Tricks to make hotter coffee
The winter season has brought with it significant cold waves. Something that quickly motivated us to consume a chocolate or a drink in the morning. hotter coffee, with the purpose of keeping us air-conditioned. But did you know that freezing weather is capable of affecting the temperature of our cup?
This sounds like a real horror movie. During this season of intense cold, the only thing we think about is a delicious cup of coffee. The same one that from one moment to the next, becomes an ice cold drink, perfect for summer days, if we don't drink it quickly because we are doing other things like breakfast or while we are getting ready to go out.
Fortunately, we have the solution. With the help of the expert panel of Incapto Coffee, we will reveal to you the best basic and simple tricks to keep your coffee hotter these days. So we invite you to continue reading and discover each of them.
Apply these tricks to keep your coffee hotter
We are completely sure that, on different occasions, you have wondered (and searched on the Internet) how it is possible to maintain the temperature of the coffee at low temperatures, and even more so if you prepare it in the super automatic coffee maker Incapto Coffee. A question that arises more frequently between the months of December and January, when the cold is increasingly intense.
Now, I want to tell you that the temperature at which the coffee comes out will depend on the following factors:
-The climate of the place where you have the coffee maker.
-The temperature of the water in the machine's tank.
-The temperature of the cup you are going to use is considered to be the one that has the most influence. For example, if you have just washed the cups with not very hot water, they may be at a temperature less than 20 °C. It also happens that if in the cupboard in the kitchen at home or on the shelf, where they can remain for several days, especially during the weeks when the cups have been so cold, they did not reach 15 °C, it is then that, if we take this cup, and just prepare a coffee with the machine just turned on, it will surely take a while for it to reach 50 °C.
Pre-heat the cup How to do it?
If you have the super-automatic coffee maker Incapto Coffee at home or from any other brand, and you know how to preheat the cup, don't worry!
Well, if you have the automatic cleaning mode active, it is best to use the same water that is expelled during this process to preheat the cup. Otherwise, if you have it disabled it is as easy as using the hot water button, filling half a cup and then discarding the water once it has reached temperature. With this small action you will notice the big change in the temperature of the coffee.
Normally, in ambient conditions of about 25 °C, the first coffee is around 65 °C. The second, already exceeds 70 °C and from the third onwards, it always remains around 77 °C-80 °C.
Why should we be careful with the temperature?
It turns out to be a somewhat complex topic. This is because, if we increase the temperature of the machine, after the second or third coffee, it could be higher and would end up burning the drink.
That is, it would result in an extremely bitter coffee and the hotter it is, the more it would affect the body. Let's say that it burns the cellulose that is responsible for providing texture and body to the drink. This is why our experts do not advise that the coffee temperature be too high.
An espresso can be called this way for various reasons. One because it is prepared expressly for you, and the other because it is made to give it a special touch for that precise moment. Therefore, it is ideal to make coffee and enjoy it instantly. Without entertaining much and even less in the winter season so that we have a hotter coffee.
How they do it in cafes
If you practice this at home, remember that the first thing you should do is preheat the cup. In the case of coffee shops, the cups are usually They are on top of the coffee maker so that they have an initial temperature of about 40 °C. Thus, when the coffee is poured, the temperature contrast is the minimum possible.
When you visit a cafeteria, you will notice that it is common to see them placed downwards, there are even those who say it is so that dust does not enter. This is a mistake! Because our goal is to preheat the bottom of the cup. Being upside down, the only thing that will heat up will be the edge where we drink, something that will force us to wait to drink the coffee if we don't want to burn our lips. While we wait for this, the only thing that will happen is that the coffee ends up getting cold.
If you own a coffee shop, or work in one, and they usually place the cups down, it is recommended that you turn around. Forget about dust, because if you rotate them and you have just cleaned them, try to put them behind. And you will see how none of them will have dust.
If, over time, you notice that the machine prepares the coffee a little less hot each time, it may be due to limescale buildup. This is another reason, so it is super important to do the descaling process at least as often as the machine recommends.
Delighting yourself with a hotter coffee every morning can be quite a challenge. But thanks to these wonderful tips, you will no longer experience that unpleasant feeling of finding yourself with a drink that is almost as cold as the weather, just a few minutes after preparing it. So before preparing a delicious cappuccino, latte, mocha or espresso, don't forget to preheat your cup, try to enjoy your coffee instantly and not exceed the temperature, so that your start to the day on these days where the cold abounds is much warmer.
