What to do if coffee is bitter?

It is very common for office workers to often work overtime and stay up late. Modern young people are under great work pressure. It is impossible not to work overtime at ordinary times, but it is easy to feel sleepy when working overtime at night. Coffee is the best drink to enhance sleepiness, but in most cases, coffee is bitter, and many people are not used to drinking it. So what should we do if coffee is bitter? In fact, if the coffee is bitter, you can add sugar to it.

How to brew coffee to make it bitter

Let me tell you how to make it bitter:

1. Instant coffee has only one taste no matter how you brew it;

2. If you boil (or brew) coffee powder at 100 degrees, it will be very bitter;

3. When brewing black coffee with a siphon pot, increase the amount of coffee and wait until the water boils before covering the pot.

4. If it’s still not bitter enough, buy a moka pot, press the powder a little harder, and then heat the pot over high heat.

Secondly, I’d like to share with you a piece of knowledge: in the world of coffee, bitterness is the representative of inferior quality, while sour, sweet and mellow are the representatives of high quality.

Due to many reasons in China (if you were in front of me, I would definitely spend an hour explaining them to you, typing is too tiring), the only coffee beans left on the market are low-quality coffee beans, which are very bitter. Chinese people feel proud to accept bitterness, which means: I can drink bitter food, can you? I'm better than you. For example, I drink very bitter coffee, which represents having taste. I don’t add sugar or milk, and it is classy and classy.

These are development trends unique to China. Although the coffee industry is now slowly getting back on track, it is difficult to change the mindset of most people who have already gone astray. If you meet someone who knows coffee and say: This coffee is very bitter, but it’s very good! He will definitely burst out laughing.

Remember, good coffee has a balanced or light bitterness and sourness, a distinct sweet aftertaste, a strong body and a good aftertaste. After saying this, people who know coffee or not will think you are very classy and tasteful, and those who know coffee will respect you even more.

Grind your own coffee and smell the ground coffee. This smell is called "dry aroma". After the coffee is brewed, smell it before drinking it. This is called "wet aroma".

Add sugar first and then milk

If you are not used to drinking black coffee, add sugar first and then milk. If you add milk first, the temperature of the coffee will drop and the sugar will not dissolve easily. If you are adding milk balls or creamer, try to add less or not add it at all, if you do add it, add fresh milk. Because most milk balls are trans fats, which are not good for health.

Use the spoon wisely

The spoon for stirring coffee should be used only once and placed on the side of the plate after stirring the sugar and milk. Don't keep stirring it, as it is bad etiquette, and don't drink coffee with a coffee spoon.

3 Ways to Drink Coffee

Single espresso

Single espresso is the basic style of Kung Fu coffee, with a very small portion. It is the most popular coffee in Europe. Good Kung Fu coffee is difficult to make at home, and requires the most professional and better coffee machine to brew it.

How to drink:

Even in a coffee shop, drinking espresso does not require a special environment, and sometimes you don't even need a table. Many people like to stand by the bar and watch how the barista makes a cup of espresso gracefully and smoothly, and then bring it over and finish it in three seconds.

Recommended pairing:

1. Fresh lemon water. Because espresso is very strong, it is best to drink some water before drinking it to clear your taste buds, or at least not to be thirsty.

2. Brownie. Because coffee is very bitter, you can pair it with very sweet brownie to neutralize the taste.

How to drink bitter coffee

Macchiato espresso

Macchiato is more feminine, with one-third of the portion of cappuccino. Macchiato is a Kung Fu coffee with only a layer of milk foam on top but no milk. When you drink it, the milk aroma only stays on the lips, and the taste of espresso is not diluted by milk. This coffee is the most popular among the Kung Fu coffees nowadays. Many coffee shops like to use this coffee to create new flavors, such as Caramel Macchiato. But in fact, they have quietly increased the quantity several times and the taste has also been lightened a lot, but they still use this nice name.

How to drink:

Because there is a light foam on top of the macchiato, do not stir it with a coffee spoon when drinking it. Even if you want to add sugar, it is best to sprinkle it evenly on the surface of the milk foam. Find an angle to drink it directly so that the coffee can maintain the layering when it enters your mouth.

Recommended pairing:

1. Dark chocolate: This is the perfect match for Kung Fu coffee. Many coffee shops offer this classic combination.

2. Listen to Chopin's Mazurka while drinking strong coffee. It is not suitable to listen to more lively pop music. Some quiet but powerful piano music is very harmonious.

What are the dangers of drinking coffee regularly?

Coffee contains caffeine, which can excite the nervous system and cause insomnia or nervousness. Moreover, consuming too much caffeine can easily cause tinnitus and hyperfunction of the heart (rapid heart beat, increased pulse rate, and uneven pulse), so coffee must be consumed in moderation. It is recommended not to drink too much coffee.

Drinking coffee can worsen cardiac emergencies and high blood pressure. For those who suffer from hypertension, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis and other diseases, long-term or excessive drinking of coffee can cause cardiovascular disease. If you take large amounts of caffeine for a long time and you already have high blood pressure, it will only make your condition worse. Because caffeine alone can increase blood pressure, if it is combined with emotional stress, it will have a dangerous multiplying effect. Daily caffeine intake must be controlled within 200 mg, which means no more than 3 cups of coffee a day.

If middle-aged and elderly women drink a lot of coffee, it will affect the body's absorption of calcium and cause osteoporosis. In fact, women after menopause need ten times the amount of calcium every day. Caffeine itself has a good diuretic effect. If you drink coffee for a long time and in large quantities, it can easily cause bone loss, which will have an adverse effect on the preservation of bone mass.

Drinking too much coffee can make the stomach disease worse for patients with stomach disease. Drinking a lot of coffee affects appetite, may cause vomiting and cramps, and may also cause gastritis and thick and greasy tongue coating, which will make the body feel tired and weak.

If pregnant women drink too much coffee, it may cause fetal malformation or miscarriage; if breastfeeding women drink coffee, the caffeine will enter the child's body through breast milk, making the child irritable and unable to sleep.

If people who are deficient in vitamin B1 drink too much coffee, coffee will destroy the effect of the absorbed vitamin B1 on maintaining the balance and stability of the nervous system.

Cancer patients drinking too much coffee may cause cancer to normal people.

Too much caffeine in the body can have negative effects on the nervous system and can cause insomnia, trembling hands and slurred speech.

Drinking a lot of coffee increases urine volume, harms the bladder, and may cause urinary tract infections.

Drinking more coffee than you are accustomed to can have a similar effect as taking the same dose of a stimulant and can cause jitteriness. For people prone to anxiety disorders, caffeine can make symptoms such as sweaty palms, palpitations, and tinnitus worse.

Because children's liver and kidneys are not fully developed and their detoxification ability is poor, the half-life of caffeine metabolism is prolonged. Therefore, generally speaking, children under the age of 12 are prohibited from consuming caffeine. Even Europeans and Americans who drink coffee like water all day long have strict restrictions on children drinking coffee.