good! This is another topic that everyone is very interested in. When a friend bought beans at a store yesterday, he reported to Front Street that he found that the portions of iced espresso ordered at different coffee shops were different.
The coffee in some coffee shops is full after removing the ice, while the coffee in some coffee shops is only 70% full after removing the ice, and some even only have half a cup. He wondered why there was such a big difference between a coffee shop and a coffee shop?
In fact, the existence of these differences mainly depends on the business philosophy of the coffee shop-what kind of coffee you want to give your customers. The reason why many coffee shops are not satisfied with the cup after using ice is not entirely to save costs, but because they want to provide customers with a cup of coffee with perfect taste and texture.
We all know that whether it is Americano or latte, the ratio of coffee to milk/water is very important when making it, because the ratio determines the taste and texture of the final coffee.
Take Americano coffee as an example. Front Street likes to use the Front Street Classic Blend and the Front Street Dark Cocoa Basic Blend. The Front Street Classic Blend is responsible for providing rich coffee crema and caramel flavor, while the Front Street Dark Cocoa Basic Blend highlights the nutty and chocolate aroma.
The ratio used when making American coffee is 1:4, which requires 40ml of espresso liquid and 160ml of water. The coffee produced in this way will have a more solid taste and a richer coffee flavor;
And if Front Street reduces the ratio to 1:5, use 40ml of espresso liquid and 200ml of water to make American coffee. Compared with the former, the taste of this American cup will not be as solid, and the taste of coffee will not be as rich.
It can be seen that although the difference in water is only 40ml, the taste and taste of the coffee we finally get have changed. The reason is that the increase in water volume reduces the proportion of coffee in the cup, dilutes the concentration of coffee, and thus affects the taste and texture of coffee. This example can be applied to most coffees, such as latte, cappuccino...
Most of the iced coffee is an adjustment based on hot coffee. Taking Italian coffee as an example, Italian iced coffees such as Americano and latte add ice cubes to hot coffee. The ice cubes are used to lower the temperature of the coffee, thereby obtaining a cup of ice-cold iced coffee.
Let’s take the Americano coffee from Front Street as an example. The iced Americano coffee produced by Front Street still uses the original ratio, that is, the ratio of coffee and water is 1:4, 40ml of espresso with 160ml of room temperature water, and then on this basis, 100g of ice cubes are added.
Why 100g ice cubes? Because this amount is just enough to ensure that the temperature of the coffee drops quickly, and more ice cubes can effectively reduce the temperature recovery speed of the coffee, which can prevent the ice cubes from quickly melting into water in a short period of time, causing excessive dilution of the concentration/taste/texture of the coffee.
Then because of the addition of ice cubes, the cup size of coffee increased from the original 200ml to 300ml. So naturally, we need to use a larger cup to hold it. This is why the cup size of iced coffee is larger than that of hot coffee.
When the customer asks to remove the ice, the liquid volume of the coffee will drop back to 200ml. If the 300ml coffee cup is still used at this time, the ice will be only seventy percent full. Of course, merchants at this time can also choose to continue to add water or milk until the cup is full, but as mentioned before, the added liquid will dilute the taste of the coffee. After all, coffee will not be added to it. That’s why Front Street said that the final choice depends on the business philosophy of the merchant.
After seeing this, many friends may say, then why do some coffee shops only have half a cup of iced coffee after removing the ice cubes?
This is related to the materials they use, such as the quality of the ice cubes, the roasting degree of the coffee beans, the richness of the milk, etc. In the article "The Difference Between Ice Cubes and Ice Cubes", Front Street shared that the melting speed of ice cubes will be affected by the temperature, size, and shape of the ice cubes. If the ice cubes used by merchants melt faster, more ice cubes will be needed to reduce and maintain the temperature of the coffee.
Then when the customer chooses to remove the ice, without refilling, the coffee will be only half a cup because the cup is larger. The same goes for the degree of roasting of the coffee beans and the richness of the milk. When the roasting of the coffee beans is lighter and the taste is not so rich, relatively less milk is used; or when the concentration of milk is relatively high, the proportion of use can be larger and less milk to balance the taste...
These situations will cause the iced coffee to become half a cup after removing the ice, so you can know why the coffee in some coffee shops is full, some is 70% full, and some is half full after removing the ice. These are closely related to the business philosophy of the coffee shop-what kind of coffee should be given to customers.
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
