Ordering without confusion! 33 Coffee Terms Commonly Used in Coffee Shops

33 Coffee Terms Commonly Used in Coffee Shops

Espresso

Espresso: espresso, also known as distilled coffee, strong coffee made by letting steam or boiling water pass through ground coffee beans.

Shot: A standard amount of ground coffee (7g9g) made into an espresso, single one-part espresso, double two-part espresso, triple three-part espresso, quad four-part espresso.

Decaf: decaffeinated espresso Regular: regular espresso Extra shots: enhanced espresso Half - caf: half low coffee, half regular espresso.

Coffee extraction

Application: The process of brewing coffee with water to obtain the coffee liquid

Flavor: There are thousands of coffee flavors, including floral, fruity, nutty, sweet, acidic, bitter, and smoky

Powder-to-water ratio: The ratio of coffee powder to the amount of water, 1:1-1:4 for espresso and 1:15 for hand brewing

Over-extraction: The ratio of water to coffee powder, with water being 1:1-1:4 for espresso or 1:15 for hand brewing

Over-extraction: The process of extracting coffee with water, with water being the same as that used for espresso. Over-extraction: Prolonged contact between water and ground coffee, or ground coffee that is too fine, resulting in a coffee that is not pure in flavor, but rather extracts too much substance

Coffee drinking

Cup size: short, tall, grande, venti

Milk type: wholemilk low-fat (low-fat) nonfat milk (nonfat milk) soy milk (soy milk)

Hand-brewed coffee: Coffee brewed by hand grinding, as opposed to industrially brewed coffee, which is more of a test of one's brewing skills

Cupping: A method of evaluating coffee. A method of evaluating coffee for a particular type or batch of coffee

Original coffee beans

Beans: Coffee beans that have been dried and then kept for about 7 days to allow the beans to fully mature in flavor

Defective beans: Coffee beans that are broken, abnormal in appearance, or have traces of insect infestation

Arabica: Coffee bean variety that has a great flavor and texture, and whose main origins are Panama, Costa Rica, Kenya, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and the United States

Coffee: Coffee bean variety that has been used in the development of the world's largest coffee industry, Costa Rica, Kenya, Ethiopia, Indonesia, etc., the price is more responsible

Robusta: coffee bean varieties, mainly used in instant coffee, canned coffee and other industrial production of coffee, the price is cheap

Commercial Coffee Beans

Blended Beans: blended beans are a number of different characteristics of the coffee beans blended together. Blended beans are more suitable for coffee with milk

Single Origin Beans: Single Origin Beans are coffee beans from the same region of origin, or from the same plantation or estate

SOE: Single Origin Espresso, emphasizes the characteristics of highlighting the single origin espresso and makes it easier to identify the region of origin's flavor

Coffee Appliances

Grinding Apparatus: Grinding Apparatus: Grinding Apparatus is a type of coffee that has different characteristics from each other. >

Grinding equipment: mainly coffee grinders, generally hand-cranked grinders and electric grinders

Brewing equipment: French press pots, hand brewing pots, moka pots, American drip filter machine, espresso machine

Drinking equipment: mainly for the set of coffee cups, coffee scoop. Coffee cups are 120-140ml for regular coffee cups, 60-80ml for small ones, and more than 300ml for mugs

Auxiliary appliances: Stainless steel pulling pots, milk frothers, bean measuring spoons, powder presses, filter paper, etc.

Other coffee terminology

Pulling: On the basis of the espresso, the same as the milk is made into a milk froth, and both of them are fused to make the patterns

Crema: The pattern made on the basis of the espresso, which is the same as that of the milk. p>Crema: The grease layer of espresso which is the essence of a cup of espresso

Smothering: When hand-brewing coffee, a portion of the water is injected first and then waited for a while so that the coffee powder is in contact with the water for a long time, making it easier to extract more flavors

Barista: An honorific term for baristas in Italy