9 simple brewing tips to improve your coffee drinking experience immediately

Many people drink a cup of strong coffee to relieve stress or improve their spirits. However, no matter how good the beans are, the coffee they brew themselves always tastes bad, and they would rather spend money to buy it outside. In fact, as long as you master some tips, you can easily brew coffee at home that tastes as good as the coffee sold in the store!

1. Find the perfect cup.

Choose a mug or a glass. Different shapes, sizes, thickness of the rim, and materials will affect your coffee tasting experience. It may add or subtract points to the aroma and flavor.

For example, in the design of the cup shape, the design of the top space and the tilt angle will affect the perception of the aroma. The diffusion speed of aromatic molecules in the cup mouth space is inconsistent for cups of different sizes. The surface area of ​​the coffee liquid in contact with the mouth and the heat preservation effect will also make the flavor of the drink different. Different materials will affect the stability, comfort and durability of the coffee temperature. Even different colors will affect the judgment of the taste sense...

Finding the perfect cup for your coffee really helps the drinking experience. Of course, choosing a coffee cup is not about choosing the best cup for a certain type of coffee, but choosing a cup that can concentrate or amplify a certain flavor characteristic that you like the most. In addition, aesthetics is also important, isn't it? The same old white ceramic cup may not be the best for you.

2. Add some unique ingredients to your coffee

If you really love fruit flavors, why not try banana milk coffee? There is no shortage of creative and interesting ideas in the coffee industry, such as lemon coffee, turmeric coffee, bubble coffee and banana milk coffee. As long as you can think of it, there is nothing wrong with it. Regardless of whether it is dark or not, these unique "creative coffees" can provide you with the same amount of caffeine, and through the collision of different materials, they can stimulate a completely different taste and flavor experience from ordinary coffee. As long as the proportion and method of coffee and auxiliary materials are reasonable, it may not be impossible to become a delicious "coffee special".

Of course, if you are still very satisfied with the taste of your current coffee, then I don’t recommend you to "do that unnecessary thing".

3. Pair coffee with the right food.

There are two types of coffee and food pairings: one is similarity, such as fruity coffee with fruity foods; the other is complementary, such as nutty/spiced coffee with fruity foods.

Choosing the right combination can, on the one hand, help "awaken hidden flavors" or "eliminate stagnation and relieve greasiness", and on the other hand, it can also avoid the impact of drinking coffee on the stomach on an empty stomach.

In addition to snacks and desserts, there are some foods that are naturally very suitable for drinking with coffee, such as dark chocolate, almonds, dried cranberries or fruit corn.

4. Use high-quality water.

Since coffee is 98% water, the quality of your water can have a huge impact on how your coffee tastes. Water varies greatly around the world, and the components of the water affect the taste of the water, which in turn affects your coffee.

To ensure you get the best flavor from your coffee beans, if you brew coffee at home, be sure to pay attention to the quality of your water. Use bottled or bottled mineral water, or filtered water is fine, and if your coffee machine has a water tank, be sure to change the water in it every day.

5. If you like milky coffee, buy an electric milk frother.

If you like to drink a cup of warm and delicious milk coffee every morning, you might as well buy a milk frother. As for manual or electric, milk frother or milk frothing cup, it depends on your budget. Compared with ordinary refrigerated frozen milk, hot milk with milk foam can significantly improve the flavor and taste of coffee~

Before adding to coffee, heating the milk and whipping it into foam can stimulate the lactose aroma of the milk itself, making it sweet and delicious without adding sugar. At the same time, the dense and smooth milk foam is also helpful in improving the taste of the coffee. A thin layer of milk foam can also lock in the temperature of the coffee, allowing the coffee to stay warm for a longer time!

With a milk frother, you can also try making simple latte art. If you post it on your Moments, you will get a lot of “666”~

6. Try different hand brewing solutions.

In an era when all kinds of coffee machines are everywhere, hand-brewed coffee, which requires simple equipment and requires careful tactile skills, is a return to nature. It originated from Japan, which pursues exquisite culture, and has fascinated many coffee connoisseurs and lifestyle experts.

There are many different tools for hand brewing coffee: Kalita, Hario V60, KONO, Chemex... No matter which one, they all have their own characteristics, and these unique designs will have different effects on the taste of coffee. Every classic filter cup and every detail of the design must have its own unique and outstanding features, and it is by no means accidental. When choosing a filter cup, we usually follow personal preference. But when using a filter cup, you might as well pay attention to the design concept of the filter cup, try and compare which design concept and coffee flavor presentation are more in line with your preferences.

7. Add a little...alcohol?

For a more adventurous flavor, maybe you could try adding a little alcohol to your coffee?

Of course, we want to add serious drinking wine, not just alcohol. Various whiskeys, rums, and liqueurs are very suitable for pairing with coffee to enhance the flavor and make the coffee more fragrant.

In the cold winter, or before going to bed at night, have a cup of homemade "coffee cocktail" to numb yourself and stay awake at the same time. It's really cool just thinking about it~

8. Try making your own cold brew coffee.

After soaking the coffee powder at a cool temperature for 12-24 hours, you can get a cup of homemade cold brew coffee, which is very easy and convenient!

This kind of cold brew coffee extracted under low temperature soaking has a completely different flavor and taste experience from the usual hot brew. Cold brew coffee will become sweeter, less acidic, and softer in taste. At the same time, the caffeine strength will increase instead of decrease, and the stimulation to the stomach will be weaker. In addition, cold brew coffee can be stored for a longer time. You can make a large bottle at a time for backup. The making utensils are not complicated, and a French press can be used! Convenient, simple and fast!

9. Try making your own iced coffee

In this hot summer, if you really don’t want to drink hot coffee, but don’t even want to go out to buy iced coffee, why not try making your own iced coffee!

You don’t have to wait for more than ten hours. You can also use the icy hand-brew method to quickly get a cup of iced coffee that can relieve heat, fatigue and thirst.

You can choose coffee beans according to your taste and brew it by hand. However, unlike hot hand brewing, you need to replace 40%-50% of the water with ice cubes, use a slightly finer grind than usual, or a higher brewing water temperature, and brew it like a normal hand brewing.

Let the hot coffee liquid drip directly onto the ice cubes to quickly cool down and lock in the coffee aroma. Depending on the degree of dissolution of the ice cubes, you can also adjust the ratio of ice cubes to hot water. This is the essence of "Japanese" ice hand brewing!

at last

There are many ways to brew and drink coffee, and each method has its own advantages and disadvantages. In fact, what I want to say is that we don’t have to stick to any iron rules. Many of them are the product of empirical rules. Maybe you can get a delicious taste you have never had by accident. Deliciousness has always been a very subjective feeling, just like stinky tofu. Some people love it but others regard it as a monster. Therefore, find your own golden brewing method, keep trying, and you will also be your own coffee master.

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