8 things you can add to your coffee to make it taste great

Coffee flavors and embellishments, adding different things to coffee to embellish its flavor

When it comes to coffee and food, the most well-known combination is probably milk or creamer, and sugar. Different amounts of milk or creamer can be added to different coffee drinks, and sugar is also added based on a person's mood.

But do you know how to choose milk or creamer, or what else we can add besides these things?

1. Milk or creamer

It is well known that using milk or creamer can make coffee more mellow, fragrant and smooth, and can also reduce the bitterness of coffee. But do you know how to choose milk?

Skim milk, if you are afraid of getting fat, then choose skim milk! But it is not recommended to beat skim milk into milk foam and add it to coffee. If you want to drink authentic Italian-style coffee, it is recommended that you choose whole milk. You can also choose some homogenized milk or heat-treated milk, which will taste good. After all, the brewing temperature of coffee is as important as the fat content of milk.

2. Sugar

People who don't like bitterness like to add sugar to coffee. At this time, sugar can be a life-saving medicine. However, not all sugars are suitable for adding to coffee.

Added sugar: Sweet granulated sugar is the best, and high-quality white sugar is also OK. Of course, if there is brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, etc. added with caramel solution, they are all very good choices. If you want to make fancy coffee, you can try these kinds of sugar.

3. Salt

There is a sad love story about coffee with salt. The hero in the story actually doesn't like coffee with salt, but that doesn't mean coffee with salt doesn't taste good. Adding salt to coffee is a technical job, because the combination of salt and coffee can make a fine product or a dark dish. Because if your hands shake and there is too much salt, the taste of the coffee may become strange. You originally wanted to use salt to suppress the bitterness, but it backfired.

So if you want to make the salted coffee you want, it is recommended to try more. It is recommended that you try adding 2-3 grains of salt in the early stage of coffee making. If you feel that the flavor is not enough, it will be better to add more.

4. Chocolate

Almost all kinds of chocolate can be used to make chocolate, including cocoa powder, chocolate solids, and liquid products. Don't believe it? Try mocha coffee.

5. Whipped Cream

Whipped cream cannot replace the frothing function of milk and is generally only used to garnish coffee. However, if whipped cream is combined with milk, it can not only reduce the risk of coffee changing its taste due to excessive stirring, but also make the coffee more intense.

6. Spices or flavors

Don’t be afraid when you see this, flavors are not necessarily bad. Here you can try using some vanilla syrup, vanilla powder, vanilla sugar, etc. It will make your coffee more delicious.

Have you heard of adding cinnamon to coffee? Many fancy coffees have cinnamon in them. Sometimes this kind of coffee will be accompanied by the word "Viana". However, not all "Vienna" coffee beans use cinnamon. Some, such as the British "Vienna" coffee, use figs for flavoring.

In addition to the above two, you can also choose ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and cumin, which are easily forgotten coffee companions. Just a little bit is enough to change the taste of coffee. Ginger and nutmeg can be added in powder form. Put small cardamom or cinnamon sticks in hot drinks, and cumin will be better in cold milk coffee.

7. Fruits and nuts

Bananas, black currants, blueberries, cherries, coconuts, lemons, oranges and many other fruits can be added to coffee. If cinnamon is fresh fruit, it is recommended to use a blender to grind it into powder.

If you have seen it, you can choose to add hazelnuts, almonds, hickory or peanuts, and make them into powder. In addition to them, you can also add caramel, maple leaves and mint to enhance the flavor of coffee.

8. Wine

Italians love both wine and coffee, so in order to enjoy both, they often mix the two at night. However, I really admire the aesthetic taste of Italians, after all, they discovered this wonderful combination of coffee and wine.

For the wine that goes with coffee, you can choose orange-flavored liqueur or orange-flavored liquor, or brandy. Others such as regular brandy, Armagnac, Cognac, Calvados, mint liqueur, vodka, etc. can go with coffee. Want to make a coffee cocktail? In fact, you can try any kind of wine, which is also a wonderful journey of exploration, isn't it?

There are many things that can go well with good coffee. Have you heard of eggs? They have been paired with coffee for hundreds of years. Are you interested in trying it?

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