As the popularity of coffee increases in China, more and more people fall in love with drinking coffee. From the opening of instant coffee to the Chinese market, to the rapid expansion of coffee shops in the country, it can be seen that people's pursuit of coffee quality is also increasing, so many people are slowly starting to get involved in hand-brewed coffee.
But for coffee novices, how should you brew a cup of coffee that suits your taste?
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Required materials
Coffee beans (roasted)
Bean grinder (manual/electric)
Coffee machine/filter cup
Choose beans
Now most of the commercial coffee beans we buy on the market are roasted Beans, you can choose different bean varieties and roasting levels according to your own taste preferences.
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Arabica beans are the mainstream beans on the market. They have high-quality sweetness and sourness and are loved by many coffee lovers.
Yirgacheffe beans produced in Ethiopia are a little smaller than ordinary Arabica beans. Lightly roasted Yirgacheffe beans have a unique lemon, floral and honey-like sweet aroma, soft acidity and citrus taste, and a fresh and bright taste.
Authentic Blue Mountain coffee beans are produced in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. They are rare in quantity and expensive. Currently, most of the coffee beans on the market are Blue Mountain flavored coffee beans, which are silky and delicate in the mouth and have the taste of chocolate and cocoa.
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The degree of baking can be roughly divided into three types: light baking , medium baking , dark baking . Generally, the lighter the roasting degree, the more pronounced the acidity of the coffee beans; the darker the roasting degree, the more prominent the bitterness of the coffee beans. The taste of medium roast coffee should be more acceptable to everyone.
Grinding and brewing
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For coffee, you can choose a manual grinder and an automatic grinder, and grind it to the thickness of white sugar.
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When using the coffee machine, put the filter paper and coffee powder and then add water.
The tool you need to make coffee manually is a filter cup. Fold a piece of filter paper and put it into the filter cup. First, wet the filter paper with a small amount of 90-95 degree hot water. Add the ground coffee powder, pour hot water in a circular motion around the center of the filter cup, and simmer the coffee beans for 15 seconds. When more coffee powder absorbs water, you can add water again. At this time, the coffee dripping out from the bottom is coffee.
DIY coffee
The coffee tastes bitter. If you are not used to drinking original coffee, there are some good combinations here.
Add milk. Add pure milk to black coffee to create a latte with rich milky aroma and silky texture.
Add coconut milk. black coffee with zero-sugar coconut milk, its taste is almost the same as a certain popular "raw coconut latte". The fragrance of coconut milk can well neutralize the bitterness of coffee, even for people who cannot accept the bitter taste of black coffee. Can be well accepted.
Add whipping cream. light cream can dissolve well in coffee, which can not only improve the bitterness of coffee, but also add a smooth taste to it. At the same time, whipped cream can also be whipped and placed on top of coffee to decorate it to increase the aesthetics of the coffee.
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There are many ingredients that can be added to coffee. You can add them at will according to your own preferences and DIY a cup of coffee that suits your taste.
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