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The Story of JW500 Coffee Shop in Lion City

The Story of JW500 Coffee Shop in Lion City

JW500 Cafe in the west of Lion Island is not a coffee shop that attracts customers by delicious food. It is busy every night because the beer girls here are all beautiful. Beer girls of different brands wear different color uniforms, including blue and white, cyan, yellow, black and Chinese style. They held up a bottle of beer and swirled among the drinkers like butterflies. I don't...

Common mistakes and tips for drinking coffee

Common mistakes and tips for drinking coffee

Mistakes: 1 drink a cup of coffee for a few hours, drink hot coffee until cold, iced coffee drink cold; 2 scoop cappuccino milk foam; 3 stir, put spoon in the cup; 4 drink single coffee without trying, just add sugar and milk. Suggestion: 1. Coffee worth tasting, can experience different flavor performance of coffee at different temperatures; other coffee, especially coffee with milk should

The basic knowledge of coffee culture in Turkey

The basic knowledge of coffee culture in Turkey

Coffee in the ancient Middle East, like the legendary myth of the 1001 night, is a veiled girl with a thousand faces, which can not only help get close to God, but also wash the spring of sadness. When it comes to coffee, we have to mention the Middle East (Turkey) coffee, because whether from the perspective of Islam or Christianity, the origin of coffee is in the remote and mysterious mountains of the Middle East. After the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries,

Brazilian coffee generally refers to coffee produced in Brazil.

Brazilian coffee generally refers to coffee produced in Brazil.

Brazilian coffee generally refers to coffee produced in Brazil. There is a wide variety of Brazilian coffee, the vast majority of which are unwashed and sun-dried, classified according to the name of the state of origin and the port of transport. Brazil has 21 states and 17 states produce coffee, but four of them produce the largest, accounting for 98% of the country's total output. Brazilian coffee has a low sour taste, which goes well with coffee.

Boutique Coffee basic knowledge Coffee Life

Boutique Coffee basic knowledge Coffee Life

Only on the coffee table can you see the playful side of the Europeans. Gossip is spread on the coffee table, and if there is no coffee in continental Europe, people's lives will be half tarnished. When a Venetian merchant who only wanted to make some money introduced coffee to the European continent in the 17th century, he did not know how the small bag of mysterious black powder had completely changed Europe in the following centuries.

Is your coffee sour? What's the sour taste of coffee?

Is your coffee sour? What's the sour taste of coffee?

Among the Chinese coffee friends I come into contact with, they sometimes ask if your coffee is sour. Or I do not like sour coffee and so on, at first I was very skeptical and felt very strange, but later I gradually realized that this acid is not the other acid. Haha, it turns out that Acidity is often used in our coffee tasting language, which is translated as acidity in Chinese, which is often misunderstood as the acidity in acid value or thinking of lemon.

Illy Red taste evaluation of high-quality coffee bean cups

Illy Red taste evaluation of high-quality coffee bean cups

In fact, every time I write a coffee bean evaluation, I always have a little struggle in my heart. Because of the coffee I like, I may not be able to accurately express its flavor; even if I can express it, readers may not be able to feel it for themselves. Today, at least I can solve the second problem, because this time the evaluation is Illy red cans, that is, the moderate baking money of their family. If it is canned with illy inert gas

The mode of operation of the new literature and art cafe

The mode of operation of the new literature and art cafe

No one is in the limelight at Starbucks anymore. It's an out-of-date fashion. A few years ago, hipsters were keen to order a latte and look around Shi ran, imagining themselves as the most fashion urban white-collar workers in American movies. Since Starbucks drove all the way to the urban-rural junction, the middle-aged lady also began to occupy a corner, holding a star ice music to talk about family affairs, as if to sit again

The Coffee Shop in China 20 years ago

The Coffee Shop in China 20 years ago

Twenty years ago, a coffee shop was called a coffee shop, usually in the hotel lobby or in front of the street. it was dark when entering during the day, and the coffee was instant and there were no freshly ground beans. Most of the guests are lovers, some young, some not too young, passionate, Qing Qing, coffee is not authentic, but the second. In the late 1990s, I worked as a reporter for a magazine

The Culture and Art of Coffee the Degas painting Cafe

The Culture and Art of Coffee the Degas painting Cafe

The real artist of Degas's masterpiece Cafe has his own vision. Edgard Jia (1834-1917) not only has the vision of an artist, but sometimes looks more like a keen photojournalist. He is good at capturing all kinds of life in the city, but also with the meaning of criticism and ridicule, beyond the simple visual aesthetics. This picture "Cafe", also known as "vermouth". The 19th century

The history of the introduction of Chinese coffee culture into China is not long.

The history of the introduction of Chinese coffee culture into China is not long.

The history of the introduction of coffee into China is not long, and it was not until 1884 that coffee was first planted in Taiwan Province. In the mainland of the motherland, the earliest coffee cultivation began in Yunnan. At the beginning of the 20th century, French missionaries brought the first batch of coffee saplings to Binchuan County, Yunnan Province, and began to grow coffee in the mainland. In terms of natural conditions, many parts of our country and

The Paris Cafe is second to none among the cities in the world.

The Paris Cafe is second to none among the cities in the world.

There are probably more cafes in Paris than any other city in the world. Walking in the streets of Paris, three steps a shop, five steps a pavilion, it is amazing. On a sunny day, people like to drink coffee under the Arbor and parasol along the street. At first glance, it is almost person-to-person, person-to-person, such as seen from a distance, more like a picture dotted on both sides of the street

A good grinding method should include the following four basic principles

A good grinding method should include the following four basic principles

Generally speaking, a good grinding method should include the following four basic principles: (1) the degree of grinding suitable for cooking method should be selected; (2) the temperature of the cattle produced during grinding should be low; (3) the powder should be uniform after grinding; and (4) it should be ground before cooking. No matter what kind of grinder is used, it is bound to generate heat by friction in operation. Most of the fine substances are highly volatile, and the heat of grinding will increase.

The size of the powder when grinding beans depends on the way they are cooked.

The size of the powder when grinding beans depends on the way they are cooked.

The ideal time to grind coffee is to grind it before steaming. Because ground coffee is easy to oxidize and lose its flavor, especially without proper storage, coffee powder is also easy to change flavor, so it is naturally impossible to brew mellow coffee. Some people are afraid of trouble or do not want to buy a bean grinder. They usually buy ready-made coffee powder when drinking coffee at home. At this time, they should pay special attention to storage.

Coffee bean grinding terminology props for grinding coffee beans are called grinders

Coffee bean grinding terminology props for grinding coffee beans are called grinders

The task of grinding roasted coffee beans into powder is called grinding coffee beans. It is said that Beethoven puts sixty coffee beans into the mill every morning, grinds and brews coffee and enjoys its fragrance. And then experience the fun excitedly. According to its size, the grinding methods of coffee beans can be divided into three types: rough grinding, medium grinding and fine grinding.

How to determine the thickness of coffee beans?

How to determine the thickness of coffee beans?

When grinding beans, the size of the powder depends on the way it is cooked. Generally speaking, the shorter the cooking time, the finer the ground powder; the longer the cooking time, the thicker the ground powder. In terms of actual cooking, the Espresso machine takes a very short time to make coffee, so the coffee powder is the finest, and the coffee powder is as fine as flour; it is cooked in a "plug" way.

The relationship between Coffee Bean Grinding and utensils

The relationship between Coffee Bean Grinding and utensils

The thickness of the powder depends on the way it is cooked. Generally speaking, the shorter the cooking time, the finer the ground powder; the longer the cooking time, the thicker the ground powder. In terms of actual cooking, 1.ESPRESSO machines, espresso machines and mocha pots take a very short time to make coffee, so the grinding is the finest and the coffee powder is as fine as flour. Filter cup with filter paper

Emphasize the significance of freshly ground coffee and drink freshly ground coffee.

Emphasize the significance of freshly ground coffee and drink freshly ground coffee.

When you smell the fragrance of coffee powder, it shows that it is deteriorating and the essence of coffee is decreasing. If the diameter of the coffee powder is doubled, the volume of a single particle is reduced by 1 × 8, and the surface area of the corresponding total coffee powder is doubled. After the coffee bean is ground into coffee powder, its surface area increases exponentially, and the area of contact with air increases hundreds of times.