Teach you how to choose the best coffee in the instant coffee world and drink good coffee

Instant coffee entered the market in the 1940s. Instant coffee is cheap, does not require special skills to make, and is very time-saving, which is very suitable for the pace of modern people's lives. Nowadays, coffee has become a common drink in the lives of young people. It has a refreshing effect. For white-collar workers who often sit in the office and work overtime and stay up late, in countless moments of exhaustion and yawning, just reach out and brew a cup to refresh your mind and relax your body and mind!

However, most people love and hate instant coffee. They love its sweetness, convenience and high cost-effectiveness, but hate its excessive additives that lack the real coffee aroma! The reason why ordinary instant coffee is unhealthy is that, first, it uses inferior coffee beans such as moldy beans, rotten beans, and residual beans as raw materials; second, it is produced by heavy roasting and spray drying (Spray Dryer SD). Since the aromatic substances in coffee are highly heat-sensitive, the ultra-high temperature dehydration and drying process completely destroys the flavor of the coffee itself.

So how do you choose the boutique coffee in the instant coffee world? Today I will teach you a few tips.

1. Select beans.

There are two types of coffee beans:

1. Arabica: Arabica coffee beans account for 2/3 of the world coffee market. They grow in plateau areas. The annual average temperature is 15 to 25°C. They need plenty of rain, have better quality, and have rich flavor and aroma.

2. Robusta: It has strong adaptability, strong resistance to pests and diseases, and can be grown in barren plains. It has a strong bitter taste and is relatively lacking in flavor and aroma. In addition, it has a high caffeine content.

In addition to the charming fruity acidity and aroma, Arabica coffee beans also have a unique aftertaste. In addition, their caffeine content is much lower than that of Robusta beans. The caffeine content of Arabica is about 1/2 of that of Robusta beans, which is more in line with the health pursuit of most people.

Generally speaking, coffee made from Arabica beans tastes better and has a stronger aroma than Robusta beans. So when choosing instant coffee, you can choose Arabica beans.

2. Extraction process

In terms of production technology, the current best processes are cold extraction and freezing processes.

Cold brew coffee: After coffee concentrate is extracted from coffee beans, it is extracted by vacuum freezing at -40℃. Ultra-low temperature freezing can perfectly preserve the flavor and taste of coffee, and lock in the nutrients of coffee itself, so that the coffee produced is rich in aroma and pure in taste. "Vilavie" cold brew process: pretreatment - grinding - extraction (-40℃) cooling concentrate - vacuuming - water vapor sublimation - condensation into coffee particles.

Freezing process: After the roasted beans are ground and extracted, the water in the coffee liquid is sublimated in a low-temperature vacuum environment to obtain dry coffee particles. Compared with high-temperature spray drying, freeze drying is completely processed at low temperatures, which can maintain the complete aroma of coffee. The coffee powder has a loose and porous internal structure, dissolves faster, and more nutrients in the coffee are guaranteed.