I don’t know if you have ever ordered an “Iced American” in a coffee shop. If so, Front Street believes that you will most likely be confused about the coffee served. Why? Because the ice-free American style produced by most coffee shops is somewhat different from what everyone imagines.Regarding the ice-free American style, everyone imagines that it should taste slightly cool, not too cold, and have the right low temperature that is easy to drink. After all, the reason why the ice cubes are removed from the iced American style is to reduce the impact of ice cubes on the temperature of the coffee.But as Front Street said, the ice-free American style produced by most coffee shops will not be what you imagine. When you order an iced Americano, you will most likely get a room temperature or warm Americano. Most of these coffee shops also include Front Street, so every time a customer places an order for iced American style in the store, Front Street will always tell the customer: It is at room temperature~What’s interesting is that although the iced American style is at room temperature, the iced latte is cold! That’s right, it’s the coldness that everyone imagines as mentioned above in Front Street. So this kind of "differential treatment" makes many friends feel very confused. Yesterday, a friend who often drinks iced coffee asked Front Street this question: "Why are the iced American styles produced in coffee shops always at room temperature, while the iced latte is cold?"Why are iced American dishes served lukewarm in coffee shops?In fact, it is very simple, because the temperature of the raw materials is different. "Do not use ice cubes during the production process/remove the ice cubes from the iced coffee ingredients." This is the understanding of most coffee shops on the production of "de-iced coffee". So whenever a customer places an order for iced coffee, the barista will "smooth" the ice out of the ingredient and make it again.For example, the ingredients required to make a glass of iced Americano are: water + ice cubes + concentrate. So when we make ice-free American style, the materials used will be: water + concentration. The same goes for iced latte. The materials needed to make a cup of iced latte are: milk + ice cubes + concentrate. When we make a de-iced latte, the materials will be changed to: milk + concentrate.
The reason why the iced Americano produced by the coffee shop is at room temperature is because the water used by the coffee shop when making the iced Americano is room temperature! So when the ice cubes are removed from the iced American style, it is just room temperature water + concentration, and the American style made will naturally be at room temperature.(It may also be slightly "heated" because there is more concentrated liquid/hotter); And because the milk used in iced latte has been refrigerated, even if the ice cubes are removed, the iced latte will still have a low temperature. Isn’t it? The truth is really simple~Maybe many friends will say at this time, then why can't you let room temperature water pass through ice like a milk tea shop, or throw the water into the refrigerator to refrigerate, and then use this cold water to make ice-free American style?In fact, it’s not impossible. Of course, some coffee shops will make ice-free American style in this way. But other than that, most coffee shops are still the same as mentioned before on Front Street. They use simple room temperature water + concentrate to make ice-free American style.(Including Front Street)。The reason is also very simple. The reason why milk tea shops add ice and then scoop out the ice is because these products inherently need to reduce the temperature and concentration by adding ice cubes, while coffee shop products do not. So if we use this method to make de-iced American style, although it can achieve the goal, it will increase a lot of workload, especially for coffee shops with a large number of cups! Refrigerated storage will increase the storage burden. So most coffee shops choose this method for their iced American style.
If you want to drink a cup of iced American coffee that is not so ice-cold, in addition to the iced Americano, you can also choose the "less iced" iced Americano. As long as there are not many ice cubes, the heat of the room temperature water and espresso itself is enough to quickly melt a small amount of ice cubes, and then you can get an ideal cup of "ice-free Americano". This is also a method that many guests and friends will choose after being informed on Front Street that iced American food is served at room temperature. It is highly recommended~
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
