If you haven't walked into a coffee shop alone, if you don't know enough about coffee to taste a drink that suits your heart, then read the next article.
espresso
Espresso (hereinafter referred to as "espresso") can be said to be the base of Starbucks coffee and the "soul" of all fancy coffees.
Espresso is a kind of coffee extracted at high pressure in a short time by a pump espresso machine. This kind of coffee tastes rich and heavy, and the surface will be rich in a layer of oil called "cream".
In order to form this fine, rich and hard-to-dissipate coffee fat layer on the surface of coffee, it is necessary to choose excellent coffee beans and appropriate brewing methods. After drinking, there should be a certain degree of coffee fat residue on the wall and bottom of the cup, which is also commonly known as "hanging the cup". This is an important criterion for evaluating the quality of an espresso. In foreign countries, if a cup of espresso is not hung up, customers have the right to refuse to pay.
At the same time, because espresso is extracted under high pressure for a short time (Starbucks standard is 18~23 seconds), the contact time between coffee powder and water is greatly reduced, thus reducing the caffeine content.
In addition, espresso is usually measured by "cup", each cup is 45ml.
Café Americano
American coffee is a common black coffee.
Although it is called "American coffee", it is actually a coffee made in an out-and-out European way-made by adding a proper amount of hot water to espresso. Therefore, this kind of coffee will also retain coffee fat to a certain extent, which can be called the evaluation standard of espresso.
There is a saying about the origin of this less "authentic" American coffee. According to legend, Italians who have a soft spot for coffee came to the United States and found that the coffee brewed in the United States was difficult to swallow, and even called it "socks boiling water". On the other hand, it is difficult for Americans to accept the strong impact of espresso imports. Therefore, this brewing method of adding hot water to espresso came into being.
Cooked coffee
Starbucks freshly brewed coffee is also called daily coffee and daily coffee. This is a kind of coffee made from different coffee beans sold by Starbucks, and it is also a common black coffee.
It is worth mentioning that this freshly brewed coffee is the real "American coffee". When Americans make coffee, they often use drip filter paper in the filter cup, add coffee powder, and use the steam principle to make water vapor penetrate the coffee powder to extract coffee liquid. In American TV series, it is not uncommon for people to take out a transparent coffee pot from the base of the drip coffee machine and pour themselves a cup of black coffee. The black coffee in these scenes is the freshly brewed coffee sold in Starbucks.
In addition, the freshly brewed coffee is brewed by drip filtration, which increases the contact between coffee powder and water, so the caffeine content will be higher than that of American coffee.
milk coffee
Coffee latte, also known as "latte", is a common fancy coffee.
Latte is a mixture of espresso and hot milk. A cup of latte is made of espresso, hot milk at 65℃~75℃ and a layer of delicate milk foam not exceeding 0.5 cm. Although milk is added, the overall taste of the latte is slightly bitter because it contains no sweet ingredients such as syrup, sugar and chocolate sauce.
Flat white
Freiber and Starbucks another fancy coffee called "espresso latte" are easily confused, just as many people don't know the difference between latte and cappuccino-this will be explained when introducing cappuccino.
Fu Ruibai's taste is stronger than latte, but it is different from Italian latte, mainly because it uses refined espresso as the base material instead of the usual espresso.
The powder consumption of refined espresso is the same as that of ordinary espresso, and each serving is 10g coffee powder, the difference is the water consumption during extraction. Each serving of refined espresso coffee is extracted with 34 grams of water, and ordinary espresso coffee is extracted with 45 grams of water. On the basis of refined espresso coffee, the rich taste of white is achieved.
On the other hand, an espresso latte just adds a cup of espresso to the latte.
Cappuccino coffee
Cappuccino is also a mixture of espresso and hot milk. The main difference between cappuccino and latte is that the ratio of coffee to milk is different.
A cup of cappuccino consists of one-third espresso, one-third hot milk and one-third delicate milk foam. Simply put, cappuccino contains less milk and has more milk bubbles than latte. At the same time, because the milk content of cappuccino is less than that of latte, the taste of espresso will be more prominent and the taste will be richer and thicker.
Coffee mocha
Mocha is also a very common fancy coffee.
Chocolate and coffee, whether in the shape of the original beans, or in the taste and taste, are good partners. Mocha with chocolate syrup and whipped cream not only neutralizes the bitterness of espresso in taste, but also brings a fresher and sweeter feeling on the basis of traditional coffee drinks.
It should be noted that because chocolate syrup (different from chocolate sauce) and a lot of fresh cream are added to this coffee, the calories and fat are rising linearly. If you want to keep your weight or lose weight, it's better to try to avoid this kind of coffee.
Caramel Macchiato
The word Macchiato originated from Italy, which means "branding" and "printing and dyeing". Adding sweet and delicious caramel sauce, this romantic caramel macchiato was made, which is also reflected in its production process.
In addition to espresso, the soul of fancy coffee, vanilla syrup was added to a cup of caramel macchiato, which neutralized and improved the original heavy and impactful espresso to some extent.
In addition, unlike the hot milk and milk foam of latte and cappuccino, caramel macchiato does not contain hot milk in liquid form, but covers the espresso mixed with vanilla syrup with a fine layer of milk foam. This also makes it less mellow milk and more highlights the richness of coffee.
Finally, pour the caramel sauce out of the grid above the delicate milk bubble, and a cup of caramel macchiato, which means "sweet brand", will be done! This is also a sweet coffee drink. Without the thick cream at the top of mocha, the calories were cut off 100 calories. It is a relatively good choice for those who are worried about eating too many calories and really can't put that sweet one down ~