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When some customers buy coffee beans at FrontStreet Coffee stores, they do not have the equipment to grind the beans at home, so they ask the barista to grind the coffee beans into powder in advance. At this time, the barista on the front street will ask him a question, that is: What kind of equipment do you use for coffee extraction? The answer to this question is most likely an American drip filter machine. After hearing this answer, the barista on the front street will adjust the grinding degree of the grinder to grind it like Pour over(V60) coffee. Many people will be curious, why should the grinding degree of coffee be determined based on the extraction equipment?
Front Street believes that different coffee making methods require different grinding of coffee powder, because the grinding degree is crucial to coffee extraction. The thickness of the coffee grind will directly affect the extraction time and extraction rate. Next, Front Street will explain the principle in layman's terms. Everyone knows that the finer the coffee beans are ground, the larger the surface area will be, the faster the extraction speed will be, and more flavor substances will be extracted. On the contrary, the coarser the grinding degree of coffee beans, the smaller the surface area, the extraction speed will decrease, and the extracted substances will be much less than that of fine grinding in the same time.
However, when the grinding is too fine, when other parameters are equal, too much flavor will be extracted from the coffee, and the overall flavor will become extremely strong and unpleasant. This may be what we often call "over-extraction." When the grind is too coarse, it may lead to "under-extraction". This is because not enough flavor substances are extracted from the coffee powder. Such coffee will often appear "watery", "thin" or have a sour feeling.
Regarding the grinding degree of coffee, it is internationally divided into 7 types: Extra coarse, Coarse, Medium-coarse, Medium, Medium-fine, Fine, and Extra Fine, which are respectively suitable for cold brew coffee, French press pot, hand-pour coffee, drip coffee machine, Aeropress, Moka pot, espresso machine, Turkish coffee, etc.
Front Street is not so troublesome. Here we give you three grinding degrees of fine, medium and coarse. Using the national No. 20 standard, the screening rates are 80%, 75% and 70% respectively. Equipment such as espresso machines and moka pots use fine grinding. The reason is very simple. Under high temperature and high pressure, water passes through the coffee powder layer very quickly. Therefore, fine grinding can hinder the speed of the water flow and increase the contact time of the powder and water. It is possible to extract more flavor substances. For Pour over(V60) coffee and American coffee machines, we will use medium and coarse grinding, which is related to the degree of roasting of the coffee beans.
Customers who come to buy beans on Front Street will ask about the impact of different coffee roasting degrees on coffee beans. Generally speaking, we will generally tell you that light roasted coffee beans will highlight the floral aroma and fruit acid in the coffee, while medium roasted coffee beans will have a relatively balanced flavor, with more obvious nutty flavors. Dark roasted beans emphasize body and chocolate flavor. So what American coffee beans would Front Street recommend to everyone? In fact, American drip coffee machines are suitable for coffee beans of any roasting degree. It depends on what kind of coffee beans you like. For light roasted coffee, we will first introduce you to the Front Street sun-dried red cherry. This coffee bean from Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia, is highly sweet and has a more obvious Ethiopian citrus and berry tone.
Blue Mountain Coffee has always been the pride of FrontStreet Coffee. The excellent growing environment and strict export standards are particularly rare for the true Blue Mountain. Front Street's Blue Mountain coffee comes from Clifton Estate, a rainforest certified coffeehouse in Jamaica. It is very balanced in sourness, sweetness and bitterness. FrontStreet uses medium roasting to maximize its smooth creamy texture and dark chocolate flavor.
As for dark roasted coffee, the most recommended isfront streetPWN Golden Mandheling, this coffee is a classic representative of Front Street deep roasted coffee beans. The size of Huangman is relatively consistent, and the mesh number is around 19 mesh. The screening process of one machine selection and three hand selections makes Huang Man particularly precious. Front Street here gives you a warm reminder. After drinking "Golden Mandheling", many friends will have the idea that "it doesn't taste that good". On the one hand, you may not like the taste of Mandheling. On the other hand, you may have bought a fake. The golden Mandheling on Qian Street has a PWN factory certificate and a sack with the PWN logo as proof. As for the golden Mandheling sold by other merchants, if you have any questions, you can ask the store to show the above certificate.
After talking about making American coffee beans, Front Street will teach you how to use an American coffee machine, taking the De'Longhi drip coffee machine as an example. After plugging in the coffee machine, you need to use a coffee powder spoon to add an appropriate amount of coffee powder (depending on your needs) into the coffee filter basket. Generally, 100 grams of water is used for every 5 grams of coffee powder. Of course, you can also adjust it to your own taste. After adding an appropriate amount of water to the water tank, close the lid and press the start button. The drip filter will start extracting coffee. It is very simple.
We all know that in addition to the drip filter method, there is another way to make American coffee, which is to add water to the espresso. So which one tastes better, "Italian coffee" or American coffee? What is the difference in taste between the two? It depends on the person. Front Street believes that the Americano made with espresso will be more mellow, and the oil layer on the surface will also add layers to the taste of the coffee, making it fuller. The effect produced by a drip coffee machine is different and relatively cleaner.
Having said this, I believe many friends will ask, "What is the difference between Italian coffee and American coffee?" It is very simple. Front Street believes that Italian coffee = Italian-style coffee = European-style coffee, and American coffee = American-style coffee. So what's the connection between them? Front Street has been mentioned in many articles, and I will briefly explain it to you this time: In the past, Americans mainly drank drip coffee. However, during World War II, the US military was not used to the richness of Italian coffee, so they diluted it with water in the espresso liquid. Later, in order to cater to American tastes, the "American coffee" method of drinking gradually emerged - espresso with water. In addition to espresso, traditional Italian coffee can also be added with sugar and milk to form latte, cappuccino and other beverage types.
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
