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The method of distinguishing the freshness of coffee beans
One: the way to distinguish the freshness of coffee beans: fresh coffee beans smell strong fragrance, on the contrary, it is tasteless or bad smell. Look: good coffee beans are complete in shape and full in size. On the contrary, the shape is incomplete. Pressure: fresh coffee beans are pressed fresh and crisp, and the fragrance wafts out when they crack. Color: dark black coffee beans, brewed coffee has a bitter taste. Coffee beans with a yellow color
Coffee and roasting in Latin America
In 1721, French naval officer Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu went through difficulties and obstacles to bring the first coffee sapling from Africa to the Latin American island of Martinique, which was the origin of coffee cultivation in Latin America.
How to tell the real Kopi Luwak from the fake one
There are two kinds of animals in the market giving birth to 'Kopi Luwak' masked palm civet and civet! So are masked palm civet and civet the same animal? In this affirmative answer, the two are not the same animal, although both belong to the cat family, but masked palm civet has only smelly glands, and musk cats have deodorant glands and sachet.
Coffee cup test sharing
Whenever you get a bag of untasted coffee beans, the coffee cup tester will taste them in the following ways. Of course, this practice is not necessarily the most ideal, or meets some industry standards, it's just my personal taste style (tasting profile)! The purpose of tasting is to study and learn, and if you are not in the coffee industry, this may not be the way.
How to master the ratio of powder to water for lightly roasted coffee
The shallow baking mentioned here refers to the extremely shallow baking in which there is no sound and at the beginning of an explosion, it is also stir-fried in a big fire, the pot is controlled in less than 10 minutes and the weight loss is 13% or less.
Several points that should be paid attention to in making espresso Espresso
Making a good espresso can be a challenge for both coffee lovers at home and experienced baristas in the cafe.
The making and Operation method of American Smart Cup SCAA in USA
1. Coffee powder VS drinking water ratio: 1. Cups (5 ounces of finished coffee) = 160ml water (9g drip coffee) 2, cups (10 ounces of finished coffee) = 321ml water (18g drip coffee) 3, cups (12 ounces of finished coffee) = 482ml water (27g drip coffee) remarks:
-how to tell the taste of coffee?-Coffee nose to help you.
For any coffee roaster, a coffee nose is a necessary training tool.
Coffee roasting training
When coffee beans grow on trees, they change from green to red. After harvest, they are selected, peeled, dried, and so on. What comes out is the so-called coffee beans. At this time, we call them raw beans, which are green.
Talking about testing Cupping Tasting in Coffee Cup
Recently, I saw many cafes holding "Cupping" activities, which attracted a large number of coffee lovers to participate enthusiastically. Seeing that the coffee industry is so prosperous and coffee lovers are so studious, I can't help but feel comforted that the efforts of coffee people have not been in vain. But in the case of Cupping, is it a sign of professionalism or a gimmick for businesses to attract customers?
Coffee making method and formula
One: mocha Frost Coffee MOCHA FROSTY material: one iced coffee, 2-3 coffee jellies, chocolate sauce, cream, chocolate chips. Production process: mix iced coffee with chocolate sauce, add jelly to coffee, float cream and decorate with chocolate chips. Two: Porcha Coffee COFFEE BORGIA material: one hot coffee, chocolate syrup, right amount of Jundu, tangerine peel
Calculation of extraction rate of Coffee and the ratio Rule of Gold Powder to Water
In the study of cup testing or extraction of freshly baked coffee, barista flexibly changes different powder-to-water ratio and baking forms according to different coffee bean characteristics, mainly in order to restore or preserve the original natural flavor and characteristics of coffee. In the manual extraction skill teaching class, manual preferred quality products, coupled with the quality of fresh baking, promote the coffee class.
The method of making espresso
Chocolate cappuccino Cappuccino Con Cacao [material]: Espresso30 ml, cocoa powder amount, steam foam 120ml [production method]: 1. Extract the Espresso Solo and inject it directly into the cappuccino cup. two。 Sprinkle with cocoa powder first. 3. Then pour in the steam foam. Two: Fredo mocha Mocha Freddo [material]: double cup extraction concentrated
Coffee blossom training in heart and leaf skills
Fancy coffee art mainly includes three forms: drawing, carving and printing. Printing is the use of mold assistance, cocoa powder, chocolate powder or cinnamon powder poured on the coffee to show a pattern, the more creative, the less technical. Pull and carving are collectively known as milk pull art (Latte Art). The former is straight through technical movements such as wrist shaking while pouring hot milk into espresso.
Five skills of making Milk Bubble with Coffee Mechanism
The degree of fusion of foam and milk refers to the degree to which the foam combines with milk after getting rid of the foam.
The method of "steaming" coffee
Steaming, which is often expressed as Bloom in English instructions, refers to the preparatory action of wetting a small amount of hot water evenly on the surface of coffee powder during hand flushing before formal water injection.
Roasting of coffee beans: talk about the blending of coffee beans
Although some fixed varieties of coffee can be drunk directly as individual coffee, some coffees have more or less defects in flavor.
SCAA coffee cup testing process
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
Distinguish between specialty coffee and regular commercial coffee
Now many coffee shops are playing the banner of roast boutique coffee, freshly ground fresh boutique coffee, and selected coffee. So what is boutique coffee? How many coffee consumers know boutique coffee, and how many coffee shop operators know boutique coffee?
Several problems in the baking of boutique coffee
You like to read technical content, if you serialize "99 questions and troubleshooting of novice coffee roasters", "20 unknown coffee roasting skills" or "professional coffee roasting 24 hours to get started (first, middle, second article)" the viewing rate should be doubled! But here, I still want to present something that has been in my head for some time.