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Misunderstanding: why does the coffee we drink taste sour?
In recent years, more and more people like to drink coffee, and they also know more and more about the taste, aroma and taste of coffee. In the past, we must have often heard the older generation say: coffee must not be sour! Coffee is shoddy as long as it is sour! Or something like that. Of course, from the current point of view, sour coffee = shoddy coffee has long been an impractical and incorrect concept.
Common sense of coffee beans: changes in the roasting process of coffee beans
[introduction] how to drink authentic and delicious coffee is concerned by many friends who like to drink coffee. Coffee, the most important is the roasting, what kind of roasting process determines the taste of coffee, professional coffee roasting is mainly divided into which stages? During the roasting process of coffee beans, the transformation of ingredients is very complex. After all, coffee beans are organic matter, so this ingredient
How to drink espresso espresso correctly drink espresso powder / water ratio characteristic flavor
Espresso, the black soul of coffee espresso is the best of ① coffee. The extraction process of espresso is a fine artistic creation process, which includes a variety of related factors in brewing methods, such as blending, culture, grinding, suitable temperature, specific pressure and time. The base of all ② drinks based on espresso.
Details that need to be paid attention to in hand-brewing coffee-reveal 100 points of hand-brewing coffee skills (picture and text)
The sharing from David Wang Wang Jianqiang, the certified sensory judge of the WBC World Barista Competition in China, likes to play with the speed of hand to watch. Method / step: wet the filter paper with hot water, warm the filter cup and the centimeter pot at the same time. Wetting filter paper is a key link, rough cotton paper has the smell of paper, wetting can avoid affecting the taste of coffee in the brewing process. meanwhile
4-hand coffee-making skills to make your coffee taste better
The rise of hand-brewed coffee has led to a trend of "making your own coffee". Even utensils are constantly innovating, giving coffee fans more choices. Hand-brewing coffee classrooms or coffee clubs have also been set up one by one, so it can be seen that this magic of hand-brewing coffee is still hot. Many readers are keen on making coffee by hand, but for some beginners, they still can't accurately master the correct skills.
Hand coffee filter cup is very knowledgeable! The devil is hiding in the velocity.
In the interview of the Japanese magazine, it is mentioned that the flow rate of several commonly seen coffee filter cups is a very interesting result, which usually does not seem to be discussed when making coffee by hand. So let's take a look at the picture above, from left to right, cooking time from fast to slow, in the following order: HARIO V60 KONO doughnut filter
Common sense of coffee beans: the relationship between the altitude of coffee growth and coffee flavor
We should all understand that raw coffee beans are generally classified according to raw bean size, defect rate and altitude. Many people do not quite understand why some producing areas should take the growth altitude of coffee beans as the basis for grading. Many coffee sellers also advertise their coffee as high-altitude coffee and sell it at a high price, which is the most frequently encountered when telling students about grading.
Practical information: can you play hand-net baking?
I have been learning coffee bean hand network roasting for more than two years, and I have roasted more than a hundred nets. During this period, I have consulted some professional roasters in China and Taiwan from time to time. I have received a lot of advice and correction from them, because I have always had respect for coffee roasting. So I didn't dare to post the first post about hand net baking until now. Do you ask yourself why you want to learn mobile web baking? As far as coffee lovers are concerned, hand net baking
Myth: is the proportion of cappuccino milk coffee milk foam at 1:1:1?
According to the rules of the wbc, cappuccino coffee is judged by an espresso, textured milk and at least one centimeter thick cappuccino coffee. The amount of cappuccino in a coffee cup with a handle must match the capacity of the cup (180ml cup must be filled with 180ml drink) to judge: novice know cappuccino, that is, strong
Practical knowledge: how to quickly distinguish the model of HARIO V60 filter cup
Have you ever encountered such a problem: you have seen a lot of HARIO V60 filter cup cooking videos on the Internet and want to imitate the practice. However, sometimes it is not possible to determine the type of filter cup used in the video (01Comp02Uniple 03). You know, different sizes of filter cups can be used differently. So, the following picture can help you quickly distinguish HARIO V60 filters.
Beginners recommend practical information-how to extract coffee perfectly?
How to extract a cup of coffee perfectly? With regard to coffee extraction, there are several variables that can be adjusted, the two most important of which are extraction time and extraction area. Extraction time (Time) if you increase the contact time between water and coffee powder, you will extract more flavor substances. If the water comes into contact with the coffee long enough, the extraction will continue until no more is dissolved.
There is no residue left in love-the twelve wonderful uses of coffee grounds
After drinking coffee, what do you do with the coffee grounds left behind? Most people will choose to lose it, but did you know that coffee grounds can still be used for many purposes? Coffee itself has the characteristics of oil absorption and odor, which makes coffee grounds a good cleaning deodorant and a good helper at home. What is more fascinating to girls is that coffee grounds are also good beauty products, which can protect skin, hair, and even reduce fat.
Manual coffee filter cup recommendation-master the knowledge of flow rate, material and filter paper
With the coming of the third wave of coffee, the popularity of single boutique coffee has become popular since Japan. Trickle coffee, also commonly known as hand-brewed coffee, has become more and more popular. It is not difficult to enter the field of hand-brewed coffee. The prepared utensils are about hand wash, filter paper (metal filter mesh), filter cup and coffee powder, and after the introduction of filter paper and hand wash, it has also become the protagonist of this article.
The best coffee companion of coffee is milk.
Many people drink coffee and like to add some coffee companions, so that the coffee tastes more smooth and full-bodied, while many people directly choose instant coffee, which is both convenient and good. However, nutritionists point out that this way of eating may cause harm to human health and is not suitable for long-term use. Coffee companions and even many instant drinks have plant fat powder in their ingredients.
Coffee variety details: Yellow Bourbon yellow bourbon
Bourbon coffee (French: Caf Bourbon) is a kind of coffee produced by growing coffee trees in bourbon cultivation of Arabica coffee. Bourbon coffee was originally grown in Reunion, which was also known as le Bourbon Island before 1789. It was later occupied by France to connect with the African continent and Latin America, and it is now the two most popular Arabica coffee producers in the world.
Detailed explanation and practical parameters of water-powder ratio of hand-brewed coffee
[introduction] it is believed that most hand-brewed coffee lovers will pay attention to every detail of hand-brewing coffee. What should be the ratio of water to powder in hand-brewed coffee? Some say 1:16, some say 1:18, some say 1:10, let's know the different taste parameters of different gouache. Practical parameters for the proportion of hand-brewed coffee [heavy taste] 1 coffee bean grams are higher than black coffee milligrams.
HARIOV60 conical drip cup compared to Kalita trapezoidal three-hole drip cup brewing experience
A lot of people, unlike me, always ask which one is better when choosing a coffee maker. And I don't care what kind of appliance I choose to use, because I think there is always its own specialty between different appliances. I am used to picking up an appliance at random according to its characteristics.
Detailed explanation of coarse and fine grinding degree of coffee powder
The thickness of coffee powder is related to the amount and speed of coffee ingredients released when brewing coffee. Generally speaking, the thickness of coffee powder can be divided into: coarse powder, medium powder, medium powder, fine powder, very fine powder, five grades, is a little dizzy, ha, it doesn't matter! As soon as you look at the comparison picture and the reference, you can instantly understand the thickness, and you can't use so many different thicknesses at ordinary times.
Brief introduction of Ice drop Coffee and its production method
Ice drop coffee, also known as water drop coffee, ice brewed coffee, is a way to make coffee drinks. Ice drop coffee uses ice to extract coffee, which is a slow process that often takes hours, so ice drop coffee is more expensive. The principle of ice-brewed coffee is that it is extracted bit by bit by the melting of ice cubes based on the characteristics of coffee itself melting with water.
Coffee roasting: roasting process, roasting degree and roasting curve
When we pour the coffee beans at room temperature into the drum of the roaster after preheating, the temperature in the drum will be pulled down quickly and sharply, and the heat accumulated inside will be absorbed by the coffee beans and cause water evaporation. One minute to a few minutes later (the reheating time is related to preheating temperature, heating source, drum design, raw bean quantity, etc.), as the bean table loses moisture, coffee