Coffee terminology:
Knowing certain coffee terminology can not only help you accurately express your understanding of coffee, but also make your customers or friends feel that you are an expert in coffee and a coffee glutton.
Flavor is the overall impression of aroma, acidity, bitterness, sweetness and alcohol, which can be used to describe the overall feeling of coffee.
Acidity is a pungent and strong characteristic of all coffee grown in plateau. The sour taste here is different from bitter taste or sour taste, and it has nothing to do with pH value, but a fresh and lively characteristic that makes coffee play its functions of boosting the mind and clearing the taste.
the p>Body alcoholicity is the taste of the brewed coffee after drinking. The change of alcohol content can be divided into light, such as water to light, medium, high, fatty, and even some Indonesian coffee is as thick as syrup.
Aroma Aroma refers to the smell and fragrance of coffee after conditioning. Bouquet is a less commonly used word, which refers to the taste of ground coffee powder. Aroma is usually specific and comprehensive. The words used to describe Aroma include: caramel, grilled, chocolate, fruity, grassy, malt, rich, rich and spicy.
Bitter taste
Bitter taste is a basic taste, and the sensory area is distributed in the root of the tongue. The bitterness of dark baking is deliberately created, but the most common cause of bitterness is that too much coffee powder is used and too little water is used. Bitterness is not the consent word of sourness.
Bland coffee grown in lowlands is usually quite light and tasteless. Coffee with insufficient coffee powder and too much water will also have the same light effect.
Briny salty coffee will produce a salty taste if it is overheated after brewing. The coffee in some coffee shops belongs to this taste.
Classification of coffee:
Coffee trees can be roughly divided into five types, among which Arabica and Robusta are the most common. Arabica species account for more than 7% of the world's total output, which is generally planted on slopes above 9 meters above sea level, and mostly produced in tropical high-altitude areas such as Central and South America, East Africa, Southeast Asia and Hawaii. Its pleasant aroma and rich taste, and the tree species needs more artificial care, and it also requires higher stability of temperature and humidity in the climate, so the price is also more expensive.
Robusta, which has strong adaptability to the environment, accounts for 3% of the world's total output. Its flavor is mediocre and bitter, and more importantly, the content of caffeine is 2 ~ 3 times as much as that of Arabica. Generally, it grows on the sloping land at an altitude of 2 ~ 6 meters, which has low requirements for manual care, so the price is relatively low, and it is mostly used for canned and instant coffee.
Italian coffee:
Espresso Italian coffee Espresso means "fast" in Italian. When hot water quickly passes through coffee powder under the action of high pressure, the essence of coffee is fully extracted, and a coffee artwork with rich aroma, high alcohol content and caramel taste in bitterness is completed.
Macchiato Macchiato means "marked and spotted" in Italian. She compromised Espresso and Cappuccino, so that she could enjoy smooth and delicate milk foam and drink fragrant Espresso.
Cappuccino Cappuccino got its name because the foam hat on Cappuccino resembles the hat on the cloak worn by Catholic Kabuki church priests. Blending Espresso, milk and milk foam in proportion makes Cappuccino less bitter than Espresso and more mellow taste of milk foam, which makes Cappuccino have a more acceptable taste.
the difference between Latte and Cappuccino is that latte has a stronger milk flavor, and a large number of milk and milk bubbles fully harmonize the heavy taste of Espresso, making its taste gentle, which can be recommended as the first choice for coffee drinkers.
Mocha Mocha Mocha means chocolate in Italian, and Café Mocha naturally means chocolate coffee. When mellow coffee, rich milk and sweet chocolate are perfectly combined, no one can resist her attractive charm.
Frappuccino is blended with Espresso, milk, chocolate powder, etc., and processed by machine shake, so that the flavor of all the materials is integrated. Its taste is real, sweet but not greasy, and the chocolate taste has a strong coffee flavor, which makes people feel cool. It can be said that it is a suitable coffee drink in midsummer.
Coffee etiquette:
How to hold a coffee cup The coffee that you drink after a meal is usually served in a pocket cup. This kind of cup has a small ear, so fingers can't go through it. But even if you use a larger cup, don't put your finger through the ear of the cup and then end it. The correct way to hold a coffee cup is to hold the cup handle between your thumb and forefinger and then lift the cup.
How to add sugar to coffee When adding sugar to coffee, the sugar can be scooped out with a coffee spoon and directly added to the cup; You can also use the sugar clip to clamp the cube on the close side of the coffee plate first, and then use the coffee spoon to add the cube to the cup. If the sugar cube is directly put into the cup with a sugar clip or hand, it may sometimes spill coffee, thus soiling clothes or tablecloths.
How to use the coffee spoon The coffee spoon is specially used for stirring coffee, and it should be taken out when drinking coffee. No longer use a coffee spoon to spoon coffee slowly, and don't use a coffee spoon to mash the sugar cubes in the cup.
What should I do if the coffee is too hot? The freshly brewed coffee is too hot. You can gently stir it in the cup with a coffee spoon to cool it, or wait for it to cool naturally before drinking. It is very rude to try to blow the coffee cold with your mouth.
Use of cups and saucers. The cups and saucers for holding coffee are specially made. They should be placed on the front or right side of the drinker, and the cup ears should point to the right. When drinking coffee, you can hold the cup ear of coffee with your right hand, gently hold the coffee dish with your left hand, and slowly move it to your mouth to sip. It is not advisable to hold the cup full, swallow it with a big mouth, or bow down and go to the coffee cup. Don't make any noise when drinking coffee. When adding coffee, don't take the coffee cup off the coffee plate.
Drinking coffee and having snacks Sometimes you can have some snacks when drinking coffee, but don't alternate between holding a coffee cup in one hand and a snack in the other. When drinking coffee, you should put down your snacks and put down your coffee cup when eating snacks.