Every time we go to a coffee shop, we can always see the four "permanent coffee shop guests": Americano, latte, cappuccino, and mocha on the coffee menu. They are also suitable for espresso-based espresso products. What are the differences between them? How should we choose the coffee drink that suits us when we go to a cafe~
All espresso products are inseparable from espresso!
Espresso is an espresso liquid that requires a coffee machine to pressurize and extract quickly at 9 bar pressure. At the beginning, espresso coffee appeared so that people could quickly drink a cup of coffee with high caffeine content for refreshing. At that time, espresso coffee, as the "Italian national refreshing tool", could be said to be strong, bitter and high in caffeine (the reason was because the quality and flavor of coffee beans at that time were not as good as today, so the coffee beans were roasted very darkly, so that the bad coffee flavor was covered with bitterness).
Later, an American soldier came into contact with this cup of coffee and found it difficult to swallow, so he added an appropriate amount of water to the espresso to dilute it. He found that the coffee produced in this way was quick to make and had a strong taste! So the espresso-making technology was brought back to the United States. When selling, the coffee would be diluted with an appropriate amount of water. It was loved by many Americans, so it got a new name: "Americano」。
America’s national coffee—Americano
The method of quickly making espresso + just the right amount of water was brought back to the United States and became very popular among Americans! Firstly, because the production time is short, and secondly, the coffee that comes out can have a rich coffee flavor and a clean taste. Whether it is paired with breakfast or used to refresh, it can be the reason why busy people choose Americano coffee.
As the quality of coffee beans continues to improve, today’s Americano coffee is no longer the Americano coffee it used to be! The coffee beans used to extract espresso have been continuously improved and refreshed, regardless of the degree of roasting or extraction technology.currentAmericanoNot a cup of black coffee with a strong burnt aroma, but a cup of coffee with an attractive coffee aroma, rich flavor and no lack of layers.
The flavor of Americano coffee depends on extractionespresso beansitself. For example, the Italian products produced by the Front Street store use sun-dried Yirgacheffe coffee beans blended with Honduran sherry barrel coffee beans. The extraction parameters are 20g powder to 40g coffee liquid, and the extraction time is 25-30 seconds. The extracted espresso is added to a mixture of hot water/ice water at a ratio of 1:6 to make an Americano. The Front Street Americano will taste like whiskey, vanilla cream, and hazelnut cocoa aftertaste.
The wonderful combination of milk and coffee - latte coffee
Latte is a combination of espresso and fresh milk. When fresh milk is heated and whipped, the sugars in the milk will bring out the most obvious sweetness, which can reduce the bitterness of espresso when blended with coffee.After the latte is made, it can highlight the sweetness of the milk without blocking the aroma and richness of the coffee, so it will still taste slightly bitter.
Front Street believes that in a delicious hot latte, milk and coffee can be perfectly blended. The finished liquid surface will not have obvious layered colors and will have latte patterns. The entrance is filled with the beauty brought by the sweetness and bitterness of coffee and the sweetness of milk. There is no obvious bitterness/a bitter taste and a smooth taste~
A wonderful combination of dense milk foam and coffee - cappuccino
The biggest difference between cappuccino and latte is the thickness of the milk foam. Cappuccino is also called liquid marshmallow. In the first sip of coffee, we can feel the espresso oil and marshmallow-like milk foam merging in the mouth. In the second sip, we can drink the fusion of milk and coffee plus the continuous milk foam. Two sips of cappuccino can bring a triple experience to the mouth!
Front Street believes that a good cup of cappuccino will be in the shape of a raised bulge, with the milk foam about 0.3cm higher than the mouth of the cup. There is a golden ring of fat surrounding the white milk foam, which looks very tempting~
The collision of chocolate sauce and milk coffee - mocha coffee
Mocha coffee was originally only exported to European coffee beans from Mocha Port in Yemen. At that time, the coffee beans exported from Mocha Port had a rich aroma of dark chocolate and nuts, soft acidity, and a mellow and solid taste. Later, due to some historical reasons, fewer and fewer Yemeni coffee beans were exported to Europe. At that time, Europeans missed the aroma of cocoa from Yemeni coffee beans, so they added dark chocolate to espresso to make rich chocolate black coffee. Later, as people's taste became less strong, whipped milk was added to this basis to make the mocha coffee that everyone is now very familiar with.
Nowadays, mocha coffee is synonymous with chocolate milk coffee. Many cafes use sweet chocolate sauce instead of dark chocolate, so mocha coffee tastes sweet chocolate flavor with the mellowness of coffee and the sweetness of milk. It is very suitable for those who don’t like bitter taste~
Which type of Italian coffee should we choose when we go to a cafe?
If you want something exciting and refreshing, try espresso. If you want something less strong but without milk and sugar, try Americano. If you want a smooth taste, try latte. If you want a marshmallow-like texture, try cappuccino. If you want something sweet, try mocha coffee/flavored latte~
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
