When you see watermelons starting to be sold on the street, Front Street knows that summer is coming. As the body temperature rises, iced coffee is about to become popular.
When it comes to what is the simplest iced coffee, I believe many people will say cold brewing. In just a few steps, you can have a cup of cold drink with good flavor. However, for friends who pursue a fast pace, the filtering step is time-consuming and troublesome, and the taste of low-temperature extraction also tests the beans, so I hope to find an iced coffee recipe that is easier to operate and takes less time.
Faced with such friends, Front Street today shares a lazy way to take iced coffee out of the house in just one minute. Because it often freezes into a cube shape, it is also called "Iced Brick Coffee". The operation is very simple, just freeze the coffee liquid into ice cubes in advance, take it out and mix it with water or milk when drinking, and turn it into a cup of Americano/latte. This not only eliminates the long wait, but also eliminates the need for tedious operations. It is a good news for lazy people.
What Front Street wants to emphasize here is that this pre-made method is mainly for friends who are in a hurry to go out. Therefore, compared with the freshly ground and brewed version, the oil of coffee that has been frozen overnight must have long been dissipated, and the aroma and flavor will be compromised. However, there are many advantages, such as simplicity, convenience, and most importantly, speed.
In order to cater for the preferences of different groups of people, Front Street fulfills everyone's three wishes at once and teaches everyone how to use ice bricks to unlock iced American style, iced latte, and iced hand brew.
ice brick american style
It is known that the iced Americano only consists of three elements: espresso, ice cubes and water. It is essentially a light version of cold black coffee. When the espresso is frozen into ice cubes in advance, the only remaining step is to add water, which is faster than buying a cup of coffee.
We make the American-style preferred Front Street blend bean series. They are all roasted to a medium-deep degree, with a balanced taste and a rich and mellow aroma. They include the butter-flavored Front Street Classic Blend, the nut-flavored Front Street Boutique Blend, the caramel-flavored Front Street Commercial Blend, and the chocolate-flavored Front Street Dark Cocoa.
Front Street usually produces iced American style in a glass with a capacity of about 300ml. When making it, 90g of ice cubes (3 pieces), 160g of water, and 35-40g of espresso are added successively. The ratio of coffee, ice cubes and water is roughly 1:2.25:4. When preparing ice brick American style, Front Street will add room temperature water to the espresso in an equal ratio (1:1). When drinking, the coffee will melt faster and the taste will be more refreshing.
Production steps: First, extract the coffee. A handful of espresso corresponds to a cup of Americano. Here, Front Street uses 20g of Sunflower·Nuanyang coffee powder to extract 40g of coffee liquid in 29 to 30 seconds according to the parameters debugged that day. Pour the concentrate into a clean container, then pour an equal amount of room temperature water at a ratio of 1:1 and stir evenly, then carefully pour into an ice tray, and finally send it to the refrigerator to freeze.
When drinking, we only need to take out the corresponding number of ice bricks and throw them into the cup, then add drinking water that does not cover the cubes, and stir thoroughly with a straw or spoon to let the coffee completely melt in the water, and a cup of ice-cold American coffee is ready.
Ice brick latte
Compared with the refreshing American style, when we make latte, we pursue a rich and mellow coffee aroma. Therefore, when making coffee ice bricks, Front Street recommends directly pouring the concentrated liquid into the ice cube tray and freezing it to reduce the dilution caused by water. After melting, the fusion effect with milk is also better.
When making an iced latte at Front Street, they first put 90g of ice cubes in the cup, then pour 200g of fresh milk and double espresso (36-40g) respectively. The ratio of coffee to milk will be roughly 1:5, and the ice brick latte is iced because the concentrate itself, so after taking out the coffee brick, we can directly pour 150-200g of milk according to our own taste.
What surprised Front Street was that because the espresso contains water, the coffee liquid at room temperature will melt into the milk before the ice, making the latte taste richer.
Ice brick hand brew
Theoretically, a cup of "overnight" Pour over(V60) coffee cannot match the flavor of on-site extraction. However, in order to go out early, a customer on the front street brewed the coffee one night in advance and froze it into ice bricks. He then took it out the next day and put it in a to-go cup, letting it slowly melt during the commute. As an office worker, she believes that this operation is not only time-saving and efficient, but also allows you to drink the sour taste of coffee, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.
Ice hand brewing pursues a clear and bright taste, so you should use medium-light roasted fruity coffee beans. We recommend Front Street Big Navel, Front Street Xizhao, Front Street Strawberry Candy, and Front Street Mozart. Even overnight coffee can have a rich aroma.
Based on the above experience, Front Street believes that it is best to use a powder-to-water ratio of 1:12 to 1:13 to make a pre-made version of ice brew. First obtain a higher concentration of black coffee, and then add water after it is frozen. Here Front Street will give you a brief demonstration of Colombia’s big belly button. The parameters are as follows:
Coffee Bean: Divide Manor · Big Belly Button
Powder amount: 15g
Pink to water ratio: 1:12
Water temperature: 90℃
Grinding degree: EK43s grinder 9.5 grids
Filter bowl: Hario V60
Water injection method: three-stage
Gently inject 30g of water into the first section for steaming. After 30 seconds, start injecting 80g into the second section, evenly and smoothly surrounding it in small circles. Then wait for the coffee liquid to drop, and when it is about to reveal the powder bed, use the same technique to inject the last 70g of water, and continue to wait for the coffee to drip into the lower pot. The total extraction time will be about 1 minute and 40 to 50 seconds.
Gently shake the brewed coffee evenly, let it cool naturally indoors, then pour it into an ice cube tray and freeze it overnight. When drinking, we also take it out directly and add a small amount of room temperature water to help it completely melt, and then we can get a cup of iced coffee with moderate concentration.
The big belly button made this way has a moderate concentration in the mouth. It tastes like grape acidity, a light nutty milk aroma, and a lemongrass aftertaste. Although it is indeed not as good as the fresh ice hand brew in every aspect, if you imagine tasting it after catching the bus (subway) on a hot summer day, it will definitely be called a good cup of cold coffee.
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
