There are a lot of professional terms in the field of coffee. Although they may sound similar, they actually mean completely different things. Just like Italian coffee, American coffee, drip coffee, etc., although they all have a "style", some words are the name of a cup of coffee, some words are the name of a production method, and some words are the general name of a type of coffee, each of which is different!
Friends who are just getting started can easily be confused by the word "style", so Front Street will share some today. What do these different names with "style" mean~
What is espresso?
Initially, espresso refers to espresso made by a semi-automatic coffee machine! Because this type of coffee machine originated in Italy, people call it espresso, and the semi-automatic coffee machine that makes it is called an espresso machine.
However, since many people cannot accept this small cup of high-concentration coffee, it is necessary to add various "materials" to dilute the bitterness and concentration of the coffee. So from that point on, espresso no longer just refers to espresso, but a general term! Using espresso as the base and adding various ingredients to make fancy coffee can be called "Italian coffee". Latte, cappuccino, Australian white, etc. are all Italian coffee~
It is best to use specialized Italian beans for Italian coffee. The first choices are Front Street Classic Blend, Front Street Boutique Blend, Front Street Black Cocoa Basic Blend, and Front Street Commercial Blend.
What is Americano?
Americano is just one of the Italian coffee families mentioned above, a coffee made from a mixture of espresso and water! During World War II, American soldiers came into contact with espresso for the first time. As everyone thought, espresso was really too strong and bitter. The American soldiers had such a light taste, how could they be used to it? So I asked the store to pour the concentrate into water to dilute it.
Unexpectedly, espresso mixed with water became very popular because it suited the light taste of American soldiers, so more and more soldiers began to ask stores to add espresso to water to dilute it. In order to make it easier to call it, the store named this cup of coffee after "Americano".
The pursuit of making American style is a refreshing taste, moderate richness, and aroma. The most representative one that meets these requirements is the Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso. It combines the three major production areas of Costa Rica, Colombia, and Ethiopia. The coffee flavor is fresh and sweet, as delicate as strawberry jelly candies. It is the first choice for those who are afraid of bitterness.
What is drip coffee?
Drip filter refers to a way of making coffee. We can simply understand it as "filtering", because the coffee powder will be placed in the filter device, and then the coffee powder will be extracted with water. Because of the presence of the filter, only the liquid coffee will seep out of the device, and the coffee powder will be isolated. This kind of extraction method is called "trickling filter".
It can be said that all single-origin coffee beans can be extracted by drip filter. Novices should first choose the entry-level Front Street ration beans. If you like the mellow and low-acid flavor, buy Front Street Indonesian Mandheling, Front Street Brazilian Cerato, and Front Street Cymbidium; if you like fresh floral and fruity sour flavor, you can try the classic Front Street Yirgacheffe and Front Street Costa Rica Tala beads.
The coffee made in this way is drip coffee. Filter paper, flannel filter cloth, filters, etc. are all filtering devices that can isolate coffee powder.
Now that we have mentioned the drip type, let’s talk about the “immersion type”. Similarly, it is also a way of making coffee, but immersion coffee is easier to make because we only need to put water and coffee powder together for soaking!
The reason why it is mentioned is that immersion extraction is a completely different extraction method from drip filter. Compared with drip filter, immersion extraction does not rely so much on the kinetic energy brought by external forces. It only needs to determine the soaking time based on the dissolution efficiency of water. After that time, you can get a cup of delicious coffee with the right taste. Because it greatly reduces the influence of artificial brewing, immersion extraction can better reflect the taste of the coffee itself! But precisely because of this, the coffee it extracts cannot have richer levels of expression than drip coffee.
Three-stage, one-stage
In addition to the above "forms", we will also see terms such as three-part formula, one-part formula, etc. in some coffee articles. These are different. The nouns mentioned above all refer to the coffee itself, or the method by which the coffee is made. The words "three-stage" and "one-stage" are not connected with coffee, because they do not refer to coffee, but to the brewing method of coffee!
It can be said that among the drip extraction methods, the most popular extraction method is hand brewing! Because there are so many possibilities in brewing coffee. We can develop different brewing techniques by controlling water temperature, grinding, time and other parameters. The taste of coffee will ultimately be different due to the different parameters attached to these techniques. The three-stage and one-stage brewing techniques are two of them.
So we can know that although some nouns sound very similar, they express completely different meanings! Don't make any generalizations.~
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
