What's special about coffee tasting

The coffee in your cup reaches you only after a series of historical, economic and social development. This is a remarkable global phenomenon. Tasting coffee is a very cozy and personal behavior. Some people feel coffee with the taste of the tongue, while others enjoy the smell and taste. In addition, it depends on our mood, our body, the atmosphere around us, and even the weather and environment.

Concrete steps

When a cup of coffee is brought to you, don't rush to drink it. There should be a gradual process like tea or wine tasting, so as to achieve the goal of relaxation, refreshing and enjoyment.

First of all, it is very important that you should not be thirsty! We should drink one or two mouthfuls of water or lemonade to clean the mouth and make the taste pure. And then start.

The first step is to smell the fragrance and taste the strong aroma of coffee.

The second step, look at the color, coffee had better be dark brown, and have a clear feeling, rather than a dark, deep bottomless;

The third step is to taste every cup of coffee you drink. Every cup of coffee you drink takes five years to blossom and bear fruit. It goes through complex procedures such as harvesting and roasting one by one, plus the coffee brewer makes it carefully. First drink a sip of black coffee, feel the taste of the original coffee, the coffee entrance should be some sweet, slightly bitter, slightly sour not astringent. Then taste it in small mouthfuls, do not rush to swallow the coffee, but temporarily contain it in your mouth, let the coffee and saliva mix with the air, and then swallow it.

Temperature

The best temperature for drink coffee is 85-88 degrees Celsius. Because the texture of ordinary coffee is not stable, it is best to taste it while it is hot. Generally speaking, tasting the coffee served by your host while it is hot is also the basic etiquette of drinking coffee. If a cup of high-quality coffee, after cooling, in addition to the aroma will be reduced, the taste performance is consistent with the hot, or even better.

Taste

Coffee beans contain about 5-8% sugar, most of which are converted to caramel after baking, which is the source of aroma and bitterness, leaving a little sweetness in the unconverted sugar; when baked, tannins are released and combined with caramel to produce a slightly bitter sweetness. The taste of good coffee is generally bitter, sour, sweet, fragrant and mellow.