What is the difference between freshly ground coffee and instant coffee?

First of all, about the production process.

Instant coffee is made by baking and grinding coffee beans and adding chemicals such as bactericide, stabilizer, pigment and essence. Then pulping under high pressure and spray drying to obtain powder particles. The natural coffee in a coffee shop is made by picking coffee trees, washing or drying them into raw beans, and then baking them.

Second, about taste?

Instant coffee needs long-term high-temperature treatment in the production process, and the natural aroma of coffee is basically lost. In addition, the instant coffee is cheap Robusta coffee, and broken beans, bad beans and stunted beans are often used as raw materials. Its taste is artificially modulated with chemical essence, which has a sticky feeling; Pure coffee exudes the rich aroma of natural coffee. According to the origin, variety, blending and baking degree of coffee beans, it can form its own unique natural flavor, slightly bitter, with obvious sweetness and long aftertaste after drinking.

Third, about the production method.

Instant coffee powder can be dissolved in water and can be drunk after being brewed with hot water; Freshly ground coffee is insoluble in water and needs to be processed into a cup of coffee with the help of various coffee machines before drinking.

Extended data:

Although instant coffee is quite simple to make and easy to carry around, the food additives such as hydrogenated vegetable oil, acrylamide and artificial spices contained in instant coffee are carcinogens, which are harmful to human health. In addition, the taste of instant coffee is artificially modulated, and the taste is poor.

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How to make coffee