Does the coffee cup affect the flavor of the coffee? Yes!
Coffee, as one of the most popular drinks in the world, is not only delicious but also has many health benefits.
A good cup of coffee not only requires good beans and skillful extraction methods, but the coffee cup is also a crucial supporting role. Choosing the right cup can make a perfect cup of coffee. Have you chosen the perfect outfit for your coffee?
For coffee lovers who are just getting started, a question arises when choosing a coffee cup, that is – how to choose a coffee cup to make the coffee more delicious?
Coffee cups on the market generally include ceramic cups, glass cups, and plastic cups. Different materials have a certain impact on both the taste and themselves. A good cup can bring out the flavor of coffee vividly and delicately, but a bad cup can ruin a good cup of coffee.
1. Porcelain cup: the most versatile coffee utensil. There are white porcelain, bone china, etc. The surface is smooth, the texture is light, the color is soft, and the glaze can be applied in different colors and patterns. Among them, bone china is even more light and transparent. Porcelain cups have the widest applicability. For specialty coffee, white porcelain cups are most conducive to observing the color concentration of the coffee liquid.
2. Pottery cups: Made of clay, the surface is relatively rough and the texture is strong, giving it a sense of simplicity and Zen tranquility. A favorite among coffee drinkers who pursue a sense of culture and history. The disadvantage is that coffee scale is easier to adhere to the surface of the cup, which is not conducive to cleaning.
3. Glass cup: It is completely transparent and the double-layered glass cup has better heat preservation effect. And using it to hold espresso, latte, macchiato and other fancy coffees can well show the layering of coffee.
4. Plastic cups: The temperature of coffee is usually higher. When drinking coffee from plastic or paper cups, the smell of the cup is likely to destroy the original taste of the coffee and affect the taste of the coffee. The harmful substances contained in these materials will also be released and harm your health, and they are not environmentally friendly.
Divide by cup
There are two types of coffee cups: wide-mouth cups and straight-mouth cups. And for two coffee cups made of the same material and different shapes, the coffee flavor you feel is also different. The shape of the mouth of the cup affects the first point of contact between the coffee and your taste buds when you take it in, which determines which flavor of the coffee comes into close contact with you first.
1. Wide-mouth cup: As the name suggests, the mouth of the cup will expand outward and be relatively open. This also allows the coffee to better access a wider range of taste buds, allowing your tongue to experience the complete flavor of the coffee, especially the acidic flavor.
2. Straight mouth cup: that is, the mouth of the cup is perpendicular to the tabletop, and the coffee entrance is more concentrated, directly contacting the sweet zone and the middle zone, and the taste is more balanced.
Divide according to cup wall
1. Thick cup wall: more conducive to heat preservation and more suitable for drinking fancy coffee such as latte or cappuccino.
2. Thin cup wall: It has a more delicate entrance touch and is more suitable for single-drinking. You can feel the different flavors of coffee at different temperatures from hot to cold.
How many points for coffee
1. Small coffee cups below 100 ml: mostly used for Italian espresso, such as Espresso.
2. Coffee cup of about 200 ml: mostly used for single-origin coffee.
3. Large coffee cups above 300 ml: used to hold fancy coffee with more milk foam, such as latte coffee.
Regardless of whether you choose a cup based on the coffee or the material of the coffee cup, don’t forget to warm the cup before drinking. If the cup is cold, it will affect the taste of the coffee, except of course for iced coffee.
The pleasure of tasting coffee depends not only on the coffee itself, but also on the overall aesthetics. A coffee cup and saucer with fine texture and exquisite carvings, carrying rich and fragrant hand-made coffee and paired with a piece of dessert. I think this is the meaning of slow life!
