After the typhoon, the temperature rises instead of falling, and a large amount of water vapor spreads, making the surrounding area start to feel muggy. Thanks to this, the iced coffee at the Front Street store is once again "very popular". Especially iced Pour over(V60) coffee, because there are more types of coffee beans to choose from, it is a "popular item" that must be ordered at almost every table.
Interestingly, there are always some customers who will ask Front Street about the relevant production methods and parameters after tasting the ice hand punch produced by Front Street. Because the coffee you make yourself is not only not that strong, but the taste is not that obvious.
Although Front Street has shared a lot of ice punch plans so far, through review, it seems that there is no detailed introduction to the production of regular ice punch. So today Front Street is here to share with you how to easily brew a delicious pot of iced Pour over(V60) coffee!
First, what we need to know is...
It is often said on the street that ice hand brewing is a brewing method derived from the production framework of hot hand brewing. In hot hand brewing, we will make a delicious hot hand brew by coordinating parameters such as grinding degree, water temperature, ratio, time, etc., as well as the brewing method and the use of utensils. Ice hand brewing adds ice cubes to the hot hand brewing to achieve the effect of quickly cooling the coffee.
But the addition of ice cubes will cause another problem. If no adjustments are made, the concentration of the coffee will be diluted due to the melting of the ice cubes, and the taste will become bland. At the same time, the taste will be as thin as water.
So if we want to eliminate the negative effects caused by melting ice cubes, the easiest way is to increase the concentration of coffee. The best way to increase the concentration of coffee is to reduce the amount of water injected! When other parameters are the same, an appropriate reduction in the amount of water will make the brewed coffee have a higher concentration. Therefore, ice brews tend to use less water than hot brews!
However, many friends only saw the changes in water volume and then started making ice hand brew, so the results they obtained were very unsatisfactory. After all, in addition to having the right concentration, a good cup of coffee also needs to have a sufficient extraction rate.
To explain it simply, extraction rate is the proportion of substances dissolved in coffee to itself. The coffee extraction rate can determine whether the taste of a cup of coffee is acidic, balanced, or bitter. When the coffee substances are not dissolved enough and the extraction is insufficient, the cup of coffee we brew will most likely have a sharp sour taste; and if the substances are too dissolved and over-extracted, then the coffee we get will most likely have negative characteristics such as bitterness, astringency, and impurities.
Therefore, if we want to brew a cup of delicious coffee, in addition to controlling the concentration, we also need to control its extraction rate. Only by ensuring that coffee has a suitable extraction rate can the taste of coffee not have negative characteristics that are unacceptable to us. To achieve this, as Qian Street mentioned before, it is necessary to coordinate various parameters and water injection methods to achieve the goal.
Grinding degree and water injection method are two adjustments that will be made when making ice cream in addition to the amount of water. By adjusting these two parameters, the coffee extraction rate can be effectively improved. The reason is that finer grinding allows the coffee to have more water contact surface area, and the purpose of changing the water injection method is to extend the extraction time, so that a small amount of hot water can dissolve more substances in a short time.
Okay, without further ado, Front Street will share how to easily make a delicious bottle of iced hand brew through three adjustments.
Brew and share
It is worth mentioning that the hand brewing method of directly adding ice and cooling shared by Front Street is not suitable for all coffee beans. It is difficult for some coffee beans with elegant and fresh flavors to show their own advantages if they are made in this way. Therefore, Front Street recommends that you give priority to some coffee beans with more prominent aroma.
If you like iced coffee that is full of juice and full of sweetness, buy Front Street Xi Claw and Front Street Strawberry Candy, which can taste the aroma of passion fruit, grapes, preserved fruits, and almonds; if you like coffee with high body and caramel aroma, the first choice is Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling, which can taste the classic Asian bean flavor; if you want coffee with clear berry flavor, we recommend the two popular items of Front Street Oiran and Front Street Red Cherry.
In this sharing of Front Street, I will use Front Street Divide Manor·Xizhao for demonstration. The iced coffee brewed with it will have a very full grape juice feel. The parameters are as follows:
Amount of powder used: 15g
Pink to water ratio: 1:10
Ice cubes used: 120g
Grinding degree: 9 scale of Ek43, 80% screening rate of No. 20 mesh, fine sugar grinding
Use water temperature: 92°C
Use filter cup: V60
When everything is ready, we can start brewing! First, pour 30ml of hot water and steam for 30 seconds. This is done to expel the carbon dioxide from the coffee beans so that the subsequent injection of hot water can better dissolve the flavor substances.
After the steaming is completed, we divide the remaining hot water into three equal parts and inject it, that is, each part is about 75ml. Use a smaller stream of water and pour it slowly, in small circles! After we have injected each section of hot water, it is best to wait until all the liquid in the filter cup has flowed out before injecting the next section of hot water, which can effectively extend the extraction time.
Finally, we only need to wait for the coffee to finish dripping, then we can remove the filter cup and end the extraction~
The total time is 2 minutes, which is the same extraction time as hot brewing. After shaking evenly, we can start to taste the coffee. The taste of the coffee is just like what was introduced on the front street. When you drink it, you can experience a very full grape juice taste! Flavors include grape, passion fruit, apricot, and a bit of floral aroma. It has a cool taste and rich aroma, making you feel very happy when you drink it~
The above are the brewing parameters used for medium and light roasted coffee beans. When we brew dark roasted coffee beans, the brewing method is the same, but the grinding and water temperature values will be slightly reduced, as follows: Use 15g of powder, powder to water ratio 1:10, use 120g of ice cubes, grinding degree: Ek43 10 scale, 80% screening rate of No. 20 mesh, fine sugar grinding, use water temperature: 90°C, use filter cup: Kono.
So that’s all for this issue! Overall, you can find that it is actually quite simple. If you have any questions, you are still welcome to leave a message in the comment area of Front Street Backstage. Front Street will study it carefully at that time~
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
