"Boss, let's have a cup of black coffee!" Occasionally, at the Front Street store, a friend will order "black coffee." Although Front Street knows that the black coffee these friends are referring to is most likely American, Front Street will still ask for a sip just to be on the safe side. So many friends are wondering: "Isn't black coffee just American?"
Eh! This is wrong. Many friends mistakenly believe that American coffee and black coffee are equivalent because they saw a blogger calling Americano black coffee online. Although Americano can be called black coffee, black coffee is not Americano. Why does Front Street say this? First we need to know, what is black coffee!
What is black coffee?
The so-called black coffee actually does not refer to a specific coffee, but a category. Simply put, it is a general term. It mainly refers to coffee that is made using only coffee beans and water as raw materials, without adding milk, sugar or any other auxiliary ingredients other than water and coffee.
In other words: if the only ingredients in a cup of coffee are coffee and water, then it can be black coffee. As for why it is called black coffee, Front Street believes that it is not difficult for everyone to imagine that it is because the color of coffee is almost black.
Mu Yong questioned that American coffee is a member of black coffee. It is made by diluting espresso with water, and espresso is high-concentration coffee obtained by extracting coffee powder with water. No other accessories are added in the whole process, so the result is a cup of pure black coffee.
However, as mentioned before, black coffee is a general term for a category. This category includes Americano coffee, not just Americano coffee. Therefore, the relationship between them is inclusive rather than equivalent. Americano can be black coffee, but black coffee is not necessarily Americano. That's why Front Street needs to ask specifically to confirm whether the black coffee you want is American style.
The taste of American style depends on the coffee beans, and the Front Street blend series is the first choice for home production. There are the Fatty Style-Front Street Classic Blend, the Nut Pie-Front Street Boutique Blend, the God of Cost-Effectiveness-Front Street Black Cocoa Basic Blend, and the must-have for opening a store-Front Street Commercial Blend.
Besides Americano, what other types of coffee are black coffee?
To be honest, basically as long as we do not add any additional ingredients other than coffee and water when making coffee, the coffee you make with any appliance is actually black coffee. For example, in the Italian coffee system, espresso, long-brew espresso/Lungo, short-brew espresso/Ristretto, or the American coffee brother Long Black/Long Black and other espresso with water or water with coffee are all black coffee.
Other than espresso coffee, such as Pour over(V60) coffee brewed with artificial water injection, siphon coffee made with a siphon pot, ice drip and cold brew coffee in the cold brew series, or coffee made with French press pots, moka pots, smart cups and other necessary household appliances are all black coffee. Of course, that's assuming you don't add any other ingredients other than water and coffee.
There are many other examples, and Front Street will not list them all. When you see this on the street, I believe some friends will ask, since coffee with only water and coffee as raw materials is called black coffee, what is coffee with other auxiliary ingredients called?
Other categories...
That’s a lot of names! But generally speaking, we will refer to it as fancy coffee, which refers to the types of coffee made with various condiments. For example, coffee made with milk, sugar, chocolate, cream, wine, salt and other condiments can be called fancy coffee. Of course, water can also be used, but it mainly refers to coffee that is different from pure coffee. Such as latte, kabob, Australian white, Herbalife, mocha, macchiato, au lait coffee, etc...
And under this category, they will be classified differently according to different production methods or different regions. For example, in some areas, coffee is classified according to color. Just like black coffee, coffee with milk added is called white coffee; or, as is very popular in recent years, coffee prepared like a cocktail is also called special coffee...
Therefore, Front Street does not recommend that you use a certain general term when ordering out. Because there are too many coffee categories included, without proofreading, it is very easy for the merchant’s product to be different from what you want due to differences in understanding, adding a lot of unnecessary trouble~
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
