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"What is the taste difference between cold brew coffee and ice-drip coffee?" "Which one is easier to make, cold brew coffee or ice-drip coffee?" When customers come to FrontStreet Coffee and see the utensils in the chemistry laboratory used to make ice-drip coffee, they will automatically compare it with cold brew coffee. This article will explain in detail what cold brew coffee is, what ice drip coffee is, and what coffee beans are suitable for making these two types of iced black coffee.
Q1: What coffee beans are suitable for making cold brew coffee andIced drip coffee?
Front Street Coffee generally uses lightly roasted coffee beans when making cold brew coffee or iced drip coffee, because everyone wants a refreshing feeling when drinking iced coffee. Moreover, sweet and sour substances are more likely to be released at low temperatures. If you use medium-roasted coffee beans, you may not be able to achieve the richness of coffee extracted at high temperatures.
If you like acidic iced coffee, it is recommended to choose the three single-origin beans of Front Street Big Navel Coffee, Front Street Little Tomato Coffee, and Front Street Guo Dingding Cooperative Coffee; if you prefer the fermented aroma of fruit wine, you can choose Front Street Rose Valley, Front Street Strawberry Candy, and Front Street Moza The three representatives of special coffee; they are not only suitable for soaking at low temperature for a long time, and release the right round taste and sweet and sour flavor, but also because of their unique fragrant aroma, they are suitable for extraction in a variety of ways, such as making ice hand brewing and cold brewing, which are equally delicious.
Q2: What isIced drip coffee?
Making ice-drip coffee requires the use of a specific device - an ice-drip pot for drip filtering. The ice drip pot used by FrontStreet Coffee is divided into four parts: a water bottle with a valve, a coffee powder cup, a snake tube (rewarming effect), and a coffee liquid container. Usually, ice water that is lower than normal temperature is used to make iced coffee, and the coffee powder is extracted drop by drop, which takes a long time, usually 6-8 hours.
Q3：What are the advantages of cold brew coffee and iced drip coffee over pour-over coffee?
Unlike Pour over(V60) coffee, which uses hot water and high temperature to extract coffee, the bitter substances extracted at low temperature are much less. A coffee bean contains 70% wood fiber and 30% flavor substances. Coffee flavor substances are extracted through hot water, which can achieve a rapid release of wind. The disadvantage is that if the water temperature and extraction time are not controlled well, it is easy to over-extract, resulting in a bitter taste.
However, if low-temperature extraction is used, the extraction speed of coffee flavor substances will be much slower, so that the coffee flavor will be more fully extracted. At the same time, low-temperature water cannot extract the woody flavor and substances, and the coffee will taste smoother and more refreshing.
Q4: How to makeCold brew coffee?
Preparation materials: freshly roasted coffee beans, clean, oil-free container with lid, ice-water mixture, strainer/filter paper. FrontStreet Coffee's cold brewing plan uses 50 grams of medium-fine ground coffee powder (0.85mm aperture screen pass rate 75%), using a powder-to-water ratio of 1:10. First, pour the coffee powder into a clean container, add 500ml of ice water mixture, stir evenly, cover it and put it in the refrigerator to rest for 12-24 hours.
After the extraction is completed, use filter paper/mesh to filter the coffee grounds, and then use a clean container to seal it in the refrigerator. FrontStreet Coffee recommends that cold brew coffee be stored for no more than 72 hours.
Q5: How to makeIce drip coffee？
Preparation materials: fresh roasted coffee beans, ice dripping pot, ice water mixture, clean and oil-free container with lid. FrontStreet Coffee only uses ice-drip coffee every day, using 60 grams of medium-fine ground coffee powder (0.85mm aperture screen pass rate 75%). The ratio of powder to water used is also 1:10. In the kettle, it is like a mixture of ice and water, and 600ml of coffee liquid is extracted. The ice dripping rate is about 3 drops per 10 seconds, and the extraction time is about 5-8 hours.
After the extraction, put the coffee liquid into a sealed bottle. This is when the flavor of the coffee is not yet obvious. Put it in the refrigerator to rest for more than 8 hours so that the coffee can release carbon dioxide in the bottle. The carbon dioxide will allow the coffee flavor molecules to be released better. FrontStreet Coffee recommends that cold brew coffee be stored for no more than 72 hours.
Q6: Cold brew coffee andThe taste difference of iced drip coffee
Through filtered ice-drip coffee, the coffee liquid appears clear and translucent; while through soaked cold brew, it appears hazy with oil on the surface. Therefore, in terms of taste, ice dripping will be more refreshing and clean, while cold brew will have a fuller taste and more uniform flavor.
Q7: What isCold brew coffee?
Cold brew coffee uses a container, puts the ground coffee powder into the container, then adds a corresponding proportion of cold (ice) water, swirls it around evenly, and seals it. Place it in a low-temperature environment (refrigerator) for 12-24 hours to perform low-temperature extraction. Then filter the coffee grounds through filter paper, and the result is cold brew coffee. Sound troublesome? In fact, compared to iced drip coffee, the method of making cold brew coffee is much simpler!
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
