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I heard from a friend before that there is a compact hand-pressed concentrator on the market, which is said to be able to produce rich oil! Front Street, who has always been full of the spirit of exploring new things, naturally wanted to test this interesting machine. Well, the box prepared for the unboxing ceremony is square and quite simple and beautiful. When you open the box, there is a small box inside.
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A surprise question from Front Street: When you pour coffee powder into a filter cup and a scene like the picture below appears, what will you choose to do? A: Pat it flat B: Pat it flat C: Choose one or two. I believe that most of my friends are the same as Front Street. They will choose to flatten the unevenly distributed powder bed by tapping the filter cup.
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The "Moka Pot" is a pressurized coffee extraction tool invented by an Italian engineer, Mr. "Aifonso Bialetti" in 1933. It is convenient, compact, and can extract fragrant and delicious coffee, so it has become a part of many people's shopping list. If we say
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Over the years, Front Street has shared at least a dozen kinds of espresso. In addition to the most common fancy coffees, there are also many unpopular categories that almost never appear on the menu. Due to similar structures and very different cooking methods, novices including baristas will also confuse them. For example, the piccolo is also known as the "little latte"
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You may or may not know what a coffee tree looks like, what does a Typica coffee tree look like, what about Bourbon? There are many different types of coffee, but it's not always clear how they differ. Variations in flavor and profile aside, there are clear physical differences between the plants. Let’s not talk about the various forms of coffee trees.
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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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Before making a cup of Australian white coffee, Front Street briefly introduces its definition and characteristics. Australian white coffee "Flat White" is also called Australian white coffee, small white coffee, Fuli white coffee and other names. It originated from Melbourne, Australia. After Italians introduced espresso coffee to Australia in the 1980s, in order to adapt to the current situation,
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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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"Sweetness" is an excellent quality that can add points to beans. When selling coffee beans on Qian Street, friends often ask for beans with a sweeter taste. When it comes to sweet coffee, Front Street believes that the first thing many people think of is the honey-processed coffee from Costa Rica! as honey
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Front Street believes that the Moka pot is one of the most stable ways to brew coffee. As long as the following points are met, you can make high-quality coffee: 1. Appropriate amount of coffee powder and drinking water 2. Safe heating method 3. Match the grinding degree of the Moka pot coffee powder extraction 4. Master the best brewing time 5. Reasonable adjustment
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Today, when Italian coffee is popular all over the world, we are no longer unfamiliar with Italian coffee. Even passers-by can name the names of Italian coffee such as Americano, latte, and cappuccino. However, Moka pots are rarely used for commercial coffee output and are mostly used for home use, so many friends think that Moka pots do not belong to the Italian coffee system.
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The ratio of milk to coffee, beans used, extraction parameters, etc. of latte coffee will be slightly different in each store. But generally, a latte is a coffee drink in which a large amount of milk is mixed with espresso. Many friends sent private messages asking about FrontStreet Coffee.
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If a home espresso machine wants to produce cafe-quality products, in addition to choosing the right beans, the two actions of powdering and pressing are equally critical. Many friends have unstable extractions. The reason is not the machine, but the state of the powder in the handle: the powder is unevenly distributed and the pressure is not vertical. The water flow will escape from the loose side, and the extraction will naturally become thicker.
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When using a Moka pot to make milk coffee, you can first choose the beans based on the flavor you want to drink in the cup. Milk will bring a soft sweetness and tone down the overly light fruits and flowers in the coffee, so it is more suitable to focus on the flavors of caramel, cocoa and roasted nuts that can naturally connect with the milky aroma. Medium-dark roasts usually allow the sugar to
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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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The flavor of a cup of coffee is not only sour or bitter, but also includes aroma, sweetness, body, mouth feel and finish. When choosing beans, first determine whether you want floral and fruity aromas, nutty cocoa, or a balance between the two, and then correspond to the production area, processing method and roasting level. Moka pot is a steam pressure extraction device
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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. Moka pot is a steam pressure extraction device.
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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. Moka pot is steam pressure
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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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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. Moka pot is steam pressure
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