Teach you to "create" Italian style with a coffee machine

About 700 years ago, coffee, known as a magic drink, was brought to other countries in Europe and the United States with Italy's long water city culture: Canada, Switzerland, France, the United States and so on. To this day, it is popular all over the world. Italy is a beautiful country. When people visit Italy, they leave the deepest impression on two things: one is a man, and the other is coffee. In Italy, there is a famous saying: men should be like good coffee, strong and enthusiastic! And espresso is the man in coffee!

The method of making Italian espresso (Espresso)

The practice of Italian espresso (Espresso) originated in Italy, which means "very fast" in Italian and is characterized by the use of steam pressure to extract the coffee liquid in an instant.

A real espresso must not be excessive, it should be drunk in one sip, not a full cup.

Preparation work: (preheating machine) before brewing coffee, turn on the power switch of the coffee maker and preheat the cooking wrench and coffee cup fully. A machine without a preheating plate can iron the coffee cup with hot water before brewing the coffee to keep the coffee delicious and lasting.

Grinding: choose the coffee powder with the right crushing degree, the coffee powder that is too coarse will make the water pass through too quickly, the extraction is not enough, and the coffee is thin and light. Too fine ground coffee powder will make the water pass through too slowly, soak too much, and the coffee tastes too bitter.

Coffee making method: put 7 grams of coffee powder (the standard amount of powder for a cup of coffee) into the cooking wrench and press it with a medium force on the handle of the grinder to make sure that the right amount of coffee liquid is extracted in order to let the water pass through the coffee powder evenly. Screw the wrench to the coffee machine and press the cooking button. It starts with the press of the button and ends in 22-28 seconds. At this point, the amount in the cup should be 1.5 ounces.

The secret of brewing coffee: the most common mistake in making espresso is to use too much water. In fact, a cup of the strongest espresso costs only 0.3 to 0.5 ounces, no more. When the coffee foam CREMA flows out, pay attention to its color, it should be a darker golden yellow at the beginning, the color becomes white means that it is too leached and should be boiled before whitening.

Preparation and boiling of Italian strong Milk Coffee (Cappuccino)

A real espresso consists of 1/3 coffee (an espresso), 1/3 hot milk and 1/3 milk foam (the liquid in the cup is half espresso and half hot milk).

Milk foaming Note: be sure to use cold milk, hot milk is difficult to foaming. Pour the milk into a clean stainless steel cup, do not use other containers, because the metal is a good conductor of heat, in the milk foaming process, it is easy to transfer the temperature of the milk to the hand, in order to control the temperature of the milk in time to prevent the milk temperature from getting too high or getting burnt, avoid scalding guests and making bad-tasting coffee.

one。 Pour in the milk (not more than 1/3 of the container volume)

two。 Turn on the steam switch, release the water between the steam valve and the steam pipe mouth, place the steam pipe mouth on the surface of the milk and open the steam valve. When the steam valve opens a certain limit, the operator should hold the cup handle in one hand and move the milk cup up and down with the other hand to let the steam into the milk to be foamed (the hand holding the cup wall will feel the temperature of the milk at this time)

three。 If the temperature of the milk is already very hot, it should be stopped immediately to avoid boiling the milk. No matter whether the foam is good or not, you must first close the steam valve and then let the steam pipe leave the milk surface to avoid scalding.

four。 After foaming, put the milk cup next to it to separate the milk from the milk foam.

five。 An espresso. Put 7-9 grams of coffee powder into the cooking wrench, press the handle of the grinder with medium pressure, screw the wrench to the coffee machine, and press the cooking button. The amount in the cup should be 1.5 ounces after 28 seconds from the time the button is pressed.

six。 Then add milk to the prepared coffee cup. Note: cover the milk foam with a spoon, pour the milk into the cup, and scoop the milk foam onto the liquid with a spoon. Sprinkle a little cinnamon or chocolate powder on the milk foam as a final embellishment. But in Italian tradition, there is no habit of adding other seasonings, plus or not to add our shop or guests to choose.