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Coffee is the seed of a fruit rich in healthy ingredients.
At present, thousands of scientists around the world are studying coffee from this perspective-coffee is the seed of a fruit rich in healthy ingredients. However, just as there is a difference between bad cholesterol and good cholesterol, there is junk coffee in coffee, mainly because coffee beans are overroasted and become too black and too bitter. On the other hand, scientists are testing such a hypothesis.
Cuban Crystal Mountain Coffee with Tobacco flavour
Located in the West Indies, the Republic of Cuba has a detached and pristine natural environment, the beautiful Caribbean Sea and the world-famous Crystal Mountain Coffee. In 1748, coffee was introduced into Cuba from Domiga, and Cuba began to grow coffee ever since. With fertile land, humid climate and abundant Rain Water, Cuba can be called a natural treasure land for coffee cultivation. The suitable natural condition is the growth of coffee trees.
Basic knowledge of roasting coffee with boutique coffee beans
The most important step that affects the flavor of coffee is the method of baking. There are many factors that affect baking, such as climate, humidity, hardness and water content of raw beans. Because there are so many variables, baking experience is the most important key. Before roasting, raw coffee beans have a fishy smell, and after baking, they will emit a strong aroma. And the roasting degree of coffee beans (roas)
General knowledge of roasting coffee beans picture of roasting coffee beans
1. Picture of lightly roasted coffee beans (Light Roast)
Pictures of roasted coffee beans in the common sense of roasting coffee beans
1. Picture of roasted coffee beans in China (Middle Roast)
Coffee roasting Common sense Coffee Baking level description
The roasting depth listed below the coffee roasting deepens the raw beans (Green Coffee). The beans that have not been roasted are green in appearance, and the color will change with the degree of roasting. Light baking (Light Roast) is the most mild baking method, the appearance is wheat color, after extraction, there is no fragrance, bitter taste, not suitable for drinking cinnamon baking (Cinnamon Roast) mild baking method, the appearance is cinnamon color
Pictures of roasting and deep-roasting coffee beans
1. Picture of deeply roasted coffee beans (Deep Roast)
Boutique coffee beans recommend Brazilian bourbon Santos coffee introduction
Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer, known as the coffee country. Italian espresso (ESPRESSO), commonly drunk around the world, is usually brewed with Brazilian coffee, which sometimes accounts for 90% or more of ESPRESSO. Brazil grows many kinds of coffee, and most of them are not of high quality, but there are also some world-famous
Basic knowledge of fine coffee the characteristics of different kinds of coffee
Yunnan coffee in China is a product of the tropics. You may not believe that the best coffee producing area in the world is in Yunnan, China.
What is the difference between coffee and cocoa?
Cocoa (cacao) One of the world's three major beverage plants, originating in tropical America, can be used as beverages and chocolate, nutritious, mellow and fragrant. The cacao bean is the fruit of the cacao tree. Long before Columbus arrived in the United States, the inhabitants of tropical Central America, especially the Mayan and Aztec peoples, were known to use cacao beans not only as a beverage, but also as a means of intercourse.
Freshness of boutique coffee beans is the life of coffee
Freshness is the life of coffee, how to determine the freshness of coffee beans? There are three steps: smell, see, and peel. Smell: put the coffee beans close to the nose and smell them deeply to see if you can clearly smell the aroma of the coffee beans. If so, the coffee beans are fresh enough. On the contrary, if the aroma is weak, or the greasy smell has begun to appear, the coffee beans are completely stale.
Some coffee terms commonly used in coffee tasting
Flavor [Flavor]: the overall impression of aroma, acidity, and mellowness. Acidity [Acidity]: all coffee grown on the plateau has a strong acidity. The sour here is different from bitterness and Sour, and has nothing to do with pH. It refers to a fresh and lively quality that promotes coffee to exert its functions of invigorating the mind and clearing the taste. The acidity of coffee is not sour
Italian coffee common sense coffee yellow sugar and white sugar difference
In fact, sugar packets are mainly divided into two kinds of coarse sugar and fine sugar, mainly represented by yellow sugar (cane sugar) and white sugar (white granulated sugar). Drinking milk tea with white sugar is an answer that most people have a consensus on, but drinking coffee with white sugar or yellow sugar is more controversial. Italian coffee originating in Europe traditionally contains white sugar, or even powdered sugar finer than sugar. But coffee culture spread to Asia, first to Japan,
Coffee cup size
Coffee cup size is roughly divided into three types, the smaller the volume means the stronger the coffee: 1. The smallest type is called espresso cup, this coffee cup size is 50ml 80ml, suitable for tasting pure high quality coffee or strong single coffee;2. The medium cup is also called Cappuccino cup, which is the most commonly used, this coffee cup size is 120ml 140ml, leaving room for people to adjust by themselves
Basic knowledge of fine coffee the benefits of drinking coffee to the human body
Drinking coffee is a refreshing drink for many office workers, but some people say that caffeine is not good for the body. What is the effect of ▼ on the brain: caffeine stimulates the cerebral cortex, promotes sensation, judgment, memory, emotional activity, makes the spirit better, and can treat vasoconstriction migraines. The effect of ▼ on the heart: making the heart function better
General knowledge of Fine Coffee Culture Chronicle of Coffee Development History
Memorabilia of the 6th century took place in the Abyssinia Plateau, when a shepherd named Caldai drove goats to the new prairie for grazing, and accidentally found coffee fruit because the goats ate a plant by mistake. At the beginning of the 10th century, Dr. Daggers, a famous doctor in Iraq, admitted and documented the pharmacological effects of coffee. This is one of the earliest valuable medical records of coffee.
High-quality coffee beans common sense types of specialty coffee beans
At present, the most important coffee beans mainly come from two varieties, namely coffeaarabica and coffeacanephore. The former is the so-called arabica growing coffee beans. The latter is also known as robusta to grow coffee beans. The plants, cultivation methods, environmental conditions, appearance, chemical composition and even the processing methods of the subsequent raw beans of the two kinds of coffee beans are different.
Fine coffee healthy caffeine can improve Alzheimer's disease
Recently, a joint team of Japanese Saitama Medical University and American researchers confirmed that caffeine can improve the symptoms of dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease. at the same time, it can also inhibit the production of abnormal proteins accumulated in the brain of patients. According to reports, the research team gave about 18-month-old experimental rats with Alzheimer's disease as subjects.
Basic knowledge of fine coffee brewing specialty coffee know one or two
Drunken coffee: hot coffee about 8 minutes full, add 10 ml red orange wine, swirl on top with a layer of whipped cream and sprinkle with cinnamon powder and finely diced orange peel. Sweet and smooth, intoxicating. Royal Coffee (Flamed Coffee): One of the classic fancy coffees. Pour the brewed coffee into a cup, put the whole sugar cube on a special spoon, and then drop 2-3 drops of brandy (BRANDY).
Basic knowledge of high-quality coffee matters needing attention in brewing coffee
1. The next bottle should be dried and there should be no water droplets. When you pull out the upper seat, tilt to the right and pull straight up, do not break 3. The spring under the middle filter should be tightened, the hook should be hooked, and pulled to the center 4. When you plug in the seat, plug it down and hold it tight by 5. Pay attention to water quality: pure water, purified water, magnetized water, distilled water, do not use mineral water 6. The temperature is 80-90 degrees Celsius in this room. Punch time: all 50: 60