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Application of Robusta Coffee in Espresso blending Coffee

Many friends think that as long as there is Robusta in Espresso coffee blending, it must be a bad thing. Is that really the case? So is 100% Arabica coffee definitely better in taste than Espresso, which uses Robusta coffee? The answer to this question is of different opinions. I remember a barista friend told me that points would be deducted if you use coffee with Robusta in a coffee competition. So is the question really like this? uncle Dou has not verified it. I remember that in 2002, when I first started the industry, in Milan, Italy, there were several Italian roasters who wanted to sell their products to China. After seeing and tasting their products, their products are mixed with 30%Robusta and 50% Arabica. Of course, the latter is more expensive than the first two. This also shows that the use of Robusta coffee is common among local roasters in Italy. Of course, some friends will say that they are commercial beans, not boutique coffee. Please forgive Uncle Dou for not developing this question any more. In short, the child has no mother, it's a long story.

After saying so much, you may think that my answer is that I can't agree and say nothing. But I have listed these Espresso coffees, and I just want to make one point: let's put aside the differences between different genres and talk about the taste of the coffee and the state of the cup. There is no such thing as a principle for Espresso coffee blending. When blending and evaluating a blended coffee, you have to know what you want. Because coffee goes like this: if there is no what you want, then there is no answer to what it is. The criteria for testing what it is must be based on what you want. Fancy coffee, for example, can withstand the addition of a lot of milk if it uses 100% Arabica coffee and is lightly roasted. Either deepen the baking or add Robusta, or the taste of the fancy coffee will become erratic, blurred and unclear. So the most important thing about coffee is that we must answer what we want before we do anything. And those practices must be clearly identifiable in achieving the taste effect, rather than the self-suggestion in the subjective image.