Which one has more caffeine and is more refreshing, iced coffee or hot coffee? I believe many people will answer that hot coffee is more refreshing. But in fact, whether coffee is refreshing has little to do with whether it is cold or hot. It depends more on the caffeine content in the coffee variety and the amount of caffeine extracted during brewing.
If you use a type of coffee bean, the longer the extraction time, the more caffeine will be in the coffee. So if you are very sleepy, you can choose cold brew coffee that needs to be soaked in cold water for more than ten hours; if you cannot drink iced drinks, FrontStreet Coffee recommends that you learn to brew drip coffee by hand. If you are in a hurry, Americano coffee is also a good choice.
Why are fewer and fewer people drinking hot Americano?
There is no doubt that the Americano is the most popular coffee drink today. Among them, most friends drink iced Americano. Basically, out of every 10 cups of Americano, 8 cups are iced Americano, the remaining 2 cups are hot Americano, and occasionally 1 cup of room temperature Americano is included. Why does everyone choose to drink iced Americano coffee? Is it because the iced American style tastes better?
We all know that the making of American coffee is very simple, which is espresso plus an appropriate proportion of water (solid or liquid). Whether it tastes good or not mainly depends on the coffee beans, the quality of espresso and the proportion of water. Which of the three states, hot, room temperature, or ice, tastes better? This is the question of how the taste of Americano coffee changes at different temperatures.
Therefore, Front Street used Nuanyang blended coffee beans to make three cups of Americano coffee: hot, room temperature, and ice.
In terms of aroma, the Hot American is the best, exuding the aroma of vanilla cream and sherry. The aroma of room temperature Americano and iced Americano is very weak.
In terms of taste, the hot American caramel, sherry, and chocolate flavors are very full, and you can feel the aftertaste of vanilla cream. The room-temperature American is more balanced, and the various flavors are weaker than the hot American. The flavor of the iced American is not as rich as that of the hot American. It is generally more sour and less bitter. The main flavors are the sherry and chocolate in the middle and later stages.
In terms of taste, the hot American style is more full and mellow among the three; the ice American style is more refreshing and smooth; and the room temperature American style is sandwiched between the two, maintaining a moderate taste.
If we judge the three based on flavor indicators, Hot American deserves to be number one. But the premise is that the coffee beans and espresso are of good quality. For example, SOE Americano or the flavor-focused blended bean Americano, the hot coffee produced is definitely more fragrant and full-flavored than iced coffee. For example, the Americano made from Soe coffee beans has the elegant aroma of strawberry, citrus, and caramel.
Although Italian coffee has begun to pay attention to flavor, it is undeniable that traditional Italian beans with nutty chocolate as the main flavor still occupy the main market. Because these coffee beans are roasted darker, the hot American coffee produced has a rich caramel nutty aroma, but also has a slightly bitter taste. When it is made into iced American coffee, although some flavor/aroma is lost, it is replaced by a less bitter taste and a cleaner and more refreshing taste. This is why some people choose iced Americano even in winter.
To make iced Americano, we recommend Front Street Boutique to blend 100% Arabica coffee beans, Colombian washed coffee beans + Brazilian semi-dried coffee beans. Whether it is made into Americano or latte, it has the flavor of nuts, dark chocolate and caramel.
Of course, another main reason is that Ice American is undoubtedly the cheapest caffeine ice drink, which can solve the caffeine deficiency and heat-relieving needs at the lowest price. For ice dripping, cold brew, and iced hand brewing, Ice American Style has the advantages of fast production, no shortage of goods, and low prices. There are also some friends who like to explore stores, and they will use iced American style as the first step to judge the "minefield". In their words: "If a store can't even say American style well, there is no need to try others!"
Why does coffee refresh you?
People feel sleepy because the brain secretes a substance called adenosine, which is an inhibitory neurotransmitter. When adenosine combines with another specific signaling substance-receptor in the brain, it will make people feel sleepy. The more adenosine binds to receptors, the more sleepy people become.
The caffeine in coffee, as a substance that can stimulate the central nervous system, can effectively organize the combination of adenosine and receptors, and make the human body feel excited for a period of time.
If you rely too much on caffeine every day to stay awake, adenosine will start to "protest"/habit! Every time caffeine arrives, a large number of adenosine receptors are bound to emerge, so even rushing to the scene immediately will not help.
Therefore, it is recommended to consume 1-2 cups of coffee per day (200ml/cup). Excessive intake of coffee can easily lead to accelerated heartbeat caused by hypoglycemia, and it is easy to become "immune" to caffeine.
You can now purchase Front Street Coffee's single-origin coffee beans and Italian blend coffee beans at Tmall's "Front Street Flagship Store". There are 60 kinds of coffee beans from all over the world, freshly roasted and shipped 24 hours a day.
Tmall link：https://qianjieshipin.tmall.com
Or you can directly search for "Front Street Flagship Store" on Taobao
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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
