinary cafes (coffee is generally in pounds, that is, 454 grams, here it is convenient to understand), on average to about 3 yuan per cup, similar to Coke.

If you're ready to make your own cup of coffee and don't know where to start, check out my guide below.

Barista in foreign countries is similar to the chef's profession, there are considerable requirements for technology, just like we can fry a dish, but can not do the taste of the hotel chef. And the same food, such as eggs, fried and boiled taste completely different, this is also the same in coffee, different utensils and production methods will make the taste completely different.

As a novice technology is the biggest problem, if you choose and operate improperly, it is likely to make the world's worst bitter coffee, which will make you misunderstand that coffee is this taste, so bad. Therefore, novices should try to choose low technical content and reflect the original flavor of coffee beans. This facilitates an objective understanding of the characteristics of beans and less detours, so I first push the law pressure pot.

Preheat the pot and coffee cup before use, it will have a surprise effect.

Add 12g of coarser ground coffee powder, the ratio of coffee powder and water commonly used in French press pots is 1:14--1: 18, and can be adjusted according to your own preferences. It is recommended to drink from a moderate or light proportion. If you can't adapt to black coffee (black coffee without sugar milk) at first, you can also add sugar milk. Each time you drink less than the last time, you can adapt to black coffee after a period of time. Taste the original aroma of coffee.

Add 200ml of hot water, recommended temperature 85-92 degrees, stir for about 30 seconds.

Stir and cover, but do not press the strainer first. Let stand for 20-30 seconds.

Depress the strainer.

Pour out the coffee, because there is a small amount of fine powder, you can let it stand for 20 seconds before drinking, or drink it immediately. The amount of fine powder is acceptable.

The biggest advantage of the French press pot is that it is simple and convenient. At home, in the office, you can make a cup of authentic coffee anytime, anywhere. It does not depend on the characteristics of technology. It can be a good training concept for various aromas of coffee. The premise is to use good enough quality, fresh enough coffee beans.

Finally, I suggest that when you buy appliances and coffee beans, look for businesses with good reputation and reputation to buy, especially coffee beans, which are everywhere and only occupy the market in a low-cost way. Buying poor-quality or counterfeit beans loses the essential meaning of tasting a cup of coffee.

This post is from the coffee bar owner-Bird Brother