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"Excuse me, do you have ice-drip coffee?" "Yes, today's ice-drip coffee is..." "How can it be made so quickly?" "Due to time constraints, ice-drip coffee is prepared in advance and placed in the refrigerator." "Then how long does it take to make a cup of ice-drip coffee?" This is a conversation that occasionally occurs in Front Street stores. Regarding ice-drip coffee, in addition to "price"
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If we don’t want to go through an overly complicated coffee making process and want to drink the delicious taste of freshly brewed coffee, then hanging ear coffee must be the most suitable choice. Making coffee on the ear is very simple. There is no need to grind powder or prepare professional brewing tools. We only need a cup and any kettle, and we can complete it.
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Making a delicious cup of ice-drip coffee requires attention to many details, such as the selection of ice-drip coffee beans, grinding thickness, powder-to-water ratio, water drop flow rate, storage and quality assurance, etc. So today Front Street will talk about various operational details in this article. 1. Cold extraction and ice dripping of coffee beans are both low-temperature extractions.
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"Boss, please brew the coffee a little longer. I want a stronger coffee." Front Street believes that this is a situation that many friends who work in coffee shops will often encounter. Some customers want to drink a cup of coffee with a stronger taste, so they occasionally make such requests to the store. It is not difficult to understand, because in most
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As coffee enters people's attention and gradually becomes a part of life, the way to taste coffee is no longer limited to the happiness brought by hand brewing. There are many ways to make coffee. In addition to simple hand brewing, there are also other methods such as Italian style, cold brewing, and siphoning. Maybe you often do it in coffee shops.
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Recently, many specialty coffee shops have begun to sell a "niche" coffee - "Chang Cui". For friends who are new to coffee, Changcui can be said to be very unfamiliar, so recently friends often ask Front Street what Changcui is. To be fair, Front Street believes that the main reason why people are unfamiliar with it is
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Guest: "Boss, have a cup of Dirty!" Front Street: "Okay!" Guest: "Want it hot!" Front Street: "..., no, Dirty doesn't make hot..." In daily life in coffee shops, such a conversation is not uncommon. Because of the materials used to make Dirty
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Front Street found that many friends always encountered this problem when they first started learning coffee brewing: they found that the coffee they brewed did not taste good, but they could not tell what was bad about it. Logically speaking, if we want to make a good cup of coffee, in addition to learning the underlying logic of brewing and mastering the correct extraction parameters
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Without prompting, Front Street believes that it would be difficult for anyone to imagine that this syringe-like prop is actually used to make coffee. Yes, it is the AeroPress, a very popular coffee “toy” in the coffee circle. The reason Front Street calls it a "toy" isn't because it can't consistently make
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Front Street found that many friends are troubled by the problem of Moka pot coffee often being over-extracted. Because Front Street often shares tweets about Moka pots, some friends leave comments in the comment area with questions like: "How to avoid over-extracting coffee with a Moka pot" or "Why is the extracted coffee too bitter?" and other questions. Indeed, compared to its
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If you are a novice and want a coffee guru who has been in the coffee industry for a long time to recommend a practical and easy-to-use hand brewing filter cup, then Front Street believes that the filter cup he recommends to you will most likely be a product launched more than 20 years ago - V60. Even though new filter cups are constantly being introduced every year, as of today, they are still
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"Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs." Occasionally, customers and friends describe the Front Street offline stores this way. Because in the small store on Front Street, in addition to the various coffee beans sold online, there are also various coffee utensils placed in different corners. Such as siphon pot, French press, smart cup, Turkish coffee
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Recently, a friend came across this post on the Internet: "If you steam for too long, it is easy to brew under-extracted coffee." Obviously, this statement goes against our long-standing understanding of steaming. Because as we all know, the purpose of steaming is to expel the carbon dioxide in the coffee powder, allowing us to more easily convert the coffee into
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To start a delicate working day, a cup of freshly ground coffee is often all that is needed, and American style is the first choice for countless office workers. No matter what kind of factors, American style is always the "backbone" of a coffee shop, so in many cases its taste will directly affect people's first impression of the shop, and even make people say "even cups"
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As the saying goes, a good horse needs a good saddle, and good tea needs a good vat. As the main container for holding coffee, people have gradually paid more and more attention to the impact of different designs of cups on tasting. Some coffee shops even spend a lot of money to create a set of coffee cups specifically for the production, in order to create a dual experience of vision and taste buds. Just like wine, the glass
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Experienced friends know that there are many factors that affect the taste of cold brew coffee. Among them, the most influential ones are the selection of coffee beans, grinding degree, powder-to-water ratio, and soaking time. Secondly, there are some production tips, such as sufficient stirring, ensuring that the container is clean, water quality, etc., which will more or less change the coffee.
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Occasionally, at the Front Street store, a friend will order "black coffee." Although Front Street knows that the black coffee these friends are referring to is most likely American, Front Street will still ask for a sip just to be on the safe side. So many friends are wondering: "Isn't black coffee just American?" Hey! This is not the case
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To be fair, Front Street believes that coffee filters can really be called a very versatile tool. Because it’s not just hand-brewed coffee, but also ice-drip coffee, cold brew coffee, espresso, and some friends even use Moka pots when making coffee! Then when it comes to this, some friends have questions.
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When brewing most coffee, we always press the timing function that comes with the coffee maker to calculate the time. This is something that the master chefs will emphasize since they started. But such a move is incomprehensible to some friends, because they think that the recording of time will not affect coffee.
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As the saying goes: "Steaming and simmering are good, and brewing is hassle-free." Steaming is a very important preparatory step for making hand-brewed coffee. The so-called steaming is a step in which we use a small amount of hot water to pre-soak the coffee powder and wait for a certain period of time before officially extracting the flavor substances of the coffee. Pass
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