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When preparing to open a coffee shop, the most uncertain thing is often not the machine, but the bag of Italian beans that need to be ground every day. Whether the beans are right or not directly determines whether the product is stable and whether customers will come back. The matter of finalizing the product can actually be broken down into several steps. Once the thinking is clear, selecting beans is no longer a matter of patting your head.
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The Moka pot looks like just a small kitchen appliance, but in fact it is a small pressure extraction device: the water tank at the bottom is heated to generate steam, and the pressure pushes the hot water through the powder layer, and espresso coffee pours out from the upper pot. This principle determines the extraction characteristics of the Moka pot, and also determines the three things that cannot be avoided when selecting beans: pressure, temperature and time.
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De'Longhi is a popular brand among household semi-automatic and fully-automatic espresso machines. Many families first think of De'Longhi when purchasing a coffee machine. The characteristics of Delonghi machine are that it has a pre-soaking function and the temperature control is relatively stable, but the pressure and water discharge accuracy are not as good as commercial machines. When selecting beans, grasp the balance between oil and taste, and the Delonghi machine can also produce good taste
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When you reach a certain stage of home semi-automatic play, you will all encounter the same problem: How to prepare beans? If you only stock up on one type, you’ll be afraid of getting tired of it, and if you buy too many, you’ll be afraid that it won’t be fresh. The answer is to plan the bean cabinet according to a two-layer structure - the daily ration layer and the weekend exploration layer. Each of the two layers has its own bean selection logic. The requirements for daily rations are stability, balance, and cost-effectiveness.
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Latte is an Italian coffee drink with a high order rate. The ratio of espresso to milk is about 1:3 to 1:5. The sweetness and fat of milk will dilute the coffee flavor, so the core of latte bean selection is fat and body. Beans with good fat will still have clear coffee flavor in milk and good fusion. The fat-based bean blend is a latte
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When opening a cafe, the menu can be ever-changing, but the bag of Italian beans consumed every day at the bar is the key to determining daily production and cost accounts. New shop owners often struggle with flavor and personality when choosing beans, but the core appeal of commercial beans is actually that every cup tastes equally good, and the cost of each cup is accounted for. around these two points
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Before choosing Blue Mountain, you might as well ask yourself two questions: when do you mainly drink this bag of beans and whether to add milk. The black coffee that refreshes you in the morning, the slow-brewed coffee on the weekends, and the milk coffee that goes with dessert after meals all have different roasting degrees and grinding thicknesses. The scene is set first, and the range of beans is narrowed. The Blue Mountains are famous for
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For the same cup of iced coffee, cold brew and ice brewing take two completely different paths. Ice hand brewing uses hot water to quickly extract, and then relies on ice cubes to lock the aroma. The flavor structure is close to that of hot hand brewing, with bright acidity and rising aroma. Cold extraction allows the coffee powder to be soaked in low-temperature water for a long time, so that less bitter substances are dissolved, and the taste is round and sweet.
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Today I will teach you how to choose coffee beans for making espresso. If the coffee beans used are not suitable, the taste of the coffee will naturally be bad. Let’s first talk about what Italian coffee is. Common Italian coffees include espresso, Americano, latte, cappuccino, Australian white... and the most important thing here is
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Why won't your pour-over bloom dome up? Front Street Coffee breaks down the common causes — uneven g
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NO.1 Choose fresh coffee beans. Before choosing any coffee beans, Front Street will teach you how to judge the freshness of the coffee beans. First of all, choose products from professional coffee roasters that clearly indicate the roasting date (not the expiry date or shelf life), have a good brand reputation, and emphasize fresh roasting. In addition, excellent
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When opening a coffee shop, choosing beans is always the most unavoidable task. The first reaction of many novice bosses is to "pick the most expensive one", but the cost cannot be kept down. Some people only look at the price, and the reputation of their products collapses. In fact, the mature idea of using beans for opening a store is to match them in different grades: one main bean to make the base, a cost-bean to control the price, and a special bean.
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The most common way to use a home espresso machine is not just to make a cup of espresso, but also to make American espresso in the morning, latte with breakfast, and coffee drinks with ice in the afternoon. Whether beans are cost-effective depends on whether they can cover several common drinking recipes, whether they are easy to adjust, and whether they can retain their original properties after adding milk or ice cubes.
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When you need a refreshing cup of black coffee in the morning, the floral aroma, citrus notes and soft sweetness of Yirgacheffe are often more likely to open up your taste buds than the heavy roasted flavor. It’s recognizable without adding sugar or milk, and is suitable for pour-over, pour-over or simple immersion brewing. If you prefer a bright, clean cup feel, you can bake from light to medium-light.
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Whether you are just planning to set up a semi-automatic coffee machine at home or are planning a small cafe, selecting beans is an unavoidable step. Dark-roasted blended beans are stable, delicious, and highly adaptable. They are almost a "safety card" among Italian products. What we want to talk about today are Front Street Coffee’s three bean blends that are very suitable for opening a store and for home use.
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The charm of Yirgacheffe coffee beans is that you can often find floral, citrus, berry or tea flavors in a cup. It is not only suitable for quiet drinking, but also can be used in daily moments such as breakfast, office, iced coffee and sharing with friends. If you want to buy beans with a suitable price/performance ratio, you can first think about when you will drink this cup of coffee, and then choose
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Black coffee is the best way to test the true quality of a bean. Without milk, the flavor, mellowness, and aftertaste will all be apparent. Whether you are making Americano semi-automatically at home, having a cup of iced Americano in summer, or using a Moka pot to brew a pot of fragrant coffee, choosing a suitable dark roasted blended bean can make the product more stable. What we talked about today
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Customers who often come to Front Street to buy coffee beans sometimes ask if there is a lazy coffee machine suitable for use at home. It is best if the price is not too high. At this time, Front Street will say: You can learn about American drip coffee machines! Among home users, the "popularity" of American drip coffee machines is extremely polarizing. Many people think that it
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In the world of coffee, not everyone pursues floral and fruity aromas and bright acidity. There are a large number of coffee lovers who always love the classic flavor of mellow, warm and calm. Among the mellow faction, Mandheling and Blue Mountain are two unavoidable names - they are both famous for being "not sour, mellow and drinkable", but their styles are completely different.
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After adding a semi-automatic espresso machine to my home, the next question I face is: What beans should I buy? The bean selection logic of the Italian machine is different from that of hand brewing - the machine has higher requirements for grinding, pressure, and extraction. The oil, flavor stability, and error tolerance of the beans are all critical. This article follows the route from affordable to advanced
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