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If you want to drink a cup of black coffee with dense foam in the morning, the Moka pot can concentrate the oil, aroma and concentration of the coffee beans into the cup. The liquid it produces is thicker than hand-brewed, with a layer of light brown foam on the surface and a flavor of cocoa, nuts or caramel in the mouth. If you usually prefer a rich taste, choosing dark roasted or dark roasted beans will be more satisfying.
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The choice of Italian bean blend can start with the drink you plan to make it into. Although espresso, latte, Americano and iced coffee all use coffee machines, they have different requirements for the aroma, sweetness and thickness of the beans. When buying beans, it’s usually easier to look at the flavor description, combined with the cup type you drink most every day, than just focusing on the roast depth.
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When opening a coffee shop, there are usually two lines on the menu: one is the Italian line, which produces milk and black coffee such as American, latte, cappuccino, and dirty coffee; the other is the hand-brewed line, which sells single-product hand-brewed coffees for customers who like to savor the flavor. These two lines have completely different requirements for beans, and the ideas for selecting beans are also different. This article
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When you first start buying beans, you don’t have to go for a lot of flavor at once. A more practical approach is to first select a bean with a clear flavor profile and high compatibility with brewing methods, fix the amount of powder, grinding and water temperature, and then observe the changes in entrance, sweetness and finish. This way you can establish your own taste reference. Italian extraction focuses on powder quantity
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"Can these beans be used at home?" "What beans should I use for opening a shop?" - When choosing Italian beans, the most common dilemma is between home and commercial use. In fact, there is no strict boundary between the two. Many beans are "one-size-fits-all". The only difference lies in your usage scenarios and priorities. Don't beat around the bush today, just use one
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When selecting beans for cold brewing, we talk a lot about the place of origin and processing methods, but the roasting degree is often ignored. Cold brew made from the same green beans, medium roasted and dark roasted, are two different drinks. This article separates out the variable of roasting degree and explains it clearly to help you match beans to the cold brew pot. First understand a basic fact: the low temperature environment of cold brew will amplify certain
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Aroma, sweetness, body, touch and finish, these dimensions together with sourness and bitterness constitute a complete cup feel. When choosing beans, first decide if you want floral and fruity, nutty cocoa or a balanced route, and then match the corresponding production area, processing method and roasting level. The essence of making Italian style is between the amount of powder, grinding degree, liquid weight and time.
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When you first start buying beans, you don’t have to go for a lot of flavor at once. A more practical approach is to first select a bean with a clear flavor profile and high compatibility with brewing methods, fix the amount of powder, grinding and water temperature, and then observe the changes in entrance, sweetness and finish. This way you can establish your own taste reference. Italian extraction focuses on powder quantity
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When choosing coffee beans, you can first put the daily drinking scene in front of you: a cup of black coffee in the morning, or milk coffee with breakfast; whether to drink it slowly by hand, or to use a machine to quickly make a cup. Depending on the scene, the appropriate roasting degree, flavor thickness and brewing method will also change. Italian extraction focuses on powder quantity, grinding degree,
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When you first start buying beans, you don’t have to go for a lot of flavor at once. A more practical approach is to first select a bean with a clear flavor profile and high compatibility with brewing methods, fix the amount of powder, grinding and water temperature, and then observe the changes in entrance, sweetness and finish. This way you can establish your own taste reference. Italian extraction focuses on powder quantity
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In the process of tasting coffee, we will first smell the aroma, then taste the flavor and taste of the coffee, and finally feel the aftertaste of the coffee before it ends. We can easily understand and intuitively feel the aroma of coffee and the flavor of coffee, but what exactly is the aftertaste? Aftertaste, called "afterta" in English
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Nowadays, when you taste a cup of coffee, you will be surprised by its bright fruit-like acidity, and you will feel satisfied by its full taste that is bitter at first and then sweet. Traditional coffee smells good, but tastes bitter when you drink it, which is hard to accept. Even the sweet and sour light-roasted coffee is hard for some people to tolerate. Before a guest sees it
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Black coffee and milk coffee have different requirements for beans. Black coffee requires the aroma and sweetness to be independent, while milk coffee requires the coffee liquid to have sufficient concentration and body, and to still retain a clear flavor after adding milk. It will be easier to choose the right one by first determining whether milk is added to the cup, and then deciding on the style of beans. deep
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Putting the same bean into different utensils will cause obvious changes in performance. Hand brewing pays more attention to aroma and clarity, Italian machine emphasizes concentration and sweetness, and Moka pot needs to take into account pressure, firepower and powder layer. The bean selection cannot be separated from the instrument, and the parameters must be adjusted accordingly according to the roasting level of the beans. Italian extraction focuses on powder quantity and grinding
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A non-acid Yirgacheffe is a counter-intuitive choice - Yirgacheffe is known for its acidity, but roasting and processing methods can change the expression of the acid: in the medium-dark roasted version, the acidity is rounded, and the sweetness of nuts and caramel emerges. Although Front Street’s Queen of Brazil Estate is not yega, it represents the flavor logic of this “low sour and sweet” route;
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Traditionally, in order to highlight the mellow and rich taste of coffee, roasters generally use dark roasting. The deepening of roasting promotes the caramelization of more substances. Therefore, dark roasted coffee usually has rich flavors of chocolate, spices, caramel, cocoa, maple syrup, etc. Below we have compiled some information for those who are afraid of acidity and like the mellow taste of coffee.
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Different appliances have different requirements for the same bean: a hand brewer focuses on whether the aroma is clear, an Italian machine focuses on concentration and sweetness, and a Moka pot's pressure, firepower, and powder layer must be coordinated. It is easy to go astray when selecting beans without the equipment, and the parameters need to be adjusted as the degree of roasting changes. In the Italian framework, powder volume, grinding degree, liquid weight and time
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Bolivia is an interesting place. Although it is known as a paradise for growing coffee, its yield has never been high. Front Street Coffee is very impressed by the exquisite flavor of Bolivian coffee. The flavor of Bolivian coffee is mainly reflected in rich sweetness and soft acidity. At the 2017 WBC (World Coffee
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Beans have different appearances at different roasting levels: light roasting retains floral and fruity aromas and bright acidity, medium roasting reveals sweetness and balance, and dark roasting precipitates nuts, cocoa and thick taste. The extraction rhythm is also adjusted according to the roasting degree, and the selection criterion is the match with the drinking method. The Moka pot is a steam pressure appliance. The key to filling the powder is filling it.
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For many people, coffee is a refreshing drink in the morning. People like the convenience and functionality of coffee, represented by espresso and Americano. American espresso is Italian espresso made by adding water. So what should be the ratio of Americano coffee to water? American coffee water
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