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The exhaust valve on the coffee bean bag is standard. Why can't you smell the coffee from the valve?
The small hole in the coffee bean bag is an one-way exhaust valve, because after baking coffee beans, it will release carbon dioxide, if you do not install an one-way exhaust valve, it will cause an inflated bag, or even cause an explosion bag, the one-way exhaust valve oxygen can not enter the inner bag, and excess gas can be discharged through it.
Professional coffee roasting | Common defects in coffee roasting
Professional barista communication Please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) see this Coffee Roasting Defects Pictorial in home-barista, see Hunting Xin Xi, and keep it. Although you have to drink the coffee, you can find out a lot of problems by looking at it, and there is no conflict in logic. Derived from Home Roasting Competit
Coffee cup test | how to improve the pressure of drinking coffee?
Professional baristas please pay attention to the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) Coffee is the largest drink in the world. It is estimated that the global coffee consumption in 2015 / 16 is about 147.6 million bags (147.6 million bags, 60 kg / bag), an increase of nearly 2 million bags over the previous year.
The difference between iced coffee and iced coffee distinguishes "iced coffee"
There is an essential difference between ice-drop coffee and ice-cold coffee. Ice-drop (or ice-brewed) coffee and ice-cold or ice-cold coffee seem to be different in one word, but they are essentially different in extraction and cannot be treated in the same way. Ice drop (also known as ice brew) coffee is a coffee beverage extracted by soaking in water below 5 degrees Celsius for a long time at a low temperature. Iced coffee or iced coffee refers to quick extraction with hot water
Professional coffee roasting | how to bake coffee with delicate flavor?
Exchange of professional baristas please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) to write this topic, not to announce that I can do it personally, but to uphold the principles of be humble and open mind, once again review the master's argument, and at the same time find some phenomena that I have observed and corroborate each other. Main quote: The Flick created by Scott Ra
Evaluate the standard of espresso and the skills of making espresso
Professional baristas Please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) We often hear customers complain that the coffee is too cold in the coffee shop. Customers walk into the coffee shop to experience the charm of the third wave of coffee and expect professional baristas to make them a cup of warm, fragrant coffee, but why do they have the idea that the coffee is too cold?
The reason why tap water or mineral water is generally not used for brewing coffee.
Communication of professional baristas Please pay attention to the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) about 98% or 99% of a cup of coffee is water. Like making wine and making tea, only good water quality can show the aroma of coffee. Mineral water is hard water containing minerals, which hinders the release of caffeine and tannin, reducing the taste of coffee. The best way to make coffee is to boil it on a gas stove.
Baking tips: how to easily screen residual beans
I saw on the Internet yesterday that someone asked if the vibrating screen could screen peanuts and coffee beans, and the answer was yes. In the following, some problems and solutions of vibrating screen in screening these two materials are discussed. First of all, customers need to know the number of peanuts and coffee beans, and then choose the appropriate sieve, which is like screening peanut and coffee beans. Its
Attentively make a cup of fine coffee from the most basic understanding of fine coffee
Coffee extraction principle the core process of coffee extraction principle: 1 crushing coffee beans to increase the surface area of coffee in contact with water; 2 coffee powder fully soaked in aqueous solution, coffee essence hydrophilic dissolution; 3 separation of coffee solution and coffee grounds. All modern coffee extraction is the two core processes of soaking and filtration, which belongs to the category of physics, and there is basically no chemical change in the process. Coffee powder
Light roasted coffee is the embodiment of various flavors of fine coffee.
A brief discussion on the baking of coffee beans when high-quality coffee beans are picked, the most important step to make them into gourmet coffee is to bake and mix. A master baker must have the temperament of an artist and the rigor of a scientist. Only in this way can we ensure that the sugars and other carbohydrates contained in the coffee are carbonized during the baking process, thus producing the well-known coffee oil and producing high quality.
Why doesn't my coffee taste the importance of the Italian bean grinder every day?
A perfect Espresso usually affects its taste and aroma expression due to changes in temperature. So, we have a debate about how to preheat the handle and the filter screen in the extraction of Espresso, but how much does the temperature of the handle and filter affect the Espresso? how much will the Espresso cool down? Here, I'm going to do a little test, hoping to know more about it.
Tips for making coffee by hand to improve the mellow taste of coffee
Temperature of hot water: pour boiling hot water into another kettle for use. The temperature of the hot water at this time is about 90 ℃. The point is not to use boiled water that has just been boiled, but to use boiling water that has cooled slightly. If just boiling water is used, the extracted coffee will have a bitter taste and some bad odors will be smoked.
Tasting a cup of fine coffee to improve self-cultivation
However, drinking a cup of authentic black coffee can taste the rich flavor of the coffee itself and will be regarded as an expert in tasting coffee. No matter how you drink it, there are still some exquisite and knowledgeable people who taste coffee. When a cup of coffee is served in front of you, don't rush to drink it. There should be a gradual process like tea or wine tasting, in order to relax, refresh and enjoy.
How to determine what grinding degree you need? the grinding degree of household bean grinder
According to the particle size, it can be divided into: 1. Fine grinding particles are as fine as sugar.
I am also a barista to make a cup of boutique coffee and hang my earbag at any time.
The portable earbag is a patented design developed by the Japanese, in which the coffee powder is packed in a filter bag, and the splints made of cardboard on both sides can be hung on the cup and thrown away after rinsing, so that it is convenient to drink ground coffee like filter droplets. Hanging ear bag Coffee is a ready-to-enjoy freshly ground coffee. The coffee is brewed by drip filtration, and the sour, sweet, bitter, mellow and fragrant coffee is finished.
Recommended coffee for winter
Winter coffee drink-Winter reverie ingredients 1 tablespoon hazelnut sauce (or chocolate sauce) 1 tablespoon honey, a little ginger powder (or chopped ginger) a little cardamom espresso milk, 1 tablespoon hazelnut paste, 1 tablespoon honey, a little ginger powder, a little cardamom stir well into the cup, pour in the espresso and add the milk foam (similar to cappuccino) and take a little hazel.
Improve the aroma and mellowness of coffee hand-brewing skills
Have you found a problem that different water temperatures will lead to different aroma and alcohol thickness of hand-brewed coffee? the advice here is: the alcohol thickness and aroma of hand-brewed coffee are not enough, the problem lies in the steaming effect of coffee. If the steaming is not enough, the aroma will be thin and mellow, and the thickness will be low. this is the experience taught by an old Taiwanese master with 40 years of bar experience. Personal view
Small feelings in boutique coffee orange-scented slightly tipsy coffee
I believe that an orange slightly tipsy coffee will add fuel to your sweet petty bourgeois life, and the method of making this coffee will also make your him (her) a little tipsy in your coffee. Orange slightly tipsy coffee is a kind of fancy coffee with petty bourgeoisie flavor, because it has a strong sense of operation, and it is very suitable for making such a fruity coffee for each other and yourself in the world of two people.
The skill of removing dregs from the kettle makes the kettle as clean as the hand.
The coffee grounds in the French kettle are gone without a trace. 1. The reason why there are coffee grounds in the French kettle: when making coffee in the French kettle, there will be some coffee grounds more or less, even if there is no granular coffee grounds, the fine coffee grounds will make the coffee coffee turbid. The sediment like fine mud can usually be seen at the bottom of the coffee pot after drinking it. The reason for these coffee grounds is that coffee
Enjoy a cup of fine coffee in the etiquette of drinking coffee
Is it a snack in the left hand and a mouthful of coffee in the right hand? I have to tell you, drinking coffee like this, you have broken into the etiquette forbidden area when drinking coffee. When you get out of the restricted area, you may feel that you have lost the pleasure of drinking coffee freely. But only in this way can you become a person who really knows coffee and coffee. 1. The fingers of the cup are not from the ear of the cup.