Do you know how to choose a real coffee beans or ground? Or you prefer instant? And what is it? Answers to all the questions below.
When people say that they can not tolerate coffee because tasteless excessive bitterness or astringency, and I want to say to them: you just do not know how to cook it!
However, even the great master of coffee would be powerless if he caught the wrong grain.
The article will not be a question of instant coffee, discussing natural coffee beans or ground.
So His Majesty - COFFEE!
Arabica or Robusta
All coffees are made from two coffee trees - Arabica or Robusta, the choice of which is caused solely by personal preferences.
Arabica more capricious in cultivation has elongated grains, noble, slightly sweet taste and a saturated, wherein there is a spicy mixture bitterness and sourness.
Robusta does not require special conditions during the growth, easy to tolerate the vagaries of the weather and temperature changes, it has round grains, different high content of caffeine and bitter taste.
Very often manufacturers mixed with Arabica Robusta, but the best coffees - it is 100% Arabica, although Arabica, grown in different countries, or even in the neighboring plantations, can be very different in taste and flavor.
Brazilian arabica has a light nutty flavor, Indian famous chocolate shades, Kenyan gives easy tartaric acidity, the Ethiopian Arabica and you can feel the notes of berries, if desired.
Meet on clothes
Packaging of coffee - an important indicator of its quality as the coffee taste and flavor are two main enemies - light, and oxygen, which are mercilessly destroy all of the most valuable properties of coffee grains.
True coffee connoisseurs never buy coffee in bulk at regular stores, because in the weeks and months of storage to counter such coffee becomes limp and lifeless, losing a unique aroma and loses in taste characteristics.
If you want to see the goods "the person" buy coffee in the specialized departments where they sell only fresh coffee beans.
Packaging should be sealed - preferably three-layer foil with a valve, which is required not only for flavor evaluation, but also for the yield of carbon dioxide released during frying grains.
When the valve is arranged in such a tricky manner that the air from it easily comes out, but does not flow into - the removal of excess carbon dioxide and an obstacle for entry into the oxygen preserves the original taste of the coffee, which is so attractive coffee gourmets.
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Choosing the degree of roasting
Coffee beans roasted to ensure that they have acquired a unique taste, which depends on the number of essential oils inside the grain (there are about 600 species), and the extent of their symptoms during frying.
In other words, the flavor and aroma of a beverage depends not only on the variety of coffee, but also on the degree of roasting beans - such information is reflected on the package in the form of numbers - a 1 (roasting weak) to 5 (strong roasting).
The choice in this case depends entirely on the tastes, however, pay attention to the date of roasting, keeping in mind that roasted grain retain their flavor for a month, and the more time has passed since that moment, the stronger the coffee loses its taste qualities.
roast
- Scandinavian (ultra-light) coffee roasting gives tenderness and softness, color grains - light brown, almost beige.
- American (average) roasting contributes to the appearance of bitterness in the taste of light, the color of the grain - rich brown, but this type of roasting prevents manifestations of essential oils on the surface of the grains, so the flavor and aroma are disclosed only slight a hint.
- The Vienna roasting - beans darken and become shiny from the manifestation of essential oils, the taste of coffee appear sweetish notes.
- French (strong) roasting grains gives an intense chocolate color, and the taste becomes pleasant bitterness and astringency.
- Italian (very strong) roasting identified by a black oily grains and drink is particularly expressiveness, creaminess and richness - is a real bitter coffee in a classic version.
Ground coffee beans or
As the coffee begins to lose flavor immediately after grinding, it is best to buy whole coffee beans, grind them yourself before preparing the drink - at least, that's how come capricious coffee drinkers.
If you prefer ground coffee, pay attention to the degree of grinding:
- Coarse grinding (the cheapest) lasts no more than 10 seconds for the piston coffee maker, insisted to 7 minutes.
- Average grinding lasts up to 14 seconds, suitable for all coffee makers and Turks insisted to 5 minutes.
- Fine grinding lasts 20 seconds, intended for filter coffee machines, insisted to 3 minutes
- Slim espresso - this makes it possible to grind to get coffee "flour", ideal for coffee, espresso and Turkish coffee in the Turk.
Unscrupulous manufacturers often diluted with ground coffee in various blends, which are easily identified at home - if you throw a pinch coffee in a glass container with cold water, and thus it turns brown before you fake, has nothing to do with the present coffee.
Natural or flavored
Coffee departments offer a wide range of flavored coffee with hints of vanilla, Irish whiskey, orange, amaretto and chocolate, but it should be borne in mind that this is - the chemical, not natural supplements.
If you want to enjoy the real taste of coffee without extraneous notes of, buy grain without additional aromatic "decor".
Winston Churchill said that coffee - a very personal drink, so it is like a fine cognac, not to drink huge mugs.
And John Galsworthy thought that there are things that can not be faithful - for example, coffee.
However, if you are a gourmet category, changing the coffee as gloves, treat each class personally and do not neglect quality - in this case, the heavenly pleasure is guaranteed!
Still a bit of instant coffee ...
Previously, freeze-dried coffee and granulirvanny manufactured exclusively from coffee beans Robusta because it was much cheaper because of the enormous plantations of robusta wild in Africa.
Now, many manufacturers of sin with the compositions and wonder whether there is really a treasured jar of coffee can be a very long time.
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