The art of cooking ground coffee: tips and consistency

Contents:

• How to choose a coffee bean?
• Making coffee in Turku

Cooked grains of ground coffee is the favorite drink of many. A cup of fragrant invigorating drink in the morning has become for them a kind of ritual. However, the real coffee connoisseurs know that his refined taste can be felt only if properly cook ground grain. Currently, there are several ways of cooking, from traditional to modern Turkish coffee machines. In spite of this, the principle of preparation is always the same: under the influence of hot water extraction takes place - are extracted from the ground coffee, natural essential oils, which give a unique taste and aroma.

At home, often for the preparation of the coffee beverage using the Turks or pots. Traditionally, they have a shape widening towards the bottom and are made of copper with an inner coating of a thin layer of tin. This form of the Turks is not accidental, tapering neck helps to preserve the special smell of coffee.

In order to properly cook ground coffee at home, except for the Turks, only need 3 ingredients:

• coffee;
• water;
• sugar.

Making coffee in Turku interesting by the fact that the taste of the drink can vary by using different additives, such as salt, pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon.

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How to choose a coffee bean?

Thinking, what does the right to cook coffee, keep in mind that a lot depends on personal tastes and preferences. Someone spends his cooking a few minutes, cooking for others - a special ceremony. In any case, you need to consider a few points. It's best to buy raw coffee beans: they are almost no smell and painted in green color. Before use, they should be browned. This procedure is performed in the following sequence:

1. To use a thick cast-iron frying pan, which had previously been heated on the fire.
2. Then it is poured in a thin layer of the green beans. A large number of grains will affect the quality of the cooking.
3. During roasting must be constantly stirring them with a wooden spoon or spatula.
4. A few minutes later the grain will turn yellow, and after a while one begins to evaporate moisture and hear a crackling.
5. After this point, it all depends on personal taste: those who enjoy strong roasted coffee may continue to process until the beans become dark brown.
6. Whole grains roasting process takes 15 to 30 minutes, after which they must be emptied onto a metal tray or colander to cool.
7. Grind freshly roasted beans can be approximately 12 hours.

For those who prefer to buy already roasted beans should be aware of:

1. It is best to have retained the flavor of freshly grain. They are usually packed in vacuum bags, revealing that there is a very strong smell of coffee. Of these grains can be cooked excellent coffee.
2. If you bought a coffee, roasted for a long time - it does not matter. You can try to rectify the situation. To do this, the grain is heated in a pan for 10-15 minutes until a strong smell of coffee.
3. Buying grain should be noted that depending on the grade, they will have a different flavor and taste. Features of the drink depend not only on the variety, the most common of which are considered to be Arabica, Robusta and Brazilian coffee, but also on the country in which they are grown.

The easiest option - is to buy ready-ground coffee. At the same time you need to carefully study the information on the manufacturer of the goods specified on the packaging: Country of origin, variety, degree of roasting and grinding.

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Making coffee in Turku

Properly cook the ground coffee is a snap. To do this you need to know the sequence of cooking and some of the subtleties of the process.

1. Turku pour fresh, cold water, without adding a few centimeters to have a place to risen crema. In the water you can add salt pinch of sugar or a little bit. This will increase the boiling point of water, and make your coffee even more fragrant.
2. Heat the water to simmer.
3. If you use the grain, it is better to grind them before cooking. The average consumption of ground coffee is about 1 teaspoon of the hills on 100-150 ml of water. The proportions, of course, are approximate and determined by trial.
4. The best moment for filling coffee - when the water begins to boil. Small bubbles released from the water, as it makes it cloudy.
5. Coffee goes to sleep, do not just stir it. The bulk of the powder will stay on the surface. Teaspoon to gently heat a little it, soaking water.
6. When boiling water on the edges of the neck of the Turks will start to appear thin band of foam. At this point you have a spoon to stir the coffee throughout the volume of the liquid and reduce heat to a minimum.
7. Continuing to make coffee simmered need to closely monitor the rising foam, stirring constantly drink. One of the rules of correct preparation of the drink - water should not boil. At a time when the foam begins to rise rapidly, pots off the heat.
8. Do not just pour the coffee into the cups. He needs a little brew. In order to grains of coffee soon settled in Turku you can drop a few drops of cold boiled water.

After waiting a few minutes, it can be filled with a fragrant cup of liquid and have fun while enjoying the great taste of cooked properly ground coffee.