Add this to your hand-brewed coffee to make it taste like a coffee shop

Have those friends who often go to coffee shops ever encountered this situation: in a coffee shop, the cappuccino, latte and other milk coffees have a smooth and fragrant taste, but when they make their own coffee at home, the same coffee and milk taste light, and the coffee doesn’t taste like coffee, and the milk doesn’t taste like milk?

The coffee base used for the milk coffee in the store is extracted by an espresso machine. This semi-automatic coffee machine can generate high-temperature and high-pressure water flow, which instantly penetrates the powder layer, quickly extracts the soluble coffee substances, and produces rich cream.

espresso

Usually, 10g of coffee powder can only extract 30g of coffee liquid, and the powder-to-water ratio is only about 1:3, so the concentration is extremely high. It is usually called "espresso". Even if it is mixed with milk, it can still retain a relatively heavy taste and perfectly blend the silkiness of milk.

When we make coffee at home, we often use hand-brewed coffee, AeroPress, siphon pot, etc. The coffee extracted by these extraction tools usually has a coffee powder to water ratio of 1:12 to 1:15, and the concentration is much lower than the espresso extracted by an Italian coffee machine.

Hand-poured coffee

Because the concentration of hand-brewed coffee is low and the water content is too high, compared with espresso, it is equivalent to a "diluted" "base". If milk is directly added to the "diluted" coffee base, it is equivalent to double dilution. Therefore , if milk is directly added to hand-brewed coffee, it will only be "watery soup" without any thickness. The silkiness of milk is diluted by the high water content of hand-brewed coffee, and the mellow bitter aroma of coffee is also diluted by milk.

Hand brewed coffee 180ml

So how do you make coffee at home if you want to add milk to it? Some people may suggest adding milk balls or non-dairy creamer (coffee creamer), but be careful, milk balls and non-dairy creamer are considered unhealthy foods because they contain hydrogenated vegetable oil. As for the harm, there is no need to say more. If you still don’t understand, you can ask Baidu.

Today I would like to recommend a small condiment to you, which can help you solve this problem easily. You can enjoy the rich taste and drink it in a healthy way. That is condensed milk, which can be bought in the supermarket for just over ten yuan.

A bottle of condensed milk

Condensed milk is extracted from pure milk or milk powder, and generally contains sugar. You can think of it as a mixture of condensed milk and sugar, without additives, and very healthy. The amount added can vary according to different tastes.

18ml condensed milk

180ml coffee + 18ml condensed milk

If the coffee in the store is espresso + milk, then the coffee with condensed milk is condensed milk + coffee. This retains the mellow taste of coffee while retaining a silky and thick taste.

Add condensed milk and stir evenly with a teaspoon