Then, out of curiosity, I simply learned the basic knowledge of coffee. Share it with you to help you start a journey and meet your own good coffee.
My first decision was to basically stop drinking instant coffee. The following is Zhihu's answer about instant coffee:
Coffee, tea and cocoa are called the three major drinks in the world. Today, the world drinks 2.3 billion cups of coffee every day.
Coffee bean is the core of coffee cherry, which is a berry similar in size, shape and color to cherry.
Briefly summarize how you drink a cup of coffee:
Coffee beans can be roughly divided into two types:
Arabica coffee, which accounts for 60% of the world's output, is green before baking;
Robusta coffee, which accounts for 40% of the world's output, is yellow-green before baking, and its caffeine content is 2-3 times that of Arabica coffee, which is more refreshing, but its taste is not good, and it is 50% cheaper than Arabica coffee.
Blue Mountains in Jamaica; Kona area on the big island of Hawaii; Kinika region, Ethiopia; Sumatra, Indonesia.
The temperature and time of roasting determine the quality and taste of coffee.
Generally speaking, coffee can be divided into three types according to the degree of roasting: light roasting, medium roasting and deep roasting.
Parents who just started drinking coffee powder are advised not to start from the depth; I tried it myself, and it was sour. . . The point is that after drinking it, I feel extremely uncomfortable and dare not drink it for a short time; Moderate drinking has no adverse reactions at all.
Espresso or espresso is a strong coffee. The method is to make coffee with hot water of 90.5 degrees Celsius and high pressure of 130PSI, and grind it into fine coffee powder.
Espresso +2 ~ 3 times milk+a shallow milk bubble = latte.
Espresso+1 ~ 2 times milk+thick layer of foam = cappuccino.
Northrop coffee +2-3 times milk = white coffee.
Espresso+a large glass of water = American coffee
By the way, extract the quality of Starbucks coffee for reference only.
When it comes to coffee, caffeine is the most frequently discussed issue. The following is Zhuo Ke's answer. Of course, you can also find this number on Google and Wikipedia.
If you don't know the concept of 400 mg, a cup of espresso contains 75 mg of caffeine.
In the book Caffeine in the World, the author devoted a whole chapter to the relationship between coffee and health. If you are interested, you can have a look; You just need to know that coffee is good for your health as long as your caffeine intake does not exceed the standard.
If you want to meet your own good coffee, you really need to help yourself.
The easiest way is to buy a simple coffee machine, a pack of good quality coffee powder (the price of two cups of coffee at Starbucks is enough to get started), and then make your own coffee. You will really find that it is better than coffee in most ordinary cafes; And the heat is extremely low.
References:
1, World Coffee Research, Han Huaizong, CITIC Publishing House, 20 17, 1.
2. Get the subscription column: Letters from Silicon Valley in Wu Jun | Signal 158 | Taste coffee.
3. Get the subscription column: Letter from Wu Jun Silicon Valley | Letter 165 | Coffee making and tasting.
4. Get a subscription column: Zhuo Ke Scientific Thinking Course |060| Q&A: Is it really bad to stay up late? Is drinking coffee harmful?
5, get a subscription column: past events by the trough | the first experience of bulletproof coffee
6. Zhihu: Pleasure | Things you don't necessarily know about coffee.
7, caffeineinformer (super useful website, just look at it yourself)