For the Barista - those who make coffee, the creation of drinks from coffee with artistic, aesthetic and perfect taste requires a close combination of ingredients and uses. tools to help them concoct easily. Dispensing tools are very diverse, meeting the requirements of different drinks. But there are Barista's basic tools that bartenders must have to prepare the most popular drinks.
The mixing tools help Barista create Espresso, Cappuccino and Latte Art ... in an artistic and professional manner. The dispensing tool is also an effective support tool to make the preparation of beautiful non-alcoholic drinks easily and quickly. Are you curious about these important items? To explore the rich world of Barista, let's take a look at the basic tools of Barista that have helped us to enjoy attractive coffee cup drinks.
1. Coffee maker
Coffee machine is considered the most important tool, a must have of a professional barista. The machine is specially designed to create perfect coffee cups, not only in terms of color, smoothness but also in delicious taste.
The use of the coffee machine is to create the best Espresso cups. In addition, this versatile machine also works to create milk foam for coffee. With the skill of pouring shapes of Barista, Espresso and milk foam, we will create wonderful Latte Art cups such as heart shape, tulip shape, smiley face, Rosetta leaf shape ...
In addition to the coffee maker, the coffee can also be brewed to create simple cups of coffee. This is a very popular form of coffee drink in Vietnam.
2. Coffee grinder
A coffee grinder is an essential tool to grind pure coffee beans into a fine powder. There are two main types of coffee grinders: automatic grinders and manual regulators. The two types of machines differ in that the automatic grinder grinds the coffee powder straight down. When exposing the coffee hand to the blender button, the appliance will automatically grind until you stop. And the manual machine has a hopper containing coffee powder. When grinding, the powder will go down the hopper and lay there, Barista uses the lever at the bottom of the funnel to get a sufficient amount of ground coffee into the hand.
3. Electronic scales
An electronic scale is an essential tool used to quantify powdered coffee beans or coffee beans in standard brewing phases.
4. Milk shift
A milk mug made from stainless steel, with handles, is a tool for Barista to use in the heating process as well as to create Cappuccino Art and Latte Art drinks. Whipped milk mug has 2 popular sizes: 350ml and 600ml. Different volumes of milk shakes have different uses, so each Barista can choose the type of shift suitable for each purpose.
To ensure the quality of drinks for guests, the Barista should choose the type of ca can be used to whip and pour Latte Art or Cappuccino.
5. Tamper
Barista often uses a metal or wood handle to compress the coffee with a force of about 20kg / cm3 on the coffee surface in the hand to make the coffee surface balanced and smooth for the coffee extraction process.
6. Measuring cup
A measuring cup is an essential tool for accurately measuring milk and coffee. The measuring cup has a ml quantitative scale so that the Barista can calibrate using the most accurate material.
The basic tools of Barista are neatly arranged on the dispensing counter
7. Jar sprinkled with chocolate powder:
Chocolate powder jars used to sprinkle chocolate or cocoa powder, for drinks that use cocoa powder, chocolate or matcha powder. After preparing these drinks, Barista uses a jar of chocolate powder to create a thin layer of powder to make the drink look more attractive and beautiful. This tool makes the decoration of art cacao drinks simple and much more effective, used by Barista's favorite.
8. Espresso Coffee measuring cup:
Espresso Coffee measuring cup is a basic Espresso measuring device, a necessary tool in the process of aligning a perfect Epresso. Once you have mastered the setting of the coffee, it is not necessary to use this tool.
9. Cleaning brush of coffee grinder:
The specialized tool for cleaning the coffee grinder, exactly the part of the coffee blade. Excessive amount of ground coffee stuck to the blade will result in clogged blade or reduced quality of ground coffee. Therefore, Barista uses the tool of cleaning the grinder to sweep coffee powder in the machine more easily.
10. Knock-box:
Knock-box is a specialized coffee breaker after every coffee preparation. This is a mandatory tool to clean the handle of Espresco coffee after making Espresco coffee, ensuring that the coffee handle is always used best.
11. Multi-purpose bottle:
The multi-function bottle opener has the maximum support in opening the cans and cans of ingredients easily and quickly.
Above are the basic tools of the barista, the best support for the barista to prepare delicious drinks. From these tools, the Barista will create the conquering drinks to enjoy. If you are studying concoction, you can refer and invest yourself with the necessary tools to show your talent for making the best drinks.
