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Drink coffee after a meal to nourish the stomach and aid digestion

Drink coffee after a meal to nourish the stomach and aid digestion

1. Drinking coffee is good for the skin. Coffee accelerates the metabolism of the skin, accelerates the discharge of waste cutin, and weakens the dark circles under the eyes caused by poor circulation; in addition, it is antioxidant. drinking coffee regularly can keep skin cells full of vitality, prevent cell oxidation and fight aging. 2. Drinking coffee can prevent cancer and the polyphenols contained in anticancer coffee are strong antioxidants. Every day

Popular knowledge of coffee science

Popular knowledge of coffee science

Since its opening in 2005, Shanghai Xinmin Science Cafe has held 168 popular science lectures, with a total audience of 30,000 people. The theme of this popular science lecture held on the evening of the 16th is for citizens to interpret the present and future of urban air quality, which they are most concerned about at present. Tang Xiaoyan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering of Peking University, came here specially.

The concept of coffee roasting

The concept of coffee roasting

As the name suggests, roasting is to provide heat to coffee beans, causing a series of chemical changes inside. Raw coffee beans show the unique color, aroma and taste of coffee by roasting. Every coffee bean contains fragrance, sour taste, sweet taste and bitter taste. How to release it incisively and vividly depends on the heat of baking.

The process of roasting coffee

The process of roasting coffee

Most people think that baking is nothing, just frying the raw beans with fire. In fact, in the process of coffee processing, roasting is the most difficult step, it is a kind of science, but also an art, so in Europe and the United States, experienced roasters enjoy a highly respected status. Baking can be divided into the following three stages

Six common brewing methods of coffee

Six common brewing methods of coffee

one. Trickling filter: the structure of this trickling filter pot is very simple, only a conical container, much like a cup, the inner edge of the container must be covered with filter paper, put in coffee powder, soak in hot water. This method makes the hot water connect with the coffee powder once, and then fall into the cup, so it will only extract the substances that play a higher level, so you can brew the coffee with the least flavor and fragrance.

Six steps to identify coffee

Six steps to identify coffee

1. Fragrance: the first step in cup evaluation is to evaluate the aroma of coffee beans. Grind 10 grams of coffee, put it in 3-5 sample cups, and then breathe hard at the gas released by the freshly crushed coffee cells. The characteristics of the aroma indicate the essence of the taste of coffee beans: the sweet smell indicates that its taste is sour; the pungent smell indicates that its taste is irritating. The power of aroma

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Careless ochratoxin in coffee preservation

Careless ochratoxin in coffee preservation

Are you a coffee lover? Many people will buy coffee beans and go home to make coffee, but if the ochratoxin, which is extremely harmful to the kidney, is improperly preserved, doctors and baristas advise the public to buy a small amount of it, preferably in a glass sealed jar or in a chain bag, and drink it within one month of Kaifeng.