19 things you need to know about drinking coffee

Coffee may be a habit of many people, but do you know how coffee is made? As the most popular drink on the planet, your understanding of coffee may not be as clear as you think.

Here are 19 tips that may give you a new understanding of coffee:

1. According to legend, coffee was found by goats.

One of the most accepted theories is that a long time ago, an Ethiopian shepherd named Kaldi noticed that sheep became restless after eating ripe coffee beans, so they had coffee.

two。 Mocha was originally the name of a Yemeni port.

Mocha is the first coffee bean in the world to spread to port cities around the world. And Yemeni coffee beans are said to have a chocolate texture, which led to chocolate-flavored coffee being labeled mocha.

3. Coffee is divided into two main categories: Arabica and Canephora (aka Robusta)

Canephora is also more productive and contains more caffeine because of its high disease resistance. Arabica contains more fat and sugar, so it has a higher acidity, which leads to a richer taste and layer.

4. In fact, growing coffee requires a lot of water.

Many people argue that animal husbandry consumes a lot of water, but according to FoodBev.com, it takes 1800 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef and 2500 gallons to produce a pound of coffee beans.

5. Coffee beans come in different colors.

The initial growth is green, as the maturity begins to turn yellow or even reddish, different varieties will produce different colors.

6. There are thousands of different kinds of coffee in Ethiopia alone.

In fact, we usually drink those kinds of coffee, but there are thousands of uncultivated coffee species hidden in the forests of Ethiopia.

7. A coffee tree can survive for 200 years.

When it first germinates, the top of the plant looks like a small seed until it flourishes and even survives for two centuries.

8. Coffee roasting companies usually purchase coffee beans for one year at a time.

Most coffee beans are produced once a year, so coffee companies usually purchase for more than a year and then store them with special insurance technology. Although mung beans can be stored for a long time, they are also shipped on the day of baking.

9. What's wrong with Kopi Luwak?

Asian palm cats are famous for eating wild cherry coffee, and the beans are fermented in the cat's digestive tract and pulled out whole. If this is not rare enough, there is a similar kind of coffee in Thailand, which is excreted through elephant droppings, called black ivory coffee.

10. Americans consume the most coffee in the world.

The second is Germany.

11. How to get the best coffee in the world at a super cheap price?

There are no most expensive coffee beans, only the most expensive coffee. You can buy a bag of the best coffee beans for a small amount of money and then grind and brew them at home before drinking. Maybe Bill Gates can drink the best red wine in the world, but the coffee he has drunk may not be better than yours.

twelve。 It is not easy to evaluate the taste of a cup of coffee

In order to get an accurate evaluation of the taste of coffee, tasters need to drink a lot of coffee. Because the same cup of coffee will give different results in different parts of your mouth. (the tip of the tongue tastes more sweet, while the part near the throat tastes more bitter.)

13. It is said that there are plenty of ways to forge a cup of coffee.

14. There is a special language to evaluate the taste of coffee

The American Professional Coffee Association has produced a coffee taste table to evaluate the characteristics and shortcomings of different coffees. Positive comments included descriptions such as apricot or baker's chocolate, while concrete or straw was used as a negative evaluation of coffee taste.

15. Actually, coffee tastes more than red wine.

It has been studied that there are up to 1500 kinds of coffee, but only 200 kinds of red wines have been found so far.

16. Espresso (Espresso) doesn't mean fast.

The word Espresso comes from Latin and means "press it out".

17. In fact, a cup of espresso (Espresso) is no more caffeinated than blended coffee.

Come to think of it, a cup of regular 8OZ coffee will certainly contain more coffee than a cup of 1OZ concentrate.

18. Coffee grinding is an indispensable part of coffee making.

Good coffee is easy to go sour, so if you want to drink good coffee, you'd better buy your own coffee beans and go home and grind them. Many coffee shops often spend thousands of dollars on coffee grinding equipment.

19. A cup of brewed coffee loses 70% of its fragrance in less than two minutes.

According to Coffee Party officials, a cup of coffee loses its original flavor after 15 minutes.

Content compiled from thrillist.com

Original author: DAN GENTILE

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