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As we all know, the menu on Front Street is very simple, but there are many hidden menus behind it. For example, even though Flat White and Dirty coffees are not on the menu, they are all available in Qian Street.
Until one day, "Boss, please give me a glass of iced Americano without water, thank you!" A customer came into the store and said. We have heard more about the requirements for iced American style to remove the ice, but what is the requirement for iced American style to remove the water?
Some friends cannot drink drinks that are too cold, but because the weather is too hot, hot drinks add fuel to the fire for them. So I will choose a compromise, that is, ice American style de-icing.
The iced American style produced by Front Street is composed of 40g of espresso, 120ml of water, and 100g of ice. If you are making de-iced iced Americano, in order to prevent the coffee from becoming too strong (iced coffee ice will melt slowly), Front Street will add 180ml of water to 40g of espresso.
And what if the customer orders iced American style water? In fact, there is such a way to drink it, and it also has many names, such as ice-popped Americano, iced espresso, espresso with ice...
Generally, people who choose to drink this way like strong iced coffee. The taste of iced Americano is too weak to satisfy their taste buds, so they prefer to drink Americano without water. Why is it called "Ice American" or "Ice American" (Ice American without adding water)? It is obviously more like a cup of espresso.
Although if you know a little about the espresso system, you will understand the relationship between espresso and Americano. But to most people who only drink coffee, the Americano is more familiar. So you just need to ask for some adjustments on the Americano to get the results you want. Iced Americano without water and espresso with ice cubes are actually the same drink.
So what should you do to remove the water from the iced American style? In fact, it can be made just like Americano, just replace the water with ice cubes. However, what Front Street recommends is to pour the espresso liquid into ice cubes, or extract espresso directly on a cup filled with ice cubes. In this way, the espresso will be quickly cooled down by the ice cubes, resulting in a better flavor.
No matter what kind of American coffee we make, we should use the dedicated Front Street Italian bean series: for traditional-style coffee, buy Front Street Classic Blend, Front Street Commercial Blend, and Front Street Dark Cocoa Basic Blend, which will allow you to drink obvious nut, chocolate, and caramel tones, with beautiful coffee crema.
But if you want to break the tradition and drink something special, then choose roasted beans, especially the Front Street Oiran SOE with floral and fruity flavors, and the Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso Italian blend, which will be even more refreshing with the help of ice cubes.
How does it taste like this? This approach reminds Front Street of the 2021 WBC, where Hugh Kelly, a barista from Australia, proposed a concept called Extract chilling during the competition. This is how he extracted espresso in the competition. He placed a frozen metal block between the espresso cup and the split port of the coffee handle. When the espresso liquid flows out of the split port, it will pass through the metal block to cool down before reaching the espresso cup.
Hugh said this, "The first 12 grams of coffee liquid contains the most volatile compounds (aroma). By cooling the coffee liquid quickly, the coffee retains more flavor and aroma."
This is somewhat similar to how we make iced hand brew. If it is a normal hot hand brew, the flavor will be very rich and the aroma will be obvious when it is just finished. However, as time goes by and the coffee cools down, the flavor and aroma will be much inferior because the volatile substances have evaporated. Ice brewing is to add ice cubes to quickly cool down the coffee while it is still hot, so that the flavor will be better than the cooled coffee.
Therefore, the iced Americano without the water, that is, the iced espresso, still tastes quite rich. The coffee beans used in Front Street are Sunflower Warm Sun blended coffee beans, and the hot espresso and iced espresso are made for comparison. Compared with the hot espresso, it seems less bitter, with a little more sour and sweet feeling, and the whole cup has a bright and rising feeling.
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
