Coffee is a drink made from coffee beans of the coffee plant, it also known as roasted coffee. These coffee beans are seeds taken from the “coffee cherries” that grow on the coffee plant in more than 70 countries. After crude oil, green coffee ranks second in being the most traded commodity around the world. Coffee can have a motivating result on the humans, due to the caffeine content in it. The Arabic people as “qahwah” first introduced the term coffee.
“Coffea” is a type of small plant, which produces the coffee cherries, which holds the coffee beans. Once these coffee berries are ripe, then they are processed and dried. These seeds go through many chemical and material changes, when they are roasted. The coffee beans are roasted at various degrees to get the different flavors in them.
The coffee plant was first found out in Yemen and from there on the coffee plantation increased in the Arab region. The plantation expanded to Italy, Europe, Indonesia and America. Coffee has also played a very interesting part in the past as well. Drinking coffee was considered as a sacred tradition in Yemen and Africa. Coffee was also forbidden in Turkey for some political reasons until the 17th century.
Coffee is considered as the most important export product. It was the topmost agricultural export product in 2004, and by the year 2005, it is Seventh largest legal product. In spite of this, there have been many speculations, that coffee has a bad impact on the environment and health. Recently, it was proved that coffee has no harmful effects if you brew the coffee in a proper way.
The Preparation Method:
To create coffee, the only thing required is a well brewed and ground coffee beans. The basic method to get a perfect cup of coffee is to mix the coffee powder with hot water to get the perfect flavor.
The preparation method for espresso coffee is different. The espresso coffee method comprises heating the water with ground coffee, but not boiling the water. When the espresso coffee is ready, it gives out a red color with foam, which is called the crema.
Now let us see how you can make the perfect cup of instant coffee at home.
Ingredients:
- instant coffee (as required)
- water
- milk (as required)
Procedure:
- Take a kettle, pour water in to it and heat it. You can also heat the water in a vessel over stove. However, using the microwave is the most convenient method.
- Now take one teaspoon of instant coffee, you can add more according to your taste. Put it in a coffee mug.
- If you like, you can put a teaspoon of water into the mug over the coffee. Just to moisten the coffee granules, you can also add sugar if u want. Now take a spoon and squash the coffee and sugar granules. This method is known as the ‘Fagin Transform’.
- Now you can add hot water.
- To add better taste to your coffee you can also add milk to it.
- To add extra flavor to your coffee you can also add cinnamon powder, cocoa and vanilla extract. Once you add these flavors make sure you stir the coffee till the time it gets completely dissolved in it.
Tips:
- To make your coffee taste better, add warm milk to it.
- All the ingredient measurement in the coffee depends on a person’s taste, so make sure about that.
- Always measure the sugar in a cup before adding it to the coffee.
- Make sure that you refrigerate instant coffee once you have opened it. It helps to lock the freshness of the coffee.
- You should add milk to the coffee before adding boiled water to it.