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Cold brew coffee is becoming more and more popular these days. We are so busy every day that we don’t even have time to buy a cup of coffee. Well, cold brew coffee is the fastest way to get a cup of coffee right now. At Starbucks, a cup of cold brew costs tens of dollars at least, and if you make it at home, you can easily make a delicious and refreshing version for just a few yuan. Why not?
The fermented aroma and coolness of cold brew make people feel instantly refreshed. Even in autumn and winter, it reminds people of its taste. All you need to do is prepare the ingredients in a few minutes, put it in the refrigerator, and you can drink it the next day! The point is, if you can’t finish drinking it, you can put it back in the refrigerator to seal and refrigerate before drinking again! It should be noted that the longer cold brew coffee is left, the more fermented it will be. Therefore, the taste you drink every day will also be different. Front Street recommends that it is best to drink it within 3-4 days.
What is cold brew coffee?
Cold brew coffee is Cold Brew Coffee. Use professional equipment to add ground coffee powder to cold water in proportion and place it in the refrigerator to refrigerate, usually for 12 hours. (If you want a thicker body, you can also extend the time to 24-48 hours); then filter the coffee grounds, and the coffee liquid obtained is cold brew coffee.
Low temperature and long extraction time are the two characteristics of cold brew coffee. Compared with hot-extracted coffee, it has a significantly stronger flavor, less bitterness, and a smoother taste. This coffee, which sounds quite labor-intensive, is actually much simpler to make than you think. You can understand it this way: Soak the coffee powder in cold water - put it in the refrigerator to soak overnight - filter the coffee grounds - done. To use a more poetic phrase, "What you drink is not just a cup of coffee, but also a long wait."
Characteristics of cold brew coffee
Since the cold extraction process is under low temperature conditions, water and coffee powder are in contact for a long time, so that only small molecular flavor substances are extracted; therefore, only small molecules such as fruit acid and floral aroma are dissolved, and those larger molecular flavor substances, such as smoked flavor, roasted flavor, etc., are difficult to extract. Therefore, cold brew coffee has less sourness and is generally welcomed by everyone.
What coffee beans are used to make cold brew coffee?
Front Street will recommend that you try sun-dried, washed or specially processed beans. The reason is very simple, that is, the cold brew coffee produced is more recognizable and sweeter~
African beans are characterized by a rich floral aroma and charming fruit acidity; the acidity is lively and pleasant. But its body is often very thin. As American beans with a balanced flavor, like coffee from Panama and Costa Rica, they have obvious floral and fruity aromas, superior acidity, and mellow beans. Especially the honey-processed beans have a richer fermented flavor. We recommend the three coffee beans of Front Street Mozart, Front Street Strawberry Candy, and Front Street Baja.
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The long-term extraction of cold brew coffee makes the coffee have distinct layers and obvious sweetness;
While making up for the thinness of African beans, it also suppresses the sharp sour taste of African beans at low temperatures.
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee): Yirgacheffe Dingding coffee beans
Country: Ethiopia
Region: Yirgacheffe
Altitude: 1850-2100m
Treatment method: washing
Grade: G1
Variety: Native species Heirloom
Flavor: white floral, citrus, red plum, medium acidity
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee): Honduras sherry coffee beans
Country: Honduras
Production area: Massaguala
Manor: Moka Manor
Altitude: 1500-1700m
Varieties: Kaduura, Kaduai, Pacas
Treatment: Fine washed whiskey fermented in sherry casks
Flavor: Vanilla, whiskey aroma, honeydew melon, dark chocolate aftertaste
FrontStreet Coffee: Colombian Hija coffee beans
Production area: Huilan
Manor: Divide Manor
Altitude: 1700m
Breed: Cicada
Treatment method: Double anaerobic sun treatment
Flavor: Passion fruit, grape, preserved apricot, citrus, fermentation
FrontStreet Coffee: Panama Butterfly Coffee Beans
Production area: Poquete, Panama
Variety: 70% Geisha, Kaduura, Kaduai
Altitude: 1600-1650
Treatment: Sun treatment
Flavor: Classic Gesha, citrus, tea
Of course, you can also choose the following creative approaches:
\Add sparkling water/
Front Street tried using soda water to make cold brew coffee and found that the concentration was too high. The reason is that before the bubbles of soda water are put into the refrigerator, the cold brewed coffee powder of soda water floats on the upper layer. After the bubbles rise, it "impacts" the coffee powder. After 13 hours, when it is taken out of the refrigerator, the coffee powder has sunk to the bottom of the bottle. The coffee powder undergoes a top-down movement during the soaking process, making it easier for the coffee powder to be extracted.
But the [Cold Brew Yelga] made with soda water on Front Street smells more intense of berries!
Observe the coffee liquid. Although there are no bubbles, there will be a feeling of bubbles colliding in the mouth when drinking~
\Add milk/
Generally, people who choose light-roasted beans want to drink the floral and fruity aroma as well as the sweet and sour taste, so they are mostly drunk as a pure drink. Dark-roasted beans have a heavier taste, so dark-roasted, richer cold-brew coffee can be blended with milk to create a pure and smooth taste. However, the dairy products used in the blend are different and the taste is also different.
It can be divided into two categories: one is fresh milk and the other is cream balls (fresh cream). Since fresh milk contains a lot of water, the taste when blended with fresh milk will be refreshing and the body will be thinner; however, if it is blended with fresh cream-type butter balls, the overall taste will be richer and the body will be thicker due to less water content. Front Street is making cold brew coffee. When adding milk without adding sugar, it is a cold brew coffee latte. It tastes naturally sweet and sweet.
\Add wine/
Front Street thinks that if you can add a little Irish whiskey or brandy, it will have a unique flavor. In fact, of course you can add any alcohol, but Irish whiskey is made from grains, unlike Scotch whiskey, which is mostly made from barley. Of course, if you want something alcohol-free and alcoholic, you can try FrontStreet Coffee’s Honduran sherry. This one is fermented in whiskey barrels and has a rich flavor of whiskey cream and vanilla, which is especially suitable for those who want to drink flavored coffee.
Summary
This time I tried cold brew coffee made with room temperature water, and the overall feeling was surprisingly good! When it comes to choosing coffee beans, again, it’s OK for everyone to choose according to their own taste!
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
