Tuesday, 22 November 2011
The secret of a good tasting coffee!!!!!
The most successful baristas are ones who do not burn either the coffee or the milk.
Burnt coffee is harder to pick than burnt milk. Burnt coffee is characterised by a strong sharp bitter taste and usually results from baristas who do not leave the grounds in the group head until preparing the next coffee, ie the group head gets too hot. This is a very common problem.
Burnt milk tastes sweeter than normal milk and has the aroma of "the hot glass of milk before bed", that milk gets as you bring it to the boil and then forms a skin.
If you ever see a barista moving a jug of milk up and down and it making a harsh "wrisssh wrisssh" sound just walk away, it is not worth it. The second hint is if a milky coffee is too hot, ie you can't drink it straight away.
Many customers ask for a "hot" coffee. In my opinion this is someone who has no taste. Secondly, being a good barista is hard. It is a talent, rather like being a good cocktail maker (something I also dabble in). If the barista makes a good coffee, let them do it.
If you have to wait in a queue for more than 5 minutes the coffee is probably worth it!
Please tell your barista if they are having a bad day and don't be afraid to leave a tip if they are worth it. Making more than a 1000 coffees a day is hot and hard work!
Burnt coffee is harder to pick than burnt milk. Burnt coffee is characterised by a strong sharp bitter taste and usually results from baristas who do not leave the grounds in the group head until preparing the next coffee, ie the group head gets too hot. This is a very common problem.
Burnt milk tastes sweeter than normal milk and has the aroma of "the hot glass of milk before bed", that milk gets as you bring it to the boil and then forms a skin.
If you ever see a barista moving a jug of milk up and down and it making a harsh "wrisssh wrisssh" sound just walk away, it is not worth it. The second hint is if a milky coffee is too hot, ie you can't drink it straight away.
Many customers ask for a "hot" coffee. In my opinion this is someone who has no taste. Secondly, being a good barista is hard. It is a talent, rather like being a good cocktail maker (something I also dabble in). If the barista makes a good coffee, let them do it.
If you have to wait in a queue for more than 5 minutes the coffee is probably worth it!
Please tell your barista if they are having a bad day and don't be afraid to leave a tip if they are worth it. Making more than a 1000 coffees a day is hot and hard work!
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