Coffee: where to buy, how to choose, when to drink it? – Roskachevo recommendations

Coffee is an almost irreplaceable drink for our modern pace of life. Some people drink it seldom, for example, only when they feel weak, while others drink as little as two cups a day. But few people don’t consume coffee at all.

How to choose the right coffee.

Olga Melik-Karakozova, four-time coffee-making champion of America, co-owner of Double B chain of coffee houses answers

Where to buy

– The best way to buy good coffee is directly from the roaster: in coffee stores or coffee shops. You can find good coffee in a supermarket, too, but it’s still a lower category product.

It is better that the coffee is roasted in the city where you buy it. It will be fresher and prepared for the local water, which will affect the proper brewing. And in general it’s easier to choose fresh grains as they have much brighter flavor and aroma.

Information on the package

– The more information on the package, the better. This shows that for the manufacturer it is very important what he does. This kind of coffee will stand out on the shelf among other products of this kind. The packaging may indicate: coffee variety, country of origin, method of processing, height of growth, year of harvest, roasting date, etc. d.

Taste and smell

– The most obvious criteria for choosing coffee: taste and smell. Bad coffee can be bitter, sour, and smell like burnt rubber, metal, wood, etc. And good coffee has no such problems – its taste and smell are objectively liked by everyone.

Country of origin and variety

– Pay attention to the country the coffee comes from. There are countries that a priori export higher quality coffee and those that export lower quality coffee. For example, coffee from Kenya and other African countries is bound to be more aromatic and colorful, but coffee from India and Indonesia is more bitter and has poor taste. By the way, the last characteristic, regardless of the region, also applies to Robusta.

Harvest year and roasting date

– It is important to pay attention to the year of harvest it often appears on the package . You wouldn’t want to eat, for example, bread baked from wheat that was harvested ten years ago? So it is with coffee. There are many factors that influence how long coffee can be stored after harvest, but to summarize, the approximate shelf life is one year.

In addition to the year of harvest, the packaging may indicate the date of roasting. Once roasted, coffee is only considered fresh for 3 to 4 weeks. It’s best not to keep it longer – although there will be no change in appearance, the taste will discolor noticeably. And remember the principle: the more oil on the outside, the less oil inside, and therefore the poorer the flavor, because it’s the oils that give it. Don’t buy very dark beans – they’re heavily roasted and don’t retain as much flavor.

When is the best coffee to drink?

Answers – Gleb Neveykin, director of the barista department, the main roster of the restaurant chain “Coffee Mania”, world champion in the preparation of coffee in a bucket Cezve/Ibrik in 2008.

…for breakfast

-I don’t recommend drinking strong, undiluted coffee on an empty stomach-it’s hard for the morning, you may feel discomfort. Coffee is very active in many digestive processes. The best “morning” drink, in my opinion, is cappuccino. That’s what most American coffee drinkers drink in the morning. And don’t forget a snack! Cappuccino and croissant are the perfect start to the day. And although it is essentially coffee with milk, this drink is unique. The pleasant aftertaste of a cappuccino is something no other drink will ever give you. The lower lip touches the warm edge of the cup and the upper lip touches the delicate coffee-milk foam… And people are fascinated by cappuccinos.

…for lunch

– After a hearty meal, an espresso is quite good. After a quick lunch e.g. a sandwich or a bun filter coffee or coffee pour-over is recommended. An Americano is quite appropriate. By the way, you can drink Americano with your meal too. Light snacks sandwiches, sandwiches go great with it.

…for dinner

– Espresso is good after dinner. Espresso is generally recognized as one of the best digestives drinks that are served at the end of a meal and contribute to better digestion of the drink . – Note. Rare. . You’ve had too much, you’ve had too much..

espresso – sleep well! At home, again, you can have a big cup of coffee: filter coffee, etc. d.

In America it is more common to drink tea after dinner, as America is after all considered a “tea” country. But the inhabitants of “coffee” countries for example, the Italians drink coffee from early morning until late at night. You drink it in the morning to wake up, and later at night, after a long and noisy dinner, to sleep better. But coffee is even more popular in Scandinavian countries. And people here look good, they have a normal complexion and so on… It’s a question of the health or welfare of coffee.

…for dessert

– Irish, corretto, and fredo are coffee drinks with some alcohol content that you can drink for dessert when you want to treat yourself. Fredo time is summer, after all. It’s a great thirst quencher.

– I want to point out that there is a coffee that is better not to drink at all: neither in the morning, nor at lunch, nor in the evening – adds Gleb Neveykin. – This is stale coffee. Roasted beans “live” only a month and a half the error depends on the roasting style and storage method . Because coffee is rich in nutrients and essential oils, but they are all vulnerable and volatile – and they begin to spoil, so if the coffee was gathering dust in a corner for six months, it is unlikely it will have any usefulness left.

I’ll share how to make a great cup of just delicious coffee yourself. This is not difficult at all! Buy freshly roasted coarsely ground coffee beans at a nearby coffee shop or coffee shop for one week, no more keep in mind that you consume about 10-20 grams per cup . Take a large cup, put a full tablespoon of such freshly ground coffee in it, pour hot water. You don’t even need a spoon – a trickle of water will stir the coffee. Crusts form on top of the drink. Wait 3-4 minutes without covering the cup and break the crust with a spoon. That’s it – there’s a cup of fancy coffee in front of you.

How not to harm your health?

Answer the famous doctor, TV and radio host Sergei Agapkin

When you shouldn’t drink coffee?

– You should not drink coffee about four hours before you go to sleep, because that is how long the caffeine lasts, which can cause sleep problems. But there are categories of people for whom it is not recommended to drink coffee at all, these are people with peptic ulcer disease, with high gastric acidity

of juice and irritable bowel syndrome. In other cases, there are no restrictions.

How many cups of coffee can a person drink per day??

– Recent studies show that 2-3 cups of coffee a day is safe for human health. But caffeine works differently for people with different types of nervous system. For people with a normal pacemaker – tonic, for people with a weaker pacemaker – sedative: invigorating for a very short time, then “slowing down” the activity. These people have a paradoxical reaction: a lot of coffee makes them sleepy, but a small cup has a restorative effect.

Will coffee have a tonic effect after a meal?

– The effect will be produced only if the person has not eaten too densely. If they have had a large meal, coffee will improve the secretion of gastric juice and motility, but it will not have a significant effect on the nervous system. You need to wait at least two hours for the coffee to have a restorative effect.

What to do if the caffeine is no longer invigorating??

– The action of caffeine becomes weaker and weaker over time – caffeine is addictive. At some point coffee may stop providing a restorative effect altogether. Then it is advised not to drink caffeinated drinks for two weeks, to sleep more, to take a contrast shower. If people limit the use of coffee for a couple of weeks, then a small cup of this drink will have a great effect on them. Even marathon runners stop drinking coffee before competitions, and drink just one cup of espresso on race day. And this cup really tones them up.

This is because caffeine does not give the nervous system a rest. Sooner or later it starts to work worse, comes in the semi-strained condition. And the more NS is exhausted, the longer it takes to recover: a person with exhausted NS needs to add another hour or two to his or her normal sleeping time.

By the way, there is a myth floating around the Internet that there is a correlation between the level of cortisol in the human body a hormone that is produced when a person is stressed, when he is tense, when he has not eaten for about a day and the effect of caffeine. Allegedly cortisol levels can determine how effective coffee is. So: this is nothing more than a myth. Cortisol and caffeine have different zones of action.