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Learn to taste coffee
The taste of coffee always coexists with a warm heart. tasting a good cup of coffee in the right way will not only make it easier to appreciate the taste of coffee, but also live up to the heart of the brewer. A good cup of coffee should be clear, bright and transparent. Concentration and turbidity are different. Generally speaking, the causes of coffee turbidity are nothing more than the following: mixed with
Development history of coffee machine
At the beginning of the 20th century, an impatient engineer living near Napoli, Italy, was impatient with dripping coffee for too long, so he came up with a way to make coffee in a high-temperature and high-pressure way to shorten the time, so he invented the world's unique Italian coffee for quick cooking, and Espresso became popular. This impatient project
Is this the place you always wanted?
Is this the place you've always wanted, only smell the flowers, don't talk about joys and sorrows, drink coffee and read books, don't fight for the day and night. The sun is warmer, the day is slower, the day is slower (school picture)
What is the best temperature for brewing coffee?
Some people like to use a convenient and fast coffee machine to make coffee, some prefer the romantic elegance of siphon coffee, others like the simplicity and purity of the French press, the Italian style of the card pot or the idleness of hand-brewed coffee. But no matter what the way, every cup of coffee has a relatively unified taste standard, that is temperature. The best essence of coffee bean oil is 93 degrees Celsius.
Foam on the surface of "Espresso"
Foam on the surface of Espresso: foam: coffee fat (Cream Crema), also known as aromatic oil, is a reddish-brown foam on the surface of coffee, with a uniform color, about 3 mm ~ 5 mm thick. It consists of vegetable oils, proteins and sugars. Coffee fat has the combination of emulsion and foam colloid. If the emulsion is dark brown or even black, it indicates that the coffee has been extracted
(transferred) barista
For baristas, always tell yourself: from the first day of making coffee, you have to face difficulties and persistence every day, not success. Behind the halo, there are always endless tears and sweat, do not need to envy, as long as to work hard, as a coffee disseminator, we should let ourselves know more, but also let more people know more!
Hydrodynamics in Coffee pattern
Friends who have seen the coffee flower will probably be amazed by the skill of the barista. The hot white milk rushed into the dark brown espresso, and as the barista's wrist lightened, the surface of the latte rippled with a heart-like leaf pattern. It's so romantic, so romantic.
Production of Espresso: grinding (2)
The thickness of coffee beans depends on the way they are cooked. Generally speaking, the longer the cooking time, the thicker the ground powder. In terms of actual cooking, American filter coffee takes a long time to make, so coffee powder is the thickest, siphon coffee takes more than a minute to cook, and coffee powder is medium in size; Espresso takes the shortest time, so it needs the most grinding particles.
Espresso production: powder loading (3)
Where the filter handle is placed for the time being depends on the benevolent, below to see the powder loading. Andrea Illy 7 grams in a short sentence, but in the eyes of some careful people, this stage can be compared with grinding and called the most difficult step in the brewing Espresso process. The ground coffee compacted in the filter handle is often referred to as the cake, and for Espresso it matters how much water passes through the cake per second
Professional coffee shop design
1 basic planning (spatial image and scope) on the basis of project budget, economic strength and customer requirements and characteristics, through design direction and restricted elements, the role of basic planning is to determine the design concept, so as to establish a spatial image. It shows conceptual spatial design, such as spatial structure, arrangement, lighting, color and flow planning, to meet functional and aesthetic requirements.
Espresso (Photo: 520 Coffee Network)
Espresso (Espresso) or espresso is a type of coffee with a strong taste by brewing coffee with extremely hot but non-boiling hot water under high pressure and grinding it into a very fine coffee powder. It was invented and developed in Italy and began in the early 20th century, but until the mid-1940s, it was a drink made separately through vapor pressure. Inventing springs
A complete collection of cafe decoration
Minimalist and creative cafe interior design this is a super simple creative flowerpot container. Roll a thin piece of film gently to a symmetrical hole at both ends, and it is done to install a flowerpot and hang it on the wall. This design makes two symmetrical holes in a very simple geometry. After setting up the flowerpot rack, it can be applied to indoor and outdoor for a long time. It seems that
A complete collection of bar design
After work, we can relax a little, find a comfortable place and enjoy a glass of wine. This kind of life is a kind of enjoyment. And tasting wine does not have to go to the bar, if you have a small bar, then you can also at home, the use of the bar in the open kitchen is indispensable, how to design this bar with both humanization and visual beauty? Who says bar design is only
Cutlery design of cafes with a strong sense of modernity
Designer: Sonia Rentsch
A necessary plant in a cafe-four-leaf clover
According to legend, with a pot of four-leaf clover, that is, with happiness, you can make a wish. Give sticky people a pot of four-leaf clover. I hope you can all find your own happiness!
A friend who runs a cafe as a reference
Please remember that brewing coffee is a technical job, if you do not understand how coffee is made, please stay away from this industry. Don't think this is a joke, only know coffee drinkers, want to transfer to this line inside, there is still a long way to go. 2. How much do you know about the coffee industry, or more generally, how much do you know about the catering industry? If you don't know anything at all, please stay away.
Five problems that cannot be avoided in opening a successful cafe
China Business Daily reporter Li Xiangdong editor's note: sitting on a soft sofa in his own cafe, listening to soothing music and enjoying the satisfied expression of customers may be the dream of many people. However, do you know how many problems it takes to open a coffee shop, and are there any standard or personalized solutions to these problems? in early August, more than 50 investors gathered together
If you can stop, you will have no regrets in this life. Erhai Lake
[round the World Cafe] the third stop: if you can stop, you will have no regrets in this life. Erhai Lake, there is a hair in Weibo at the 1st and 2nd stops.
Shanghai Cafe
Coffee is not only recognized as a drink, but also second only to oil and can legally buy and sell futures in the spicy world market. Due to historical reasons, the people of Europe and the United States have always been a symbol of fashion and development, so when coffee enters Shanghai, coupled with its own high cost, the price is naturally not cheap. In terms of coffee bars, I think Shanghai is the most popular city in China.
Analysis and Thinking of Coffee Market in China
China's coffee market capacity In 2012, China's current coffee consumption was about 80 billion yuan, and the world coffee market consumption market size in 2012 was less than 12 trillion yuan, slightly lower than the consumption scale in 2011. China's coffee consumption market has grown rapidly in the past 10 years, and the annual market growth rate is more than 15%, which is rare in the world.