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Planting conditions and distribution of coffee
What is coffee? Coffee (Coffee) is derived from the Latin word Coffea (biological word name) and belongs to a member of the Rubiaceae family. These plants are all woody plants, most of which are distributed in the tropics, with more than 500 classifications and about 6000 varieties. Most of the Coffea plants are tropical evergreen shrubs 5-6 meters high, and some can grow to more than 10 meters high.
Unique coffee should be carefully selected from seeds to cups.
There is a saying: good coffee is grown. Coffee beans are born with good flavor, high quality and rich taste, not added.
Baking tendency in various countries
Roasting is about the boiling of coffee beans, creating the unique color (amber), flavor and aroma of coffee.
Coffee planting
Coffee is now widely grown in the ribbon between the Tropic of Cancer.
Coffee tasting
The coffee maker is not the only factor in making delicious coffee. The "four basic principles of making coffee"-the proper proportion of coffee grounds, the degree of grinding of coffee, the quality of water and the freshness of coffee grounds-are more important than the coffee maker.
Ice drop coffee reproduces the original flavor of coffee naturally.
The advantages of water drop coffee are that it is not sour, does not hurt the stomach, and can be preserved for up to a week, especially on the third day, the flavor is the best, and the caffeine is low. Because the coffee powder is 100% low-temperature and moist, the extracted coffee is fragrant, smooth and rich. It is admirable, and the flavor is certainly outstanding.
How to distinguish freshly roasted coffee beans
The freshness of roasted beans is the life of coffee. There are three steps to determine the freshness of coffee beans: smell, see and peel.
Coffee brewing method
Roasting is the boiling of coffee beans to create coffee's distinctive color (amber), flavor and aroma.
The roasting stage of coffee
Stir-fried coffee and raw beans are also called Roasting. Coffee according to roasting to remove moisture, the composition will also undergo chemical changes, resulting in volatile aroma, and become caramel color.
Coffee picking
Coffee trees usually blossom in 3-4 years, about 2-3 months a year, and their appearance and smell are similar to those of jasmine. when they bloom, they grow in clusters on the branches and bloom for 3-5 days. After the flowers bloom, they bear small green fruits, which ripen and turn red into ripe fruits that can be picked after a few months.
Seven brewing steps that a good cup of Nanyang coffee must go through
Nanyang coffee is a specialty of Singapore and Malaysia, and Nanyang coffee powder has its own unique production method.
The method of making Italian Coffee
Anyone who loves dessert must know the beauty of dessert with coffee. Espresso is one of the more popular coffee, its practice is not difficult, as long as there is a coffee maker at home can be easily done! How would you like this coffee?
Why choose freshly ground coffee beans?
Drying, which is the forming process of instant coffee powder, is also the process that has the greatest impact on the quality of coffee powder.
The requirements of high-quality coffee
The most impressive thing about AROMA coffee is its rich aroma. Different coffee, different brewing methods, bring different aroma changes, creating a colorful and charming coffee world. ACIDITY (acidity) acidity is the most important condition for evaluating coffee beans. The natural fruit acid melts in the mouth and is refreshing and pleasant; excessive baking will produce bitter taste and uncomfortable acid (
Coffee roasting in Southeast Asia
People in Southeast Asia, especially Singapore and Malaysia, drink coffee far less than people in Europe, the United States and Japan.
There are three kinds of coffee with strange taste in the world.
1. Mocha coffee shows a strong New York flavor in a small cup. The preparation method: add 20ml chocolate syrup and very strong deep-fried coffee to the cup, stir well, add 1 tablespoon cream to float on top, peel some chocolate powder for decoration, and finally add some cinnamon sticks. two。 Mocha mint coffee: pour warm coffee and cold milk over cold cream
Low caffeine varieties-variants of pointed bourbon and wild low caffeine coffee trees in Ethiopia
In 1715, the French transplanted the Yemeni round mocha to Bourbon Island in the Indian Ocean on the east coast of Africa. Because the island was isolated from the African continent, the soil and water climate was different from that of Yemen. By 1810, the bean body changed from the original round body to a pointed body, and the tree height was also smaller.
Yunnan coffee
Yunnan is a subtropical mountain climate zone south of the Tropic of Cancer, with unique plateau red soil, rich and loose soil and mild climate, which is especially suitable for growing small-grain coffee, which can grow the best coffee in the world.
The best Blue Mountain Coffee in the World
Almost everyone who has heard of Garland Mountain Coffee knows that it is the most expensive coffee in the world, but not everyone knows why, just like Rolls-Royce cars and violins made by Stradivari, when something gains the reputation of "the best in the world", this reputation often makes it its own characteristic and becomes an eternal myth.
Arabica beans and Robusta beans
There are countless kinds of coffee in the world according to region, baking method and cooking method, but there are only two types of coffee beans that make these kinds of coffee: ROBUSTA beans and ARABICA beans. ARABICA coffee accounts for about 2% of the world's coffee production. Coffee beans are oval flat, small and light in color. It has high quality and rich fragrance. Most of Africa