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Material determines quality

To brew a cup of mellow coffee, the most important thing is to buy good quality coffee beans. More than 50 countries produce more than 3000 types of coffee beans each year. It is divided into two categories: ARABICA and ROBUSTA. ARABICA has a higher quality, slightly sour taste, but stronger aroma, while ROBUSTA has a strong taste and is usually mixed with other finished coffee beans.

Some high-quality coffee beans such as Colombia beans, Blue Mountain (BLUEMON-TAIN), KENYA, Brazil Santos (BRAZILIANSANTOS) are ARABICA class; and like Hainan coffee, Indonesia's EKS are ROBUSTA class. Consumers should first smell coffee beans when buying coffee beans, aroma can be said to be the life of coffee quality, production climate, processing, harvest, storage, baking technology is appropriate, etc., are important factors about coffee bean aroma, aroma and quality are very close, good coffee beans with rich aroma and no odor. Next look at the color, coffee is best to present dark brown, rather than a dark, deep bottomless, in addition to gloss oil bright and particle size uniformity is also a factor to consider; finally, when buying coffee beans, you may wish to bite coffee beans, fresh texture is better coffee beans are crispy mouth, the entrance should be some sweet, slightly bitter, slightly sour not astringent.

Tools determine taste

To brew a good cup of coffee, in addition to fresh coffee beans and slightly harder water, a complete set of brewing tools is also very important. Generally speaking, the taste and quality of coffee brewed by different brewing pots are slightly different, and there are mainly the following three kinds of commonly used coffee machines.

Drip filter: Drip filter cup and electric coffee machine belong to this category, is the simplest brewing tool, can bubble clean and bright color coffee. This coffee machine is wet coffee powder with water, so that the coffee liquid at the speed of natural fall through the filter cloth or filter paper, flow to the container. Basically, this method does not soak the coffee powder, just let the hot water slowly pass through the coffee powder.

Follicle type: Put coffee powder into the pot, soak it in hot water for several minutes, and then filter the coffee grounds by filter cloth or filter screen to form a cup of coffee liquid. Drip pot, Belgian coffee pot and Vietnamese coffee pot, etc., all belong to follicular brewing tools, they all have a soaking process, brewing coffee has a more complex taste.

High-pressure type: the use of pressurized hot water to penetrate the dense coffee powder, resulting in a thick cup of coffee, because this way makes the acidity of coffee easier to control, so many large hotels and coffee shops are using this method, this form of tools have mocha pot and espresso machine.

Mood determines taste

Choosing good quality coffee beans and coffee machines is just a prerequisite for brewing a good cup of coffee, so that the quality of coffee can be perfectly presented, depending on their experience and skills. Gourmets say that the mood when brewing and tasting coffee is very important,"the taste of coffee is the expression of emotion", the coffee made when the mood is bad is bitter, only with a relaxed and happy mood can you experience the most wonderful taste of coffee.

When making coffee, some details are also very important. The ratio of a cup of standard coffee is 30 ml of water for every 15 grams of coffee powder, and the intensity is increased or decreased according to personal taste. If the bitter taste of coffee beans is slightly heavier, first, the coffee powder can be ground slightly coarser and the taste will be lighter. Second, the right amount of coffee milk and sugar can be added to cover the bitterness of coffee with thick milk and sweetness. Coffee brewed out of the best state is one of the bitter, sour, sweet, sweet, fragrant, astringent taste to reconcile just right. When a cup of mellow coffee is made, don't rush to taste it. The best temperature for coffee drinking is 68~72 degrees Celsius. In order not to let the taste of coffee greatly reduced, to advance the coffee cup in the hot cabinet after warming hot coffee.