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Coffee has different roasting degrees, and the flavor of coffee under different roasting degrees is different. The appreciation of specialty coffee has become a trend. More and more people are falling in love with the unique floral and fruity flavor of specialty coffee, so the roasting degree of hand-brewed coffee beans on the market has become lighter and lighter. But in fact, no one likes to drink coffee with only sour taste, even if it is
Read more →The darker the coffee is roasted, the more acids in the coffee are destroyed and replaced with more caramel, smoky, and bitter flavors. Based on their understanding of different coffee beans, roasters use different roasting degrees to give beans of different origins and varieties a unique flavor. For example, retaining the bright acidic or floral notes of beans
Read more →Acidity in coffee beans is not a pH value but is one of the basic taste characteristics along with body, aroma, sweetness, bitterness and aftertaste. Acidity is generally related to the degree of roasting of coffee beans, and is also related to the flavor of the production area. Many people do not accept coffee that is too acidic because they think the taste is too exciting, so
Read more →As one of the most popular and trendy coffee brewing methods, hand brewing has always been very popular among coffee lovers. However, if you want to brew coffee at home that is neither bitter nor astringent, which coffee beans should you choose? During the roasting process of green coffee beans, the flavor substances will continue to change. Simply put, it is the process from sour to bitter.
Read more →Frontstreet Coffee: Frontsteet Coffee provides more than 50 kinds of freshly roasted coffee beans. It not only has high-scoring single-origin coffees covering multiple mainstream production areas and varieties, but also has very cost-effective ration beans, including Front Street Yirgacheffe, Front Street Brazilian Red Bourbon, and Front Street Colombo.
Read more →Freshly ground and freshly roasted both sound like they are pursuing the "freshness" of coffee, but in fact they have completely different meanings and values. Freshly grinding is to allow you to drink the fullest aroma of coffee beans, because once the beans are ground into powder, the aromatic substances will be lost at an accelerated rate, so you need to drink it as soon as possible. If you want to taste freshly ground coffee, then
Read more →Geisha refers to a coffee variety that originally came from Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. After continuous selection, it came to Central and South America. It became famous in Panama in 2004 and became popular in the consumer market because of its iconic flavor. Geisha coffee green beans are slender in appearance, and the cooked beans have a strong fruity aroma, accompanied by
Read more →Arabica refers to a coffee variety. According to Front Street Coffee, there are currently three major coffee varieties in the world, namely Arabica, Robusta and Liberica. Among them, the coffee beans of the Arabica variety have the best flavor, so they are used to make specialty coffee. At the same time, its caffeine content
Read more →Yirgacheffe coffee has a unique citrus, lemon fruit aroma, with the fragrance of jasmine, a fresh and bright texture, and a clear-cut sour taste, clean and free of impurities. The high altitude brings a large temperature difference between day and night to Yirgacheffe. The temperature difference between day and night delays the production speed of coffee fruits and can form more flavors.
Read more →Many people know that coffee is generally divided into two flavors, sour and bitter. However, some coffee lovers hope to find coffee with a balanced taste, not sour or astringent, sweet and not bitter. Based on this, today Front Street brings several selected coffee beans. You can choose according to your own preferences ~ 1. Balanced taste: Front Street Bird of Paradise Coffee
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For more knowledge about specialty coffee, please follow the WeChat public account: FrontStreet Coffee. When it comes to brewing coffee, many people like to ask how many grams of coffee powder are used, and what is the ratio of powder to water. At the end of the day, what people care about is the extraction rate of the coffee. need
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People who often drink coffee know that American style is black coffee with nothing added. It tastes bitter and has a sweet taste. Latte is a fancy coffee with milk mixed with espresso. It is sweet and delicious and can be easily accepted by drinking coffee for the first time. Other categories are based on this cup of coffee, such as sparkling American style.
Read more →With people's pursuit of health, many drinks with the banner of sugar-free and low-fat have appeared in everyone's lives, and coffee, as one of the three major beverages in the world, is no exception. Low-caffeine coffee has also been introduced, which is currently the most common decaf coffee in coffee shops. So what are the characteristics of decaffeinated coffee? Then take it
Read more →For more knowledge about specialty coffee, please follow the WeChat public account: FrontStreet Coffee. In modern society, coffee is not only used to refresh yourself, but also a way of life. Decaffeinated coffee has begun to appear on the market to satisfy those who suffer from caffeine intake that affects sleep or
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Ice dripping refers to soaking coffee powder with ice water and slowly dripping it by adjusting the speed of water droplets. The extracted coffee tastes fragrant, smooth and rich, and the flavor will vary depending on the coffee beans selected. The advantage of ice-drip coffee is that it is not sour and does not hurt the stomach, because when making coffee using this method, the selected
Read more →On such a hot day, of course you have to drink iced coffee. But for Front Street, who has difficulty choosing, there are so many ice coffee categories on the market, how should you choose between cold brew, ice drip, nitrogen coffee, and Japanese ice coffee? We all know that iced coffee is generally extracted at low temperature, and the extraction speed is slow, but in terms of flavor, it is
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For more knowledge about specialty coffee, please follow the WeChat public account: FrontStreet Coffee. Since the production process of cold brew coffee is different from that of conventional hot brew coffee, it needs to be made one day in advance. Therefore, the cold brew sold in Front Street stores will not have as rich coffee beans as hand brewing.
Read more →If you want to make delicious ice-drip coffee, Front Street believes that the following three points are indispensable: Select floral and fruity coffee beans: Since cold brew coffee is coffee extracted at low temperature and for a long time, more small molecular substances in the coffee beans such as floral aroma and fruit acid are extracted, while large molecular substances such as tannic acid and other bitter substances are difficult to extract.
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Many people think that coffee must be bitter, and making black coffee requires adding milk and sugar, but coffee actually has many different flavors, which makes it not only not bitter, but also has a variety of aromas and tastes. Today Front Street has brought several coffee beans with a balance of sour and sweet, and outstanding flavors for everyone to choose from. 1
Read more →A preliminary guide for coffee novices - how to choose the flavor you want to drink. How to choose the coffee beans you want to taste is really a big problem. I have summarized the taste and characteristics of several common coffee beans. The flavors of the coffee beans introduced below range from fresh to rich, from sour to bitter.
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