When some customers who don't usually drink coffee walk into the Front Street offline stores, they often ask the baristas on Front Street a question: "What kind of coffee is Italian coffee? What is the relationship between it and American coffee?" This is a good question. There are only two small blackboards on Front Street that serve as menus, one is responsible for hand-made coffee and the other is responsible for Italian coffee. The Italian coffee bean list clearly states Americano, latte, cappuccino, and mocha.
Many people think that Italian coffee is Italian coffee and Americano is American coffee, so they will be confused about the coffee bean list on Front Street: Why put American coffee into Italian coffee? Next, Front Street will use this article to answer your questions.
In fact, the above guess is correct. Americano coffee is American-style coffee. When it comes to American coffee, there are two ways to make it: the first is coffee made with a traditional American drip machine. Many families still use American drip machines. Because of its convenience and practicality, it is also called a fool-proof coffee machine. The use of this American drip filter is very simple, the steps are as follows:
Step 1: Add appropriate amount of coffee powder
Step 2: Fill the water tank with an appropriate amount of water
Step 3: Press the switch button
As for the ratio of water to powder in American coffee, Front Street believes that it can be adjusted according to personal needs, but it is recommended that you start with a ratio of 1:20. Generally speaking, the time to make a pot of coffee will be between 5-8 minutes.
But it’s worth noting that the Americano produced in this way is completely different from the Americano you can buy in coffee shops today. The American coffee on the market today is basically made of espresso mixed with water. This production method originated during the Second Time War, when American military officers drank traditional Italian coffee, that is, espresso, for the first time in Europe. But for Americans who are used to drinking American drip coffee, the taste is too strong, so they add water to espresso to dilute the taste, and finally get a drink with a flavor similar to coffee made by an American drip machine. The Europeans were very disdainful of this and mockingly called this coffee "Americano".
Regarding the espresso extraction time and the amount of coffee liquid, Front Street will make appropriate adjustments based on the coffee beans of the day and other factors. Take today's Front Street espresso extraction parameters as an example: 19.5 grams of coffee powder is used and the extraction time is about 28 seconds to extract 35 grams of coffee liquid.
It can be said that espresso is the basis of all coffee drinks, so whether a cup of coffee tastes good or not has a lot to do with espresso. Even abroad, espresso itself is a coffee drink, and it has been played with tricks. Espresso is also called espresso. The extraction parameters generally use 7-9 grams of coffee powder. Under a pressure of 9 bar, through water of about 92 degrees, about 14-18 grams of coffee liquid is extracted in 25-30 seconds. Most of the coffee drinks on Front Street are based on double shot coffee liquid. Therefore, it takes about 20 grams of coffee powder to extract about 35 grams of coffee liquid.
Front Street believes that the taste of espresso is closely related to the espresso beans. The coffee beans used in the Front Street current street store are the homemade Nuanyang blend coffee beans made by Front Street. This Italian blend is a combination of Honduran sherry coffee and Ethiopian red cherry coffee beans. The coffee liquid extracted from this blend of coffee beans has a strong sense of fermentation. Compared with ordinary coffee blends with low acidity and a nutty flavor, Nuanyang blend coffee has high acidity and lively. The chocolate flavor is obvious and the taste is very thick and textured. Many consumers were attracted by this coffee bean, and even bought Nuanyang blended coffee beans on Qian Street to make Italian coffee drinks at home. There will always be consumers who have questions about the blending of Italian coffee beans. Why use two types of coffee beans?
Front Street would like to briefly introduce to you here. A long time ago, the quality of Italian coffee was generally not high, so high-quality coffee would be mixed with some poor-quality coffee, which was not easy to detect. This is a business strategy. The reason for the second pavilion is to meet complex taste preferences and requirements by blending coffee from different production areas to achieve the effect of 1+1 greater than 2. The third reason is the stability of coffee beans. You must know that coffee is a crop after all, and the flavor and taste characteristics of this year may be different from next year. Therefore, blended coffee can meet the standards required for coffee production. Blend the two coffees, adjusting the ratio to ensure a balanced flavor.
According to the method of mixing espresso with water, the ratio of coffee liquid to water for the hot Americano on Front Street is 1:4, while the ratio of coffee liquid to water (including 100 grams of ice) for the iced Americano is 1:8. As for how much water to add to espresso to turn it into Americano, Front Street believes that the ratio of coffee liquid to water should be controlled at about 1:4-1:8, but you can adjust it to a certain extent according to your own needs. So which one is better, American coffee or Italian coffee? Front Street believes there is no standard answer to this question. If you don’t like black coffee, then you will naturally prefer Italian coffee drinks other than Americano. However, if you can accept black coffee, then it is recommended to drink Americano. Because you can drink the flavor and taste characteristics of various coffee beans
Milk coffee in Italian coffee is a good choice for many coffee novices, because the bitterness in the coffee liquid will be neutralized by the sweetness of the milk. Moreover, for good milk coffee, milk and coffee can be perfectly blended together to create a rich and mellow aroma, leaving a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth and a soft taste. Of course, more and more cafes are now choosing to withdraw from the popular SOE coffee, so what is SOE coffee?
In fact, it is espresso coffee from a single production area. The reason for this is to highlight and amplify the flavor characteristics of a single production area. However, due to various factors, there is no SOE coffee drink on Qian Street. Of course, not all SOE coffee beans are very good. I have also drunk some SOE milk coffee in Front Street. The heavy milk flavor has covered the original flavor of the coffee, and the original intention of making SOE coffee has been lost.
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
