Drinking more than 30 kinds of coffee a day, the pavilion has become a "paradise" for coffee lovers.

Can you tell the difference between more than 30 kinds of coffee beans?

"once upon a time, I was just an ordinary coffee lover, learning step by step from the barista at the end of the industrial chain," says Tsai Peiqian. Now, she has been able to professionally smell and taste ten kinds of Kenyan coffee beans in different producing areas to determine the differences in acidity, mellowness and sweetness.

In front of the flavor laboratory of the Shanghai Coffee Festival, the coffee maker from Malaysia poured 10 kinds of coffee beans into a cup, washed them into hot water and waited for four minutes, then meticulously stirred and filtered the coffee grounds. By this time the coffee had given off a burst of aroma. Cai Peiqian said: "although these are all Kenyan coffee beans, the aromas are tomato, citrus and berry." When you drink, you can inhale through your nose and test the taste. "

Participants are conducting cup testing activities to shoot: Cai Peiqian

According to the guidance of "teacher Cai", the participants inhaled coffee one after another by sucking noodles, and the scene was kind of funny, but professional. By the time the round was tested, the experimenter had already drunk ten kinds of coffee. This form of testing is known as a cup test in the coffee industry, and three games are held every day during the coffee festival. In a cup test at 1pm, participants also tasted 150 yuan a cup of Costa Rican competition-grade coffee beans, the flavor is very rich.

Will these top coffee beans appear in the cafe on the street? "although it is relatively rare, some cafes also have competition-grade coffee beans," Cai Peiqian told Jiefang Daily. " However, for ordinary people, do not blindly pursue expensive beans, to meet their preferences is the most important. In this regard, Tsai Peiqian also has relevant recommendations: "Indonesian coffee alcohol is thick, African beans have fruit and flower flavor, while Ethiopian sun beans are very suitable for women, sweet with floral scent."

Choosing your favorite coffee beans is the first step to a good cup of coffee. In the next few steps, brewing techniques, flower drawing and so on all require certain knowledge and skills. In the coffee flower sharing meeting, after ten years of contact with coffee, Eddie, who now works in the coffee industry in Australia, selflessly shared his experience with the audience: the posture of holding the cup is the most important, the hand should be at the level of the ground, and the jar should be at a certain angle to the cup. If the angle is too big, the milk will leak, and if the angle is too small, it will not be able to pull flowers.

Baristas share hand brewed coffee

If you think the coffee flower is too professional, the coffee festival also provides coffee history introduction wall for coffee "Xiaobai": it turns out that Starbucks only entered China in 1999, and only then did the country really start the era of coffee consumption. In a short period of 18 years, domestic coffee has already been upgraded. With all kinds of boutique coffee shops blooming in Shanghai, coffee drinking is no longer limited to chain coffee shops such as Starbucks. Boutique hand-made shops emphasize the quality of coffee beans and the brewing methods of baristas, which are now being welcomed by more and more coffee lovers.

For coffee lovers, there may be nothing more exciting than to experience 50 specialty cafes in a day. In the market area, cafes occupy an area, while baristas brew coffee non-stop, offering coffee to a steady stream of enthusiasts to try. The reporter tried several coffees with different tastes and aromas, and some cafes were inspired to add dried flowers to the coffee to add a special aroma. In addition to coffee, there are cakes, beer and coffee pillows in the market area. Not long ago, the hot Meiying Cafe also brought the signature cucurbit and Qi Tian Sheng cakes.

The judges are grading the coffee.

Among the coffee lovers gathered at the scene, many are coffee practitioners, and some have opened their own cafes. Mr. Lin came with a friend who owns a coffee shop. This is the third time he has attended the Shanghai Coffee Festival. "you can see and taste all kinds of coffee beans here. I have bought a lot of coffee beans for the store."

Starting from today, at the three-day Shanghai International Hotel supplies Expo, international coffee events, bread, pizza, ice cream, baking and other competitions will be held simultaneously at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. In addition to coffee lovers, today's exhibition also gathered a lot of "foodie". In the area of the World Pizza Competition in China, two Italian chefs began their "show" before the competition. They kept throwing up the dough and soon made pizza bottoms. When the pizza is baked, the audience who watched the whole "show" will be able to eat. The exhibition also gathered nearly 2500 exhibitors from many countries and regions around the world, and many visitors ate happily with ice cream in their left hand and pizza in their right hand.

The chef is making the bottom of the cake

The delicacies at the exhibition

(in addition to annotations, photo photography: Shao Jianping editing email: renwoxinggy@163.com)