As a social animal, the first thing OG does before work every day is either to brew a cup of instant coffee in the pantry or buy coffee at Starbucks downstairs, as if only this cup of belly can officially start the day's work.
COFFEE
Coffee always makes people feel lazy /
Therefore, for today's young people, coffee has long become a necessity and an indispensable part of life. But even if we deal with coffee every day, most people may only know about it on a few mass brands.
Speaking of the Volkswagen brand, Luckin Coffee's financial fraud has recently made a lot of noise, and even OG, who has never bought Luckin Coffee, followed along with the "wool of capitalism", using the newcomer coupon, only spent 6 yuan in delivery fees, and bought a cup of Luojia cherry blossom latte. But drink and drink, what is the difference between lattes, American styles, and hand flushes? Where do the coffee beans come from?
So today, I will give you an inventory of the coffee knowledge points that "urban beauty" should know. But before that, OG should first raid everyone's understanding of coffee, one question and one point, a total score of 10 points, see how many of you can answer correctly!
「 CAFE TEST 」
01
Which of the following does coffee fall into?
A. Manual production
C. Berry seeds
B. Berry
D. Nuts
answer
C: Because coffee beans are small seeds in the fruit of coffee trees
02
Which country produces the most coffee in the world?
A. Brazil
C. United States
B. China
D. United Kingdom
answer
A: Hot and humid and rich soil is very suitable for growing coffee
03
What does espresso mean?
A. Espresso
C. Mamba coffee
Americano
Colombian coffee
answer
A: It is the Italian name for Italian coffee
04
The best drinking period for roasted coffee beans is
A. Drink immediately
C. 30-60 days
B.3-21 days
D. 60-90 days
answer
B: Coffee tastes best within 3-21 days
05
Coffee made from a mixture of two coffee beans is called
A. Single item
C. Multi-product
B. B. Bunting
D. Immediate
answer
B: The two spelling together is a match
06
"Thick thickness" is a cupping term used to evaluate the taste of coffee. That is, the thick feeling of coffee taste in the mouth and ( ).
A.酸
C. Bitterness
B. Long-lasting
D.碱
answer
B: Coffee drinking has a feeling of attachment in the mouth, that is, long-lasting
07
The most important ingredients that cause coffee beans to change color during the roasting process are
A. Moisture
C. Caffeine
B. Tannins
D. Sugar
answer
D: Caramelization of oligosaccharides after baking produces caramel pigment
08
Not included in coffee mocha
A. Milk foam
C. Syrup
B. Milk
D. Chocolate sauce
answer
C: Espresso, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, milk
09
Traditional cappuccino, coffee, milk, milk foam ratio is
A.1:2:2
C.1:1:2
B.1:2:1
D.1:1:1
answer
D
10
The following coffees that are not good for weight loss are
A. Mocha
C. Blue Mountain coffee
B.Espresso
D. American
answer
A: The chocolate sauce and whipped cream in mocha are easy to fatten
Self-test:
0 points After so many years of coffee, I drank it for nothing!
1-3 points It seems that I usually only know how to taste
4-7 points Not bad Have a reserve of coffee knowledge
8-10 points OG suggests that you can try to get a barista certificate!
「 Meet Coffee 」
Coffee beans actually come from a plant called coffee tree, this plant produces fruits similar to cherries, and the small seed inside the fruit is our favorite coffee bean.
The fruit turns from green to red during ripening, and when it is ripe, it can be harvested, while the unprocessed coffee beans are light green, and only after roasting, the coffee beans will show the familiar dark brown color.
Of course, different coffee bean varieties also have high and low quality differences, generally we have differentiated "Arabica", "Robusta", "Liberica" and other varieties. Among them, Arabica belongs to very high-quality coffee in these categories, with a unique aroma.
However, not all coffee made from Arabica coffee beans is delicious and high-quality, because the specific needs to be tasted by professional evaluators. Moreover, the tasting process is more complicated, divided into many links, such as smelling dry incense, smelling wet incense, tasting and so on. The total score of 100 and a score of more than 80 points belong to "boutique beans", and those below 80 points are the "commercial beans" that we often drink
So what is the difference between Arabica, Robusta, and Liberica? Simply put, Robusta is a female type, good to grow and feed, so it is cheaper and has a high oil content, while Arabica is delicate, afraid of insects and afraid of dry or bad weather, but the taste is very good, so it is more expensive. And the third Librica, because it is not very often used in our coffee market, so I will not say much.
Robusta is chubby and has a straight middle crack
Arabica is slender and has curved middle cracks
「 Coffee Menu 」
I still remember when OG first went to Starbucks many years ago, the complicated coffee categories, with or without milk, and the one-hit question of the medium and large cup, made OG like a primary school student who was overwhelmed by the teacher's answer to the question.
Therefore, in order for everyone not to panic due to three consecutive questions next time, the following OG will carefully distinguish these coffees we often drink.
Espresso espresso
Espresso is the puree base of all coffee, and when ordering, the clerk will usually tell you that you are a small cup and that the taste is bitter.
It is not divided into medium and large cups, only "single Single" or "double Double", and there is often a layer of grease floating on it, so it smells very mellow, for senior coffee lovers to drink a cup of espresso, full of lips and teeth, can make people instantly rejuvenate.
Americano
American style is also one that OG often drinks, because it is not as sweet as lattes or cappuccinos, nor as bitter as espresso, and the point is cheap!
Because the American style is simply a little water in Espresso. So the average veteran coffee lover is basically dismissive of American.
Machiatto Machiatto
If the American style is Espresso mixed with water, Marcchiato is Espresso mixed with milk foam, note that the milk foam here is not milk, so the taste of coffee will not be diluted by milk. And it is best not to stir when drinking, add sugar and only sprinkle a layer evenly on the surface, and then drink it in one sip, the taste of milk foam and coffee is clearly layered.
Similarly, the caramel macchito variant of Maggiato just increases the milk foam and drizzles with caramel syrup, so the taste will be a little sweeter.
Cappuccino cappuccino
CAPPUCCINO IS BASED ON MACCHIATO WITH STEAMED MILK, WHICH TASTES SMOOTHER AND DENSER THAN MACCHIATO. Our common latte flowers also appear on cappuccino, drink it, the "white beard" formed by the thick milk foam is the happiest taste of cappuccino!
Caffe Latte Latte
Latte is actually not much coffee, in Italy, if you order a latte, the waiter may give you a glass of milk, and the latte we often drink is Espresso with milk, so it can also be called milk coffee. Compared to a capitchino, the only difference is the portion size of milk. Latte's milk is larger than cappuccino's, so the bitterness of coffee is very light, which is also very suitable for children.
Mocha Mocha
Mocha is a little greasy for OG, because Mocha has a lot of accessories, not only milk, but also chocolate sauce, and fresh cream capped, it looks like a cup of fat bomb, the taste is also sweeter, so many girls will like it.
In addition, about the question of why Starbucks does not have a small cup, in fact, because the smallest cup of Starbucks in the United States is Tall and there is no Small, a cup of Tall size coffee is 360ml, then if you divide into small cups, one or two hundred milliliters to drink is not enough to quench thirst, so if you can't think about it, you just need to know that the medium cup is actually a small cup in the traditional sense~
However, many senior coffee lovers feel that the coffee purchased in the coffee shop is still a little less interesting, without the aroma and ritual of their own hand-grinding. So if you also want to try to make your own cup of hand-brewed coffee, the following knowledge points taught by OG should be carefully read!
「 Hand Brew Coffee 」
First of all, to make your own ground coffee, you definitely need to prepare coffee beans, generally when we buy coffee ☕️ beans, the first thing to consider is freshness. Because the best drinking period for coffee beans is about 7~30 days after roasting. So be sure to ask for the date of baking beans when buying, and only buy the amount that can be drunk within a month.
After examining the freshness of the beans, the second depends on the appearance of the beans, the average person always likes to look oily when choosing beans, but in fact, the kind of oily beans, either too deep roasting or beans have been put for too long, so the right should be to choose this matte beans.
After buying the beans, the most important thing to pay attention to when going home is the preservation of coffee beans, and be sure to use a completely sealed container for storage! Otherwise, the taste of the beans will be greatly reduced when they are wet.
Finally, there is the formal grinding and brewing, and it is better to use a grinder for grinding, because manual grinding is not only tiring, but also may grind unevenly. Therefore, the grinder is also among all the equipment, the most willing to spend money to buy, after all, as long as you enter the pit, there is no reason not to be fully equipped, but fortunately, freshly ground coffee will always be worth the money.