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Communication with professional baristas Please pay attention to FrontStreet Coffee. Many friends have asked the baristas on Front Street: "Can you really drink so many flavors from beans? How do you drink them?" First of all, this is a question about personal senses. Everyone grows up.
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If you want to learn how to make coffee, you must first learn to drink coffee. Of course, "learning to drink coffee" here does not mean being able to describe a beautiful flavor, but more about being able to judge the quality of a cup of coffee, that is, whether it tastes good or not. Subjective and Objective Whether coffee tastes good or not depends largely on personal preference.
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As coffee gradually became recognized, stores promoted high-quality products in response to the situation. We also began to trace the origin, and we regarded coffee as culture. The rise of boutique hand-brewed coffee undoubtedly meets the needs of the market and the needs of store discovery. The bar counters in stores have also begun to reduce their "value" and are no longer the one-foot-tall bar counters in the early days.
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Introduction Tasting coffee is like tasting wine. When we taste a cup of specialty coffee, we naturally have the ability to taste the flavor of the coffee and the desire to express the flavor of the coffee. How to taste a cup of coffee? This question can be split into two aspects, one is about the process of tasting coffee, and the other is the perspective of tasting coffee (cut through
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On the road to learning about specialty coffee, I believe everyone is particularly impressed by a colorful ring. It is the SCAA 2016 version of the coffee flavor wheel that will torture you a thousand times. Of course, this is already a "simplified" version. The first version of the flavor wheel in 1995 still has two, one is the front
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"How do you get the citrus flavor from coffee?" Many friends expressed envy that baristas can easily tell the specific flavor in coffee. Some friends also said that I can taste the sour taste in coffee, but this is far from the citrus you mentioned. Some friends even said that the flavor and other aspects are all lies. Front Street in Daily Network
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"This coffee is rich in fruity tones, with flavors of citrus, lemon, oolong tea, and jasmine!!!" It may be incredible to those who have just come into contact with specialty coffee, why you can drink so many flavors in a cup of coffee! (Are you just making this up?) In this issue of Barista Development Notes, I will share a little
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When people learn to taste coffee, they will focus on the description of positive flavors. For example, when describing a cup of coffee, they can blurt out "jasmine, lemon, strawberry, caramel, chocolate", but when they drink unpleasant tastes, they can only say "burnt, bitter, mixed, green". In fact, you need to learn to taste coffee
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Many customers have revealed to Xiangjie that they actually cannot taste the flavor of coffee. They have also watched many tutorials on coffee tasting, but they only “understood it while watching it, but couldn’t actually practice it”. If this is the case for you, you might as well take a look at some of the coffee tasting experiences on Qian Street. Tasting coffee ≠ describing flavors
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Friends who have requirements for coffee flavor will definitely choose freshly ground coffee. If you want to brew your own beans, a grinder is essential. Open an online shopping platform and search for "bean grinder", and you can see the price range from 22 yuan to 71,271 yuan. This is a price difference of 3239.6 times, although it is 3239.6 times higher than the previous few days.
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Come on, today I will share with you an idea about the brewing method - high concentration and low extraction. This brewing method can minimize the bitterness of coffee and make the coffee achieve a good flavor expression. What is high concentration and low extraction? Here Front Street will give a brief introduction. Everything still has to be extracted from this "Golden Cup"
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No one wants to ruin their coffee, especially expensive specialty coffee beans. No one wants a bad cup of coffee, but if you hit one of these common mistakes, no matter what you use, you’re not just wasting a pot of coffee, but if you’re never aware of the problem, you’re going to
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更多精品咖啡知识，请关注：前街咖啡（Frontsteet Coffee）冲手冲咖啡水温需要多少度？目前主流的建议冲煮温度在于86℃-93℃之间，浅烘的用较高的温度，深烘的用较低的温度。 有一次，在
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With the rapid development of the specialty coffee market, more and more people are beginning to get involved in hand-brewed coffee. Many beginners are confused about the operation of brewing coffee. The dazzling array of brewing equipment, coffee brewing techniques, etc. make many people find it troublesome. Many friends also come to Qian Street to ask how to get started brewing coffee and how to do it.
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If you ask whether water temperature is important for extraction, Front Street thinks it is important, but not that important. As a tool to adjust the extraction speed, the higher the temperature, the easier it is to extract soluble substances. However, because coffee with too high a water temperature will quickly release bitterness, a conservative range should be chosen. Generally speaking, most of the
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With the development of the third wave of specialty coffee craze, more and more people are paying attention to coffee, including how to make a cup of coffee. FrontStreet Coffee believes that if you want to make coffee at home, the easiest way is to brew coffee by hand. The equipment you need to buy is not as big and expensive as Italian coffee.
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Many novice hand-brew coffee makers often ask a question on Qian Street: Why does hand-brew coffee need to be steamed? The most indispensable step in brewing coffee by hand is the steaming step. The purpose of steaming is to release gas from the coffee and ensure uniform extraction, and also to clearly understand whether the brewed beans are fresh. Front Street focuses on freshness
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如果问到前街有什么咖啡冲煮滤杯推荐的时候，前街的咖啡师几乎会一口同声回答：V60！V60滤杯的长肋骨有助于快速萃取风味物质，大孔不会有阻碍的风险，萃取的咖啡有着层次感，无论新手还是老饕，无论想喝清新一
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The ratio of coffee powder to water is a very important parameter for hand-brewed coffee. In layman's terms, when the amount of powder is fixed, there is a water injection amount that is just enough to fully express the aroma of coffee. Therefore, learning to find the correct powder to water ratio for coffee is also an important part of learning to brew coffee. What is the pink to water ratio?
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As a well-known drink in the industry, the Americano, which is made up of only espresso and water (ice water), can be found in almost any cafe, and it also plays the role of a must-order when entering the store. There are many reasons why people like to drink American style. It may be for refreshing, quenching thirst, relieving the heat, etc., or it may be for cooling off.
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