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What is body coffee? Concept of body coffee

 

Body coffee is a criterion to evaluate the quality of coffee. What is the concept of body coffee? In this article, 43 Factory Coffee Roaster will help you easily define the term “Body Coffee”.

 

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What is body coffee?

 

Concept of body coffee

 

According to the SCA, body coffee is defined as:

The quality of body coffee is based on the tactile sensation of the liquid in the mouth, especially the sensation between the tongue and the roof of the mouth. Most models with heavy Body coffee can also receive high marks for quality due to the presence of brewing agents and sucrose. However, some models with lighter Body may also have a pleasant feeling in the mouth. Coffees that are expected to have a high Body concentration, such as Sumatra, or coffees that are expected to have a low Body concentration, such as Mexican coffee, can receive high preference scores such as: although their magnitude rankings will be quite different.

Body là yếu tố được trải nghiệm bằng cảm nhận của vòm miệng khi nhấm nháp cà phê

Body coffee is the element that is felt by the palate when trying the coffee base

 

How is Body Coffee Formed?

 

In coffee beans, only 30% of the substances are completely extracted, the rest will be wood and other impurities. Body coffee is a measure of the thickness of coffee, contributing to the feeling of coffee’s richness. Body coffee is largely made up of the lipids (fats) of the coffee beans and organic acids extracted during the brewing process. In addition, factors related to sugar, scent, mineral content, or acidic components also affect your perception process. Total dissolved solids (TDS) content is one of the deciding factors for body coffee. The more solids are dissolved, the more pronounced the feeling of thickness in his oral cavity.

 

Description of Body Coffee

 

There are many descriptive adjectives for body coffee such as viscous (thick), astringent (bitter), thin (lightweight),… However, it will be evaluated based on three levels below

 

Light Body

 

This is an adjective indicating the low content of soluble solids in coffee, the feeling of drinking is thin, light, with very little residue.
Light body doesn’t mean pale. Some people will like the brightness in light coffee cups. It will help you easily feel the gentle flavors in coffee

 

Medium Body

 

Medium body is the level between light body and heavy body. The ability to extract soluble solids in coffee is higher than that of Light Body, creating a balance in the oral cavity.

 

Heavy Body (Full Body)

 

The finished product is rated as full body coffee with high thickness because of its fat, protein and fiber content. This is the level of showing the thickness and richness of the finished cup of coffee. The color of coffee at this level will lean towards a darker brown.

 

Factors affecting Body Coffee

 

Origin and processing

 

Cultivated in many parts of the world, body coffee is highly dependent on the growing environment. This is a difficult factor to change because it is purely natural, usually to avoid much interference in the farming process.

However, the processing process is different. Depending on the condition of the coffee beans after the cultivation process, we can decide the appropriate preliminary processing method. For coffees that prioritize brightness and lightness, Washed (wet preliminarily) is the optimal solution. The deep, thick sweet aftertaste will often appear in the preliminary processing of Honey (semi-wet) or Natural (dry processing). Each processing method will bring a different type of body coffee

 

Roast processing

 

One of the factors that partly affect the quality of coffee is the roasting process. The task of the roasters is to study the condition of the coffee after completing the green bean processing process, then decide on the appropriate roasting profile.

According to research by Perfectdailygrind, it has been shown that good control of the time for the first crack will greatly determine the quality of body coffee. The longer the Mailard reaction is, the better the body coffee will develop.

 

Ways to brew coffee

 

If you want to drink a cup of coffee with a slim body, the Chemex brewer is the optimal choice. Because it has an “ultra-thick” filter paper, it helps to filter out the layers of oil extracted during the extraction process. So, for each tool, the way to make coffee is different, the number of substances in the coffee will be extracted differently. The filter paper, the shape of the tool, the principle of operation are the direct effects on the perception of the finished cup of coffee.

Hopefully through this article, you will have a better overview of body coffee. Come to 43 Factory Coffee Roaster to try original coffee cups

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