You only need to pour refrigerated milk into the cup, and then lightly drizzle warm espresso on the surface. A cup of Dirty, a very popular milk coffee, is ready.Although dirty coffee appeared much later than traditional espresso, its popularity is much higher than that of most espresso coffee, and it can be regarded as a hot new star in the coffee world. If you are a friend who often visits stores, it should be easy to find that the signature product of many coffee shops is Dirty. So this makes many friends puzzled. Why is Dirty so popular?Front Street often says that the popularity of Dirty is inseparable from an Internet celebrity trend in the past few years - dirty culture. At that time, many foods deliberately created a "dirty" image through the use of chocolate products, such as dirty bags, dirty donuts... In order to catch up with this trend, people from all walks of life began to try to associate food or items with "dirty", and even the coffee circle was no exception.But the dirty coffee that was popular at the time was still somewhat different from the dirty coffee we know now! Because as mentioned in front of the street, the popular dirty culture at that time was to use other materials to make the food itself "dirty", so the "dirty coffee" produced by many coffee shops at that time was mostly made of chocolate, cream and other materials - "dirty coffee" that looked "dirty" in appearance.It was not until the Dirty we know today was introduced to China that it gradually replaced the "dirty coffee" that was deliberately created with a "dirty image".The reason why it can replace "dirty coffee" and successfully gain a foothold in domestic specialty cafes is inseparable from its unique production method, drinking method, and unique taste experience.As we all know, the ingredients used to make Dirty and iced latte are the same, both milk and concentrate. The only difference is that the latter has ice cubes and the former does not. Therefore, Dirty is often ridiculed as "the iced latte with flying ice".But if you have seen Front Street before"The Difference Between Dirty and Iced Latte"Friends of this tweet should know that except for the same materials, the other aspects are completely different in terms of production, drinking method, and experience. That’s because Front Street has made a detailed comparative explanation in the article with a blue title, so I won’t go into details here and mainly explain the characteristics of Dirty.Unlike other coffees, Dirty does not need to integrate the materials into one, but try to keep them independent and layered. Because the special thing about Dirty is that we can taste the deliciousness of different materials at the same time, the concentrated warm caramel aroma, and the cold sweetness of milk. These characteristics will be displayed very well because of the layering.Then, due to the huge difference in temperature and taste between the two materials, they not only show their own characteristics after entering the mouth, but also create a huge contrast.As you can see from the brief introduction above on Front Street, Dirty is characterized by its rich and diverse taste experience. And if we want to create and experience such a feeling, we need to pay attention to the way of pouring the concentrate when making it, so that the concentrate and milk remain independent and layered, and take a big gulp when drinking, so that you can drink the concentrate and milk at the same time.Thanks to the layering of milk and espresso, Dirty has a higher compatibility than other coffees! What does it mean? Here is an example from Front Street--purified milkof use!Purified milk means richer milk! Because it has a higher concentration than regular milk, its taste and sweetness are much higher than regular fresh milk.If we want to use purified milk in traditional Italian milk coffee such as latte and Australian white, then we need to consider issues such as "the ratio between milk and coffee, how much milk should be added so as not to cover up the taste of coffee", "whether the taste of coffee beans and purified milk match, and whether the milk coffee will be greasy".But if it is dirty, we only need to directly replace the milk with the same amount. Because the milk and concentrate are not completely integrated in the cup, the increase in milk concentration will not have a big impact on the taste of the coffee. Not only that, because the taste of purified milk is richer, it can further increase the contrast between concentrated milk and milk in the mouth, making the contrast more vivid.In addition to milk, the same is true for coffee beans. Dirty is compatible with coffee beans with more roasting degrees. There is no need to think too much about the compatibility and proportion between the two. You only need to find a suitable extraction parameter and the beans can be put into use directly.From this example, we can see that Dirty has a very high compatibility, so baristas often make a fuss about Dirty and use different materials to make various unique styles of Dirty. For example, the white toast Dirty, grape oolong Dirty, pistachio Dirty, etc. shared by Front Street before are all good examples.To sum up, we can know why Dirty is still so popular today. Not only because of its unique taste experience, but also because of its extremely high compatibility, which gives baristas more creative space. Therefore, Dirty can continue to introduce new ones and appear in people's field of vision with new "versions".
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
