Many people distinguish cold brew coffee from iced coffee. The reason is that the traditional concept of iced coffee as we understand it is to use hot water to extract and then add ice or ice to change the coffee from hot temperature to iced coffee. The biggest difference of cold brew coffee is that cold water is used throughout the process and the coffee liquid is obtained by low-temperature extraction. FrontStreet Coffee shares knowledge about cold brew coffee!
What is cold brew coffee?
Cold brew coffee is called Cold Brew Coffee in English. The ground coffee powder is directly soaked in cold water. It usually takes more than 8 hours. The iced coffee liquid is obtained by filtering the equipment. When making cold brew coffee, we can adjust the flavor and concentration of the coffee by changing the grinding size, soaking time, and powder-to-water ratio.
Through the cold brewing method, the aromatic substances of the coffee stay in the cold water for a longer time, and the low temperature presents a more natural floral and fruity aroma. Since small molecule flavors are easier to dissipate, even if the cold-brewed coffee is stored in a low-temperature refrigerator, the floral and other small molecule flavors will become less obvious the longer it is stored. Therefore, Front Street recommends filtering the cold brew and storing it in a sealed container. The storage time should not exceed 5 days to avoid the loss of flavor and the growth of bacteria.
If you want to make a delicious cold brew, Front Street believes that the most important thing is to choose the right coffee beans. inWhen it comes to the selection of coffee beans, Front Street recommends that you choose coffee beans with different processing methods or roasting degrees according to your own preferences. The premise is to use freshly roasted coffee beans. Since coffee goes through a bean-raising period of 4-7 days after roasting, it will enter a best tasting period. After this period, the aroma of the coffee will evaporate more quickly, and the flavor and taste will be greatly reduced. In order to ensure that the coffee you drink has the best flavor, Front Street will ship freshly roasted beans within 5 days, so that the coffee beans you receive have the best aroma.
The characteristics of cold brew caffeine extraction can highlight the aroma of fermented wine, juice, and floral and fruity tea notes in coffee. If you don’t know which coffee beans to choose, you can refer to the several coffees listed on the front street.
"Strong fruit tea type - Front Street Oiran coffee beans"
This coffee bean is produced in the Gujhambera region of Ethiopia, where the geology is rich in nutrient-rich black soil. The coffee beans produced here have a fragrant fruity aroma.Using mature coffee fruits with a pulp sugar content of up to 30%, the fructose is fermented in the sun to give the beans a full fruity sweetness., highlighting the clear floral and berry flavor of coffee, so it is deeply loved by Chinese people. The cold brew coffee made from this coffee bean on Front Street hasThe active berries and passion fruit are sour and sweet, with a clear sense of juice, and the aftertaste has the fragrance of black tea.。
"Fermented wine aroma - Front Street Colombian Hija coffee beans"
This oneFront Street Hija coffee beansIt comes from the Cymbidium production area and is produced by the famous Divide Manor, using a double anaerobic solar treatment method. Nowadays, making Xija coffee into cold brew can bring out the fragrant passion fruit, grapes, as well as the sweetness of preserved fruits and the acidity like tangerine, and there is still an almond-like aftertaste in the mouth after swallowing.
"Wumei Juice Type - Front Street Little Tomato Coffee Bean"
When it comes to coffee with obvious juice, Kenya will first come to mind in Front Street. This is all thanks to the unique growing conditions and special double-washing process here. The light roasted coffeeFront Street Kenyan CoffeeIt has the flavor of black plum and cherry tomato in the mouth. The taste is strong and thick with acidity, and the sweetness is prominent in the middle. It has a blackberry-like juice taste. The aftertaste is berry fruit and brown sugar sweetness, accompanied by a light tea aroma. Therefore, it is deeply loved by coffee lovers.
"Dark berry type - Front Street Costa Rica Mozart coffee beans"
Mozart's coffee beans use anaerobic honey processing and have a very special raisin aroma. When used to make ice-drip coffee, it will show very obvious flavors of blueberry, black grape and wine fermentation, with a refreshing taste and a lingering fragrance on the teeth and cheeks. After 3-4 days of low-temperature storage and fermentation, the wine aroma and flavor become more obvious.
How to make cold brew coffee
The method of making cold brew coffee is very simple. First, we need to prepare a pack of freshly roasted Front Street Mozart coffee beans, an airtight container to hold the extracted coffee liquid, and a filter bag or filter paper and filter cup to filter the coffee grounds.
① Use an electronic scale to weigh 40g of Mozart coffee beans and grind them to the thickness of fine sugar. Front Street will use China’s No. 20 standard sieve to adjust the grinding degree. The pass rate for cold brewing is 75 to 85%, and the grinding scale of ek43s is 9.5 to 10.5.
②Pour the ground coffee powder into a sealed bottle. Front Street will use a powder-to-water ratio of 1:10, that is, add 400 grams of room temperature water.
③Cover the lid and shake evenly. You can also use a stirrer to fully contact the powder with water, and put it in the refrigerator for low-temperature slow extraction for 8 to 12 hours.
④After the time is up, use filter paper (filter) to isolate and remove the coffee grounds. The clear coffee liquid obtained can be enjoyed immediately, or it can be refrigerated to wait for the flavor to ferment and mature, which will form a fuller fermented taste.
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
