Everything You Need to Know About Making the Perfect Cup of Coffee

咖啡是证明，在小事中有很多快乐，如果你正在休息一下，你应该得到最完美的杯子。在制作含咖啡因的杰作时，需要考虑一些因素，但幸运的是，他们很容易学习和易于记住。你永远不需要满足于再也不可能的任何咖啡。

Buy the Right Beans

虽然它可能听起来很明显，但它仍然需要说：如果你没有优质的咖啡豆，你就无法制作一杯好咖啡。您购买的任何豆都应该清楚地表明它们何时烤，并且在大多数情况下，新鲜的烤肉是最好的烤肉。这是你最好的赌注，买不到一个多个月前烤的豆子。咖啡烘烤后，它开始缓慢释放二氧化碳，这缓慢降解质量。所以，你的豆子越早来自咖啡机的流水炉，越好。

在咖啡豆种植的地方，以及它们种植的条件，几乎所有的独特特征，如风味，香气，尺寸，形状，颜色，强度。The world’s major coffee growing regions are between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, in a region known as “the Bean Belt.” Every region’s coffee has its own distinct, unique characteristics, and the only way to figure out what you like is by trying them yourself.

Nearly every type of coffee commercially available is one of two beans: Arabica, or Robusta. Arabica beans are what the majority of specialty coffee shops and roasters use. Often considered to be the superior bean, Arabica prized for its outstanding flavor, mellow complexity, and low acidity. Because they grow best at high altitudes, farmland for Arabica plants is limited, and because they produce a low-yield of beans that are labor-intensive to harvest and process, Arabica coffee demands a premium price.Robusta Beans更容易农场，意思是他们更便宜，随时可用。然而，Robusta也被称为苛刻的酸性，并且味道，而是令人失望，所以如果您正在寻找完美的咖啡，它是阿拉比卡或萧条。

Pick Your Roast

There are three categories of coffee roasts: light, medium, and dark.光roast coffee lets the truest flavors of the bean shine, and are known for their crisp acidity and complex flavors. Rare and single-origin coffee varietals are usually light-roasted so that every one of their signature characteristics can come through when brewed, but just because they’re premium beans doesn’t necessarily mean they're the right ones for your personal perfect cup of coffee.

中roast coffees are less acidic, with a warmer, toastier, more robust taste. Most “House Roast” coffees fall into this category, because their balanced flavor and inoffensive acidity make them wildly popular people pleasers.

In黑暗烤coffee, the beans’ natural sugars caramelize, creating flavor compounds that are sweet, smoky, and intense. Most of the beans’ original flavors are destroyed by the intense heat of the roasting process, which means that if you like a darker roast, you can get away with using a cheaper bean. Dark roast coffee has the least amount of acidity and caffeine of all the coffee roasts.

Store Properly

Opened packages of coffee beans should be stored in an airtight container, like screw-top jars or rubber-gasket rimmed ceramic crocks. Thanks to an old wives’ tale, many people erroneously believe that coffee beans should be stored in the refrigerator or freezer, which is actually a big no-no: not only can the cold temperatures destroy many of the beans’ flavor compounds, their porous nature means they’ll readily absorb any moisture or nasty food aromas that are lurking around. Store your beans in a cool, dark place, like a kitchen cabinet.

磨你自己的豆子

豆类是地面之后，他们开始失去味道和效力。为获得最佳效果，仅在酿造之前立即研磨您需要的内容。

对你的水很挑剔

当然，你可以使用自来水，但如果你想要一个真正的完善cup of coffee, just like with everything else in the kitchen you must use the best ingredients. Though some connoisseurs swear by bottled spring water, a basic charcoal/carbon water filter (like a Brita) will do. When it comes to temperature, you want your water to be scalding hot—at least 200 degrees Farenheit. Any lower and you won’t extract as many of the beans’ natural oils and flavors, and can produce a cup that’s exceedingly bitter.

正确测量

如果您的卷衡量，您应该为六盎司的杯子或大约三盎司的杯子使用两级汤匙的咖啡。但是，如果你真的认真地实现了咖啡完美的全面咖啡完美，那么唯一的方法就是使用比例。厨房秤允许您测量克的成分，以尽可能准确。如果您喜欢打火机，请使用22克咖啡和350克水，为十盎司的杯子;对于更强大的啤酒，使用30克咖啡至350克水。

Choose Your Brewing Method

专家转向酿造咖啡时有三种方法：倒入，法国新闻和机身。倒入杯子的结果，这是一个丝绸，更顺畅，更酸性的酸性，使其成为与花卉和柑橘类笔记宣传的咖啡豆的理想选择。法国压力机生产一杯咖啡，这是更丰富，油腻的，和全身的咖啡。机架落在中间的某个地方，给你最好的两个世界。

But of course, you can craft a great cup using alternative brewing methods as well.