For those who have just come into contact with Italian coffee, they may feel confused when faced with a lot of coffee terms, such as Espresso, Ristretto, Lungo, Latte, Flat White, etc. These all belong to the category of Italian coffee. FrontStreet Coffee uses a picture to let you understand the major coffee brands.espresso。
Espresso
Espresso is a fast concentrated coffee. Under the action of high steam pressure (about 9 atmospheres), when hot water passes through the coffee powder quickly, the essence of the coffee will be fully extracted, completing a cup of rich, aromatic, high-alcohol, bitter and caramel-flavored coffee. FrontStreet Coffee is generally based on a double shot of espresso (20 grams of coffee powder) to make a cup of about 40 grams of espresso with very fine and rich coffee crema on the surface, also called Crema.
espressoIt is the basis of many Italian coffees. It can be said that if the espresso is not extracted well, other Italian coffees will not taste good.
Americano
Italian espresso is diluted with hot water to become American coffee. It originated when American troops landed in Europe during World War II. Because they were not used to drinking Italian espresso, they diluted it with water and evolved into American coffee. Although Americano coffee is mixed with a lot of water, the flavor is softer than ordinary espresso coffee, but the flavor and aroma are not reduced. Compared with Americano coffee brewed by the filter method, the flavor is completely different. It goes well with sweets such as cookies and muffins, and is suitable for those who do not like too strong espresso coffee.
The ratio of FrontStreet Coffee's hot Americano is 40 grams of espresso mixed with 180 ml of hot water, resulting in a 220 ml cup of Americano. The ratio of espresso to water is 1:4.5.
Australian white coffee (Flat white)
Australian white coffee can be understood as the localized latte coffee in Australia. So it's going to be a little different than our regular latte. Australian white coffee originated in Australia and New Zealand. It is a coffee product evolved by the residents of Oceania according to their own needs. It's made of espresso with milk and a layerThin milk foamcomposition. Generally, the cup size of Australian white coffee will be smaller than that of latte, with less milk and richer coffee to highlight the aroma of coffee. It’s worth mentioning that Australian white coffee is only available hot.
The daily Australian white coffee produced by Front Street is 30g of espresso plus 190ml of milk and milk foam. The thickness of the milk foam is 0.5cm.
The base of the recipe is espresso, using 20 grams of coffee powder to extract 30 grams of espresso liquid in 20 seconds.
Coffee latte
Latte is a common milk coffee in Italian coffee. Latte means "milk" in Italian. When making latte, Front Street uses 40g of double espresso, paired with 260g of milk and milk foam, and the thickness of the milk foam is 1cm. Of course, lattes make beautiful latte patterns. The perfect fusion of milk and coffee not only highlights the sweetness of milk, but also reflects the mellow flavor of coffee.
Cappuccino
Cappuccino coffee was originally an Italian breakfast drink. It is a variation of Italian coffee. Steam-frothed milk is poured into strong coffee. The milk foam cap on cappuccino coffee resembles the cap on the cloak of a Catholic priest in the Cappuccino Church, hence the name. The traditional cappuccino is a mixture of espresso, milk and milk foam in a ratio of 1:1:1, which makes the cappuccino less bitter in espresso and more aromatic in milk foam, making it easier to accept. Among Italian coffees, cappuccino has the thickest milk foam, and the dense and delicate milk foam also adds a good taste.
Espresso con panna
Herbalife Blue coffee is made by adding an appropriate amount of fresh cream to Italian espresso, allowing the white foaming fresh cream to float on the surface of the coffee. When drinking, you can drink it directly without stirring. The sweet fresh cream can dissolve the bitterness of the espresso.
cafe mocha
The Italian word Mo means chocolate mocha coffee, which is a fusion of mellow coffee, rich milk and sweet chocolate. There is a variation of mocha called white cafe mocha, which uses white chocolate instead of milk and dark chocolate. In addition to white mocha coffee, there is also a variation that uses two chocolate syrups mixed together, called zebras (zebras), sometimes called tuxedo mocha (tuxedo mocha).
FrontStreet Coffee's mocha coffee plan is 40g espresso + 20g chocolate sauce + 260g hot milk.
Viennese coffee
This is the most famous coffee in Austria. It was invented by a coachman named Einsch Bernard. It is also called a "one-headed carriage". It is made by adding fresh cream and chocolate syrup to espresso.
macchiato
Macchiato is an Italian word meaning "marked". Macchiato coffee originated in Italy in the 1980s. At that time, some customers were accustomed to adding a small amount of milk to espresso, but the milk would soon disappear in the coffee cream. So the barista wanted to distinguish a pure espresso from an espresso containing a small amount of milk, so he used foamed milk to "mark" a white spot on the coffee creme.
Later, people discovered that in the gradual fusion of milk foam and espresso, they could taste the rich and mellow aroma of espresso and appreciate the dense sweetness of milk, intertwined and blended in the mouth, which is wonderful. So the traditional coffee macchiato was born.
FrontStreet Coffee Macchiato plan: 40g espresso + 1 spoon of fine milk foam
Caramel Macchiato
This is Starbucks' star espresso drink (it has nothing to do with macchiato). A medium cup of 355ml coffee contains 1 part (about 30ml) of espresso, and the other 300ml or so is foamed milk, vanilla syrup and caramel, with a sweet taste.
Caramel Macchiato: A large amount of milk and milk foam are used when making it. It is not much different from a wet cappuccino or a thicker latte. Vanilla syrup and smooth hot milk, topped with smooth milk foam, mixed with mellow espresso, and soft caramel sauce, the sweet and mellow caramel macchiato becomes a good choice for coffee lovers to taste espresso.
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
