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Introduction to coffee roasting
Without the taste of baking, it is impossible to appear in the cup; as for cooking, it is a means to avoid the disadvantages of baking. This is a view that all coffee experts will agree with, but what happened to the coffee beans during the baking process? What does the so-called first explosion and the second explosion mean? Now let's learn about baking from the beginning. Why did you do it yourself?
10 steps for coffee detection
1. Prepare a little (about 10 grams) freshly roasted and immediately ground coffee in a small cup. 2. Smell it and see its dry fragrance. 3. Pour in the hot water of about 95 degrees Celsius. Do not boil and immediately pour it into the coffee powder. Let it stand for about half a minute and then pour into the coffee powder after the temperature drops slightly. 4. Smell the aroma coming from the rising steam. 5. Place this cup of sample for three to five minutes
The taste of coffee-wine and coffee
To be honest, I really don't understand coffee cocktails, let alone the guy who drinks coffee cocktails: do you want to intoxicate yourself with alcohol, or do you want to have fun with caffeine? When exciting caffeine is entangled with soft alcohol, it is as contradictory as applying sunscreen to shine on a tanning lamp, but it makes people curious and flock to it.
Individual coffee, also known as coffee of origin
Single coffee, also known as origin coffee, in fact, mainly relative to mixed coffee, single coffee as the name implies is a single variety or single origin coffee beans, that is, unblended coffee. The name of individual coffee is generally composed of country of origin, place of origin, manor, grade and variety. For example, Jamaica Blue Mountain No.1 refers to the production of Jamaica Blue Mountain region.
Coffee = Indonesian, Dutch
Since Venice merchants resold coffee all over Europe at the end of the 16th century, the Dutch were unwilling to become second-tier traders and tried to grow their own coffee.
The standard of "good coffee"
Everyone's taste is different, and the taste of coffee varies from person to person. How can we say what is good and what is bad? How to judge? The taste of coffee is determined by the combination of sour and bitter taste, aroma concentration, astringent taste and mellow thickness, sometimes plus wine taste, mildew taste, fermentation taste and so on. For a person who doesn't like sour coffee, even a cup of sour coffee, yes
Four elements of coffee
Gan: sweet taste is when baking beans with sugar, caramel ingredients make the brewed coffee have licorice flavor. Acid: it has a slightly sour taste. The main reason is that beans contain compounds commonly mistakenly called caffetanicacid. Some beans, such as fresh ones, are mostly sour, but the sour taste decreases after aging and eventually disappears completely. Bitter: a product broken down when baking beans.
Coffee with oyster
Water can be divided into soft water and hard water. After the conversion of the amount of water dissolved in water, the amount of water is less than that of hard water. Ordinary mineral water is hard water containing salt, etc., because hard water releases caffeine and tannins, which greatly reduces the taste of coffee. Ordinary tap water can be used as tap water, but the first tap water in the morning
When should I stop baking?
When should I stop baking? Coffee bean color: Because coffee beans will present different colors when roasted to different degrees, color has become the most commonly used basis for roasting depth. This method can be applied to most coffee beans, but some coffee beans are special. For example, the color of Kenya beans will be much darker than that of ordinary coffee beans.
The method of judging the freshness of coffee beans
Have you ever seen oily coffee beans? Why do some coffee beans have a shiny surface, while others are "dry and comfortable" without greasy? What does the "oil" of coffee beans have to do with freshness? Should we buy coffee beans that are "oily" or "unoiled" in appearance?
Why coffee beans have such a long name?
Why coffee beans have such a long name? Why is there a single item, deep roast and Italian style of coffee? Where did so many names come from?
Talk about coffee etiquette.
Going to a cafe to taste coffee is one of the daily routines for French people, so it's not a big deal. The purpose of going to a cafe is mostly just to chat, so it's easy.
What does coffee taste like?
We often have the opportunity to taste various sour tastes, such as lemon, apple, wine, black vinegar... there is no doubt that sour taste is the delicious part of these foods: similarly, the wonderful sour taste is the reason why certain coffees are highly valued.
Drink fast coffee
In different places, coffee shows different trends. In a coffee shop dominated by western food such as Green Pavilion, fancy coffee may be popular, but if it is done professionally like Su Xin Xiaozhu, vegetarian coffee without sugar and milk is popular. That's why coffee shops and fashion magazines are now doing everything they can to promote coffee culture. Coffee drinkers are the best.
The rarest coffee in existence
Nouak coffee is not easy to come by and is called "the rarest coffee in the remaining variety". Specifically, this kind of coffee comes from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where coffee trees grow for a long time. When the coffee berries are ripe, local farmers deliberately put cats into coffee plantations and let them indulge. Not all cats are blessed to enjoy a coffee feast.
The "three heroes" of coffee beans
In the face of the post-holiday accumulation of "Yali Mountain" workload, I believe many people are counting on coffee to lift their spirits. However, for a large number of experienced coffee lovers, coffee is like red wine, which can not be fooled casually by instant coffee. And making a cup of freshly ground coffee for yourself in your spare time can also be regarded as a moment of relaxation, which is more effective for the improvement of work efficiency. But do you know
A little knowledge of coffee roasting
Soft and smooth Colombian coffee, blue mountain coffee with a unique aroma and slightly sour taste, Indonesian coffee with a balanced flavor of syrup and chocolate. More than 3000 kinds of coffee beans are produced in more than 50 countries around the world every year, so it is not easy to choose the most suitable coffee among the many choices. And there is a line
Rwanda Coffee
Rwandan coffee is absolutely high quality in the form of washed Arabica beans. As far as Africa is concerned, its coffee industry stands out because the country rises and falls by producing the best possible beans.
La Minita coffee
La minita Manor plants and selects coffee for its customers in a careful and responsible spirit. After screening and elimination from a total of 832000 pounds of raw beans, it finally selects 210000 pounds of the best quality coffee beans for consumers. This means that in this process, La minita only selects about 25% of the raw coffee beans. The whole operation is done entirely through manpower, at a cost of more than 30%.
Wild coffee
The phenomenon of the dominance of traditional famous coffee was finally broken in one day. For several consecutive years since 1995, a product extracted from wild coffee beans from Hawaii in the United States has won the championship in the local and Tokyo grading meetings. It has been rated above AA++, and its quality indicators and prices have also exceeded that of Blue Mountain. Within two or three years, it has become the boudoir of the world coffee family.