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Robusta is one of the two popular types of coffee varieties currently on the market, often referred to as "robusta" by baristas. In terms of flavor, Luodou beans do not have the bright and uplifting flavor of Arabica coffee. The taste is mainly bitter and mellow. They are often used as raw materials for darker roasted Italian spelled bean recipes or instant coffee. Compare Arabica
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The coffee brewed by the Moka pot has a higher concentration and more concentrated aroma than brewing by hand. It is suitable for those who want a pot of coffee to refresh, accompany meals and add milk. When picking beans, you may want to imagine when they will appear: in the morning, you need to be clear and sharp, during work breaks, you need to wake up, and in the afternoon, you can pursue soft and sweet beans. Drinking arrangements are not
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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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If you want to drink chocolate flavor, when choosing beans, you can pay attention to descriptions such as cocoa, chocolate sauce, roasted nuts, caramel and brown sugar. They don't equate to overt bitterness, some cups are as soft as milk chocolate, some are close to the dryness of cocoa powder, and some are as sweet as dark syrup. Let’s judge by how we drink it every day.
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Blend coffee and hand-brewed single-origin coffee are the two most common industry terms, referring to different types of coffee beans. Blend coffee is a recipe that combines coffee beans from two or more origins. It is usually used in espresso machines. Therefore, in order to highlight the oiliness and mellowness, medium or dark roasting is generally used.
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The drinking scene is a prerequisite for bean selection: Should I start the day with black coffee, or with milk coffee? Do you drink it slowly by hand, or does it come out immediately from the machine? As the scene changes, so do the appropriate roasting levels, flavor thickness, and brewing methods. The focus of Italian style lies in the balance of powder quantity, grinding degree, liquid weight and time. Bean blend
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Recommended for beginners - Front Street Mandheling G1 Coffee Bean Front Street Mandheling is a very special coffee. When roasted in a medium-dark color, you can taste its unique aroma of pine wood and spices, as well as an extremely mellow taste. It is a coffee bean full of country and roughness. It is suitable for beginners to practice flavor tasting and those who like strong and bitter drinks.
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Ice dripping refers to soaking coffee powder with ice water and slowly dripping it by adjusting the speed of water droplets. The extracted coffee tastes fragrant, smooth and rich, and the flavor will vary depending on the coffee beans selected. The advantage of ice-drip coffee is that it is not sour and does not hurt the stomach, because when making coffee using this method, the selected
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The concentration of coffee brewed by a moka pot is between hand-brewed and concentrated. The aroma is concentrated and the taste is heavier. It is suitable for mixing with bread in the morning, slow drinking with ice in the afternoon, and is also suitable for adding milk to make home milk coffee. When choosing beans, you can start from how you want to drink them that day, and then look at whether the sweetness and sourness, the mellowness, and the roasting style are consistent.
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Hand-brewed coffee does not necessarily have to go the bright acid route. If you prefer a smooth, thick cup with a nutty and cocoa flavor, you can start with beans that are medium to medium-dark roasted, and then choose according to the scene such as morning, work break, weekend slow drinking or adding milk. The coffee selected in this way will have a flavor closer to daily life and will also
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Today Front Street will talk about how a newbie should choose coffee when making hand brew for the first time. Since hand-brewed coffee uses drip extraction, which can well present the flavor and tonality of the coffee beans in the cup, Front Street recommends giving priority to brewing single-origin coffee beans that focus on individualization. These beans are roasted by adjusting the
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The degree of roasting changes the flavor focus and extraction rhythm of the coffee beans. Light roasting usually retains more floral and fruity aromas and bright acidity, medium roasting tends to present sweetness and balance, and dark roasting tends to favor nuts, cocoa and thick taste. There is no distinction between them, the key is whether they match your drinking style. Dark roasting will bring the flavor towards cocoa,
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To understand the coffee beans suitable for making latte, you need to translate the flavor description into a drinking experience. Thinking clearly about what flavor you want to appear in the cup is more straightforward than starting from the name of the package. Floral aroma, fruit acid, nuts and cocoa are not divided into high and low, but different directions. Only the one that suits you has long-term reference value. purchase
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Whether the coffee tastes good or not is ultimately a matter of personal taste. Some people like the bright fruit acid, which they think reflects the vitality of coffee; some people prefer the mellow sweetness, which they think is a reassuring taste. Sweetness and sourness are not mutually exclusive—many good beans have both—but know your preferences and choose your beans accordingly.
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When it comes to cost-effective Italian blended beans, let’s first look at how to drink them every day. Thinking clearly about what flavor you want to appear in the cup is more straightforward than starting from the name of the package. If you mainly drink black coffee, you can pay more attention to the aroma and aftertaste; if you often add milk, you have to consider whether the concentration and body can be retained, which will directly affect
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In recent years, soe coffee has become more and more popular, and many barista competition contestants often use soe coffee. Relatively speaking, soe coffee will highlight the flavor and body of the place of origin. So what is soe coffee? SOE stands for Single Origin Espresso.
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With the coming of autumn and winter, hot latte has become everyone’s favorite again. After all, who doesn’t want to drink a cup of heart-warming coffee on a cold and windy day? The key is still so sweet! Therefore, many friends have started making hot latte at home. It is precisely because of this that Front Street and Backstage received requests from many friends for production and
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It is not enough to remember a few names of espresso beans with sufficient oil content. Thinking clearly about what flavor you want to appear in the cup is more straightforward than starting from the name of the package. The real reference value is the sweet-sour ratio after entering the mouth, the thickness of the taste, and the aftertaste after cooling. Combined with the brewing habits, the range of choices will gradually increase.
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Although the weather in Guangzhou can change the seasons in a year in a week, it is really hot now. If you don’t want to go out in the hot summer and don’t want to be roasted to a crisp, you have to come and cool down with iced coffee. If you happen to have coffee beans and ice water, you might as well make a cup of cold brew. Why are you hesitating? Get started! first step
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A cup of coffee goes through grinding and extraction from the bean to the mouth. When facing commercial coffee beans, it is more straightforward to first think about the flavor you want to have in the cup than starting from the package name. First confirm the commonly used utensils and the taste you like, and then compare the specific beans. The actual operation will be more directional. Baking date also affects the commercial
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