Which coffee is best for a coffee machine?

It is said that morning coffee is not a luxury, but a means of awakening. For many, this is true. The coffee machine in such a situation is simply an indispensable assistant, because it is enough to put raw materials in it, set the desired mode and get a cup of a wonderful, invigorating, aromatic drink. But in order for the unit to please you for a long time, you need to take care of it, and first of all - load what it can really process. Which coffee is best for a coffee machine? The choice depends on many factors, which we will talk about now.

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What do you want to get?

Before deciding which grain coffee is best for a coffee machine, think about what exactly you want to get. Real morning coffee should be:

• delicious
• fragrant;
• strong enough.

If everyone can have an opinion about the taste of this drink, then there are certain rules regarding the rest. Coffee should smell just like coffee, and nothing else.

Important! Many machines know how to brew a drink of different strengths, but in any case, if you ordered your “assistant” black and invigorating, there should not be a dubious transparent liquid of light brown color in the cup. And this can easily happen if the feedstock does not meet the most elementary standards.

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Features of your car

The coffee machine itself can affect the choice. It is necessary to consider several of its features:

• what degree of grinding is required;
• the shape of the knives;
• mutual arrangement of the brewing container and the boiler.

The best coffee for a coffee machine is the one from which you can make a drink that meets your requirements, and the machine does not break.

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What to consider?

In addition to the features of the machine, it is necessary to keep in mind a number of factors:

• sort of coffee;
• the country where it is grown;
• degree of roasting;
• shelf life,
• packaging.

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A bit about grades

The type of coffee depends on the type of coffee tree. There are more than seven dozen of them. Delicious coffee beans for coffee machines can grow on a tree that belongs to one of five varieties:

• robusta;
• arabica;
• ectelsa;
• Liberica
• Cameroon.

Important! The most popular is arabica. It is she who gives about 70% of the raw materials for the coffee industry. Robusta is in second place, its share is about 28%. The remaining three species are exotic, these varieties are quite rare and, as a rule, in mixtures.

Arabica or robusta?

Quite often, manufacturers mix arabica and robusta grains. The strength of the drink and its taste depend on the ratio:

• Robusta bean drink is not so tasty and aromatic, but it differs in excellent tonic qualities. Perhaps, by this indicator, robusta is a champion. This is explained by the fact that there are more caffeine in robusta beans than in others.
• A drink made from “pure” Arabica has a mild taste, slightly sour.

Important! Robusta is bitter, not everyone likes it. But many people prefer this particular grade because of the thick foam that always forms during cooking.

Exotic

Liberia has the most “coffee” flavor. However, beans of this variety produce very weak drinks, there is almost no caffeine there. This is more a substitute than a real coffee. Moreover, his taste is bitter.

Extremely bitter and excels.

Important! As for the Cameroonian tree, its fruits are generally not suitable for either coffee makers or coffee machines - they contain too much oil. Any machine will fail very quickly, so these grains are used only for mixtures or for manual preparation of coffee, and then not in any coffee house.

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Monosort or mix?

On the package (or the price tag, if the weight is loose), you can see the inscription that the content of arabica is so much percent. For example, 100%. This means that there is little caffeine, but such a variety can produce a great variety of flavors. This, of course, is more important for the gourmet than for the person who needs coffee, first of all, in order to finally wake up. But it is possible that you will also, at one fine moment, become a true connoisseur, and you will look for a certain shade in each grade.

In this case, it is better to choose a monosort of coffee, that is, for grains that are collected in the same country, or even in a certain region of this country. To the taste of such a lover, arabica, grown in Africa, differs from Brazilian or Hawaiian, like heaven and earth. Most often in the package are beans of one crop.

But we take into account which coffee is best for coffee machines - most often they use mixtures, for example, 90/10, 80/20, 70/30, etc. The first number shows how much arabica is in the mixture, the second shows robusta. If other varieties are added, this is written separately.

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How are they fried?

Green on sale, of course, is found. But most often it is sold fried. If you have tried many varieties of coffee, you probably already noticed that the taste of drinks from the same type of beans can be very different. It depends on a number of factors, and not least on the degree of roasting. It happens:

• light
• average;
• strong.

Scandinavian or American?

In this case, the process takes very little time. This option is used if you need to get a weak drink. Most often it is coffee with milk or cream. Light, it’s light, frying, it’s not the same either. It happens:

• Scandinavian;
• American

Important! Scandinavian roasting is performed at temperatures from 200 ° C to 210 ° C., American - from 210 ° C to 220 ° C. This type of processing allows you to save different flavors - herbs, fruits, etc.

Vienna

The average roast, it is also Vienna, is carried out at a temperature of 225-230 ° C. It is most often used to make different types of espresso. It turns out a strong drink, a little bitter.

Actually, this is the very coffee that almost everyone has tried. The most popular degree of processing, and it is from such beans that the vast majority of coffee mixtures for coffee machines are made, since it is possible to get an average grinding - optimal for household units. That is, such coffee is better for a coffee machine.

French, Italian, Spanish

Dark roasting is not suitable for all machines. Coffee is very strong, but also bitter. Thoroughly fried grains are used to prepare a powder with a large fraction, which is used for coffee makers and espresso machines, as well as for cooking in a Turk.

Several varieties are known:

• French
• Italian
• Spanish, it’s also Cuban.

Grains are fried at a temperature of 240 ° C, 245 ° C and 250 ° C. Sourness is almost not felt, but the taste of caramel is felt. Spanish processing belongs to the category of extreme, the grains are very black and the average coffee lover seems more like coals.

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Where did it grow?

A very important factor affecting the quality of the final product is the country where the tree grew. More precisely, the climate zone:

• Arabica is a rather capricious plant; it lives only on very greasy soils in places where there is a lot of moisture.
• Robusta is less whimsical, it gives rich harvests everywhere, therefore such coffee costs less.

Important! By changing the proportions, manufacturers of grain or ground coffee for coffee makers or coffee machines create new types of raw materials with the predominance of one or another factor.On sale you can find grains grown:

• on the islands of the Caribbean;
• in Brazil;
• in Colombia;
• in Mexico;
• in Hawaii;
• in Yemen;
• in Kenya;
• in many other African and Latin American countries.

 

The Caribbean

The coffee beans brought from the Caribbean islands are distinguished by their excellent taste and strong aroma. There will be almost no bitterness in the drink. These beans are not particularly expensive, so many manufacturers are happy to buy them.

Important! An exception is coffee from Puerto Rico, one of the most expensive elite species. <

Brazil

Brazil is a globally recognized coffee supplier. Beans have a sweetish flavor and a very strong coffee aroma, which is transmitted to the drink. Most of the coffee beans coming to retail outlets are grown in Brazil.

Mexico

Mexico is a popular supplier of inexpensive varieties. Coffee turns out to be moderately strong and with a rather weak bitter taste.

Colombia

Colombia, although it is located in the same region of the Earth as Brazil and is also actively exporting raw materials for the coffee industry, grows weak varieties in which there is little caffeine. These are cheap grains.

Important! Colombian beans are most often mixed with others.

Hawaii

Coffee grown in Hawaii is of excellent quality, great taste and wonderful aroma. It has only one drawback - the price. These are expensive varieties, therefore not particularly popular.

Yemen

A kind of drink is obtained from grains grown in Yemen and other Arab countries. Real Arab coffee with a light fruity flavor, suggestive of the tales of Scheherazade. But the taste at first seems unusual.

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Estimate quality

Having learned a little about the different varieties of trees and what qualities their fruits differ in, you can think about how to choose a grain coffee for a coffee machine. Grains can be bought:

• by weight;
• packaged.

Important! In the first case, you can watch what you are offered and smell it. In the second - you have to be content with the information that the manufacturer considered it necessary to inform you.

Weighted coffee

In this case, one does not have to rely on any expert estimates. You have to rely only on your own visual impressions and sense of smell:

1. Consider the grains - they should have an oily sheen. If they do not shine, in addition, they are gray, which means that they were transported or stored incorrectly.
2. Note that the grains should be the same size - of course, you should not sort the whole bag by the grain, but if you see a lot of fruits with chips or other damage - refuse to buy.
3. Smell what is offered to you - the grains you need should smell like coffee (although the shades may be different), but not mold or anything else like that. The presence of odors indicates that the grains were not handled as they should.

Important! When going to buy coffee, refrain from using perfumes and deodorants. Smoking is also not recommended.

Product in package

In this case, the content is hidden from your careful look, however, you can still judge the quality by visual signs. The main criteria to identify the best coffee for a coffee machine:

• the presence of a hole with a filter;
• quality of packaging material;
• shelf life;
• price.

Filters and packaging

A hole with a filter indicates that the manufacturer cares about its products (and its own reputation). It is impossible to examine the grains, of course, but to smell it is possible, and the result alone indicates the quality. The packaging itself must be intact and even.

Important! If it is swollen, you probably will not find quality grains inside. Raw materials for the coffee machine are produced in vacuum packaging.

Tara

Coffee shops sometimes sell coffee beans in cardboard boxes. But this is not the best option. Branded raw materials for coffee machines are better stored in a tin or glass jar. If the manufacturer took care of this - there is a very good chance that he took care of everything else.

Price

The cost depends on the variety and on the country of supply. Here you need to look at the ratio:

• If you see expensive Puerto Rican coffee for a coffee machine - everything is in order, it must be expensive.
• But the high price of Mexican grains should alert you. Most likely, the intermediary decided to get a solid profit. But the high price in this case does not guarantee good quality.

Production date

When buying, you must definitely see the expiration date. In principle, coffee grains for a coffee machine are stored for a long time, but if the product is fresh, there is a greater chance that the coffee machine will be able to prepare from it what you need.

Important! It also happens that the grains do not seem to be expired, but they smell suspiciously. Most likely, this means that they were transported or stored in violation of sanitary standards.

Compare the date of roasting and the number when you buy grains:

• the best option is no more than three weeks after frying;
• very good - no more than a month;
• passable - up to two months;
• permissible - up to 5 months;
• bad, but without much harm - up to a year.

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Should I buy ground coffee?

Grinding is best just before cooking. For different drinks, this is done in different ways. For coffee machines, the best coffee is medium grinding.

Important! Fine powder is great for cooking in a Turk or a coffee maker. Coarse grinding is suitable for coffee makers and some coffee machines, but it must be able to cook correctly.

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Let's talk about brands

Shelves literally bursting with coffee. The buyer has wide eyes, even if he has already managed to sort out the variety, country and type of roasting. What coffee to choose for a coffee machine - more precisely, which brand to prefer? Especially popular:

• Jardin;
• Paulig;
• Kimbo;
• Guttenberg;
• Malongo.

Jardin

The Jardin brand offers customers a large assortment of grain coffee for coffee machines - with varying degrees of roasting, the ratio of varieties, etc. At the same time, the price is quite reasonable, which is why this brand is popular.

Paulig and Guttenberg

Paulig does not recognize mixtures; it deals only with arabica. But the Guttenberg company, on the contrary, does not work with “pure” arabica, it produces mixtures where robusta is present in different ratios.

Kimbo

Kimbo products are great coffee without bitterness, but with a distinct coffee flavor.

Malongo

Malongo coffee beans give you the purest coffee taste without any impurities. The price, however, is quite high.

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These are just some of the manufacturers whose products have gained a good solid reputation. But you can also find delicious coffee for a coffee machine from other companies. The main thing is to make sure of really proper quality, and now you know how to do it.