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What does Americano coffee taste like? A friend once described FrontStreet Coffee as "whatever you want." Americano is a product made by adding water to espresso to dilute it, so Americano is a product where you can adjust the concentration according to your taste.
Of course, in order to ensure stable production, each coffee shop's Americano coffee will have a fixed dilution ratio based on the performance of the coffee beans after being extracted into espresso. If you want a stronger Americano, you can ask for less water/more coffee when ordering, or if it's lighter, you can put a request for more water/less coffee.
How to choose American coffee beans?
The taste and taste of American coffee depends on the coffee beans used to make espresso. Generally, the more common espresso is made from a blend of coffee beans from different production areas, and is made from medium to deep comprehensive coffee beans. A common blend of coffee beans is Brazilian blended with Mandheling, which has a mellow and rich taste and flavor, with the main note being the sweetness and bitterness of dark chocolate; Colombian blended with Brazilian, which has a mellow and smooth taste, with the main note being nutty chocolate.
FrontStreet Coffee sells 4 Italian blends of coffee beans, all of which are formulated according to the tastes of mass consumers. There are nutty balanced tones, mellow and rich tones, slightly sour and mellow tones, and even particularly stunning tones ~ you can choose according to your own taste preferences.
"FrontStreet Coffee - Nuanyang Blended Coffee Beans" is a coffee bean with a mainly wine aroma. Made from Ethiopian sun-dried red cherry coffee beans (30%) + Honduran sherry barrel coffee beans (70%), it has a rich aroma of wine, vanilla cream, sweet and sour berries, and the flavor of roasted nuts.
"FrontStreet Coffee-FrontStreet Blend 100% Arabica Coffee Beans": an Italian coffee bean with a nutty aroma. Made from Colombian washed coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian semi-dried coffee beans (70%), it has flavors of nuts, dark chocolate, and caramel.
"FrontStreet Coffee-FrontStreet Commercial Blend Coffee Beans" is an Italian coffee bean that is mainly full-bodied. Made from Robusta washed coffee beans (10%) + Colombian washed coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian semi-dried coffee (60%), it has the flavor of nuts, cocoa, and caramel, and has a high mellowness.
"FrontStreet Coffee-FrontStreet Black Cocoa Blend (100% Arabica) Coffee Beans" is a slightly acidic and mellow Italian coffee bean. Made from Yunnan washed arabica coffee beans (30%) + Brazilian semi-sun-dried coffee beans (70%), it has a soft fruity acid, caramel, and nutty flavor.
How to make Americano coffee?
Making Americano requires using espresso as a base and then adding water to dilute it, so we need to extract a concentrated coffee liquid. Specialized espresso machines can be used to pressurize and extract extremely finely ground coffee.
The performance of each coffee machine and grinder is different, and there will be certain differences in both pressure and grinding scale, so there is no accurate parameter reference for grinding scale and thickness.
If it is the initial stage, FrontStreet Coffee recommends an intermediate extraction parameter. You can adjust the data according to the performance of the coffee taste: use 20g powder to extract 40g of coffee liquid at a ratio of 1:2 & 9bar pressure for 25-30 seconds. Make corresponding adjustments based on the actual flavor performance of the coffee after extraction.
Home/office makers can use a Moka pot. The Moka pot is also a device that uses steam power to pressurize and extract coffee. It uses the principle of siphon to allow water to rise from the lower pot through extremely finely ground coffee powder.
(Moka pot for 1-2 people) First grind 20g of coffee beans into powder, then separate the upper pot and the lower pot of the Moka pot, and pour water into the lower pot. The water level should not exceed the pressure relief valve of the lower pot. Then put the coffee powder into the metal filter (powder trough), and use a measuring spoon to tap the coffee powder to compact it a little (gently, not hard). Then install the powder trough on the lower pot, and then tighten the upper pot. (Please be sure to tighten and confirm that the upper and lower pots are indeed connected together.)
With the lid open, use direct fire to heat the pot. The fire should be controlled so that the flame does not exceed the bottom of the pot, because it may boil and overflow. Before you can master the trick, it is recommended to do it with the lid open. If the distance between the gas stove's shelves is too large and the Moka pot cannot be placed stably on it, please add a mesh and then heat it with direct fire.
When the hot water boils and coffee extraction begins, turn off the heat. When all extraction is complete, in order to avoid over-steaming, please pour the coffee into the cup as soon as possible.
After the espresso extraction is complete, add an appropriate amount of hot water/ice water, and the Americano is complete~! !
The right way to lose weight with Americano coffee
Drink a cup of slimming coffee after a meal: Within 30 minutes to 1 hour after lunch, enjoy a cup of fragrant slimming coffee, which helps the digestion of the gastrointestinal tract, and when combined with appropriate exercise, can promote fat burning.
Drink a cup before exercise: It can increase the effect of exercise and accelerate the process of converting fat into fatty acids more quickly. A large amount of exercise can increase the activity of caffeine in the body, thereby converting fat into fatty acids more quickly. The fatty acids are excreted along the human body's microcirculation system to achieve the purpose of weight loss.
It is not advisable to simply drink black coffee (without sugar or milk) to achieve weight loss. The most important thing is to eat healthily and exercise more~
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
