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Looking at the coffee wave in recent years, after the emergence of instant coffee, the rise of Italian coffee has not only spread the Italian coffee spirit to the entire Europe, but also spread throughout the world with the rise of chain coffee, and has become an important foundation for the subsequent development of coffee! Nowadays, coffee shops of all sizes, including Front Street, offer a variety of Italian coffee varieties. Today I will take you to understand this branch system and analyze the difference between it and Pour over(V60) coffee.
espresso
A cup of pure, strong tasteespresso(espresso), a major player in the second wave of coffee. According to legend, coffee was introduced to Italy from the East along with fruits and was loved by Italians. After the brewing equipment was greatly improved in the early 20th century, it established a look that is close to modern espresso. Drinking espresso has become a daily routine for Italians. Later, with the continuous improvement of espresso machines, espresso expanded from Italy, allowing the entire Europe to be surrounded by the aroma of coffee, and eventually spread to all parts of the world.
According to Front Street, es in espresso is actually ex in English, which means "fast and convenient". In the past, the traditional espresso drink was to drink the coffee quickly in just a few minutes to ensure that the flavor of the coffee would not be lost. At that time, it set off a wave of standing drinking coffee, and the price was more affordable than take-out coffee.
Authentic Italian espresso (espresso) is a drink of approximately 30-60ml made from near-boiling high-pressure hot water (approximately 92-94 degrees Celsius, 9 bar atmospheric pressure), an extraction time of 20-30 seconds, and passed through finely ground and flat-packed coffee powder. The surface will have a thick and dense layer of coffee oil foam, also called Crema. The color of the oil tends to be golden to brown, and now the color will vary depending on the roasting degree of the coffee.
Because the taste is very strong, many people also add sugar or milk to temper the bitterness. In 1971, the well-known chain coffee brand "Starbucks" was established, which brought about new variations of espresso based on espresso and blended with various flavorings such as milk, syrup, cream, spices, etc., such as Herbalife, macchiato, caramel macchiato, cappuccino, latte, mocha, Americano... etc., they are all representative members of the espresso family!
Americano
In fact,Americano coffee was not born inIn the United States, Americano was originally transformed from espresso coffee - espresso was diluted with hot water, which became Americano under the Italian system. During World War II, the US military in Europe was not used to drinking it.espressoIt has a stimulating and purely bitter taste, so hot water was added to the coffee to dilute it, and the name Americano came from this! In the world of Italian coffee, Americano is one of the variations of Italian coffee!
Strictly speaking, Americano can also be subdivided into Americano, Long Black and Lungo/Long Shot, but because the former is so famous, few people pay attention to the other two branches:
Add hot water to Americano│espresso, and the cup size is relatively large, so the crema on the espresso is easily diluted and the taste is softer. Long Black│The cup size is relatively small.Add hot water to espresso. Because the coffee crema is poured in last, the crema can be retained for a longer time and can better maintain the lingering aroma of coffee in your mouth.
Lungo│ does not add additional water, but lengthens the extraction time and speeds up the water flow. The extraction time is about 30 to 60 seconds, which can reach about 60ml of coffee. It is a coffee that is more fragrant but less concentrated than Americano.
hand brewed coffee
With the arrival of the third wave of coffee, coffee has transformed from a necessity into a luxury product. Coffee lovers pay more attention to the origin, year, preparation, bean quality, variety, and taste of coffee... and pay more attention to various brewing parameters, which has also made coffee lovers all over the worldspecialty coffeeThe museum is developing more vigorously.
so-calledhand brewed coffee, the barista controls various parameters such as water temperature, water flow, water volume, coffee powder thickness, etc., and brews coffee powder with steady water injection to complete coffee extraction. The extraction principle of Pour over(V60) coffee is based on the three physical mechanisms of "infiltration, steaming, dissolution, diffusion and proportion adjustment" between water and coffee powder:
Soaking and steaming│When filling with water for the first time, usually only a little water is added to make the coffee powder slightly moist, such as aromatic substances that are easy to spill, etc. can be retained in this small amount of water.
Dissolution│The water injected after steaming uses hot water to dissolve hundreds of soluble molecules in the coffee that affect the flavor, including caffeine, acidity (sourness), aroma, oil, sugar (sweetness), carbohydrates (bitterness)... etc.
Diffusion and proportion adjustment│The dissolved molecules diffuse into the water, and through subsequent water injection for appropriate extraction adjustments, it becomes our fragrant and mellow coffee drink.
Changes in one of these factors will affect the flavor of the entire cup of coffee, so Pour over(V60) coffee is a very skillful coffee brewing method.
The reason why everyone admires Pour over(V60) coffee so much is that freshly ground and freshly brewed coffee is the most fragrant and fresh. More importantly, a powerful barista can perfectly interpret the advantages of coffee beans and carefully adjust the expression of the substances in the coffee powder through techniques to develop the unique flavor of coffee. Instead of focusing on concentrated and rich extraction methods, coffee drinkers can feel different levels of flavor changes from the top, middle and final notes, so that coffee drinkers can fully immerse themselves in the elegant coffee world of black coffee.
Because of this, drinking coffee is no longer just about fast and simple drinking rules, but also a process from preparation to drinking, forming an interesting life style. Below, we take the Golden Mandheling coffee beans from the former street as an example to show you how to brew black coffee with a mellow taste and sweetness.
"Golden Mandheling" is the exclusive brand of Indonesian Pwani Coffee Company (PWN). There are many different types of Mandheling products on the market. Since PWN registered the English "Golden Mandheling" as the company's trademark, only the Golden Mandheling coffee produced by PWN Company is the true Golden Mandheling.
The medium-dark roasted Mandheling coffee exudes a rich "coffee flavor", similar to the complex aroma of nuts, dark chocolate, roasted chestnuts, cinnamon and other spices. It tastes as smooth and mellow as caramel and cream, completely filling the entire mouth, with a solid taste and a sweet aftertaste. It is one of the first-choice items for those who love strong, bitter black coffee.
Front Street’s brewing ideas for each coffee bean are based on the characteristics of the coffee during cupping. For example, for Golden Mandheling, a coffee that focuses on mellow tonality, Front Street will give priority to using kono or cake filter cups. Compared with the conical filter cup, the cake filter cup has a "large flat layer", and the coffee powder can be evenly spread on the bottom. This will increase the time for the coffee powder particles to absorb water, so that the extracted coffee is more uniform overall, and improves the mellow taste. It is also more friendly to novices who are not familiar with the flow control ability.
Because darkly roasted coffee beans are relatively loose and highly absorbent, it is easy to absorb too much water and become over-extracted, making the brewed Mandheling coffee bitter and astringent. Therefore, Front Street will adjust the grinding degree to be coarser and use water with a lower temperature for brewing.
Recommended brewing parameters: Water temperature: 87~88°C Coffee powder: 15 grams Powder to water ratio 1:15 Grinding degree: medium grinding (Chinese standard No. 20 sieve pass rate 70%)
The brewing method uses a three-stage water injection method. The three-stage water injection can better express the mellow taste of Front Street Golden Mandheling coffee and the sweetness of caramel. In the first stage of steaming, 30ml of water is injected. This stage of water injection fully wets the coffee powder and exhausts it. In order to better extract the flavor of the coffee later, 100ml is injected in the second stage. This stage mainly flushes out the golden foam of Mandheling and raises the powder layer. In the last section, gently pour 95ml of water into the center. When all the coffee liquid has passed through, remove the filter cup and gently shake the coffee in the pot.
The Pour over(V60) Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling coffee tastes very rich, exuding the aroma of spices and herbs. The overall taste is solid and mellow, with the sweetness of caramel and the flavor of chocolate and nuts.
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
