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Friends who often buy coffee beans will not find it difficult to find that there are always English suffixes such as AA and AB after the names of most coffee beans. Especially Kenyan coffee beans, such as Kenya AA, Kenya AB, Kenya PB, Kenya AA+, Top, etc. "So what do these suffixes mean?
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The coffee brewed by the moka pot is somewhere between hand brewing and espresso. The powder layer needs to have a certain resistance, but it cannot be as fine as Italian powder. In daily grinding, you can set the grinding to the medium-fine range. The graininess is close to that of fine sugar. It is usually finer than hand grinding and coarser than Italian grinding. This starting point is suitable for most household Moka pots and is also convenient
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Recently, many friends have come to Qian Street to drink iced hand-brewed coffee. When I was making coffee in Front Street, I also had some questions. Front Street summarized it and found that there are two main questions. The first one is what is the ratio of powder to water and how much ice to add? The second one is what is the difference between adding ice first and adding ice last? What kind of coffee beans are suitable for ice brewing?
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"Fancy coffee" is a term that often appears in major articles. Precisely because the name contains the word "fancy", friends who are just starting out often interpret it literally. For example: "Fancy means coffee with latte patterns on the surface", or: "Fancy means the ability to make latte art."
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The "grease" brewed by the Moka pot is closer to the fine foam and oily touch on the surface of the strong coffee liquid, and is not the stable crema of the Italian machine. To make this layer of texture more obvious, the beans need to have enough soluble content and body, and the firepower needs to be gentle and consistent. The choice that really suits you depends on the preparation of the pot of coffee.
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If you want to use a Moka pot to bring out the cocoa flavor, you can focus on the chocolate-like aroma, rounded sweetness and moderate thickness when choosing beans. It does not emphasize clear acidity like hand brewing, nor does it have to pursue the strong impact of espresso. Instead, it gives the coffee liquid a flavor of nuts, caramel or dark chocolate, which is suitable for drinking slowly and conveniently.
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Coffee beans don’t just correspond to one way of drinking after you buy them home. In the morning, a light aroma is needed to awaken the taste. A sweet and round cup is suitable next to breakfast. During work breaks, you can choose black coffee with a distinctive aroma. When the weather is hot, it is more suitable to make an ice drink. First imagine where this cup of coffee will appear, and then choose the flavor and texture
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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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Compared with hot hand brewing, ice hand brewing obtains a richer coffee liquid by reducing the ratio of powder to water, and then uses ice cubes to cool down and dilute it. In order to make up for part of the extraction rate lost by reducing the amount of water, the grinding degree will be slightly finer than that of hot hand brewing. Even though the ice hand brew has been adjusted to increase the extraction rate, from an extraction point of view, it
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The coffee brewed by a moka pot is more concentrated than hand brewing and less heavy and stressful than an espresso machine. The choice of beans will directly affect the taste in the mouth. If you usually like refreshing and bright black coffee, you can focus on medium roasting with soft acidity and solid sweetness; if you often add milk or ice, you need to make the coffee liquid have more obvious cocoa and firmness.
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Nowadays, people like to drink coffee not only in coffee shops, but also want to buy coffee beans, brew a cup at home, and taste it slowly. However, how should you store the coffee beans or coffee powder you buy so that they don’t go bad so quickly? How can you keep the fresh flavor well? Especially if you buy some high-quality coffee
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For more knowledge about specialty coffee, please follow the WeChat public account: FrontStreet Coffee’s cold brew coffee has always been loved by coffee lovers. Cold brew coffee is easy to make and can be made at home or in the office without any difficulty. This time Front Street will talk about the preparation of cold brew coffee.
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SOE coffee is the English abbreviation, the full name is Single Origin Espresso, which means single origin espresso, or to put it simply, it is single origin espresso. The biggest feature of this kind of coffee is that it can show the flavor characteristics of different regions. For example, if you want to drink sour Najgacheffe
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The coffee brewed by the Moka pot has a concentrated aroma and full taste, which is suitable for those who want to get a rich flavor at home. When choosing beans, you can first imagine when this cup of coffee will appear: drinking alone in the morning, with a snack in the afternoon, made into an American style after a meal, or added with milk to make a latte. Different drinking methods will reveal different characteristics and aroma of soybeans.
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For more knowledge about specialty coffee, please pay attention to: Frontsteet Coffee cold brew coffee, also known as ice brew coffee. Different from iced coffee, cold brew coffee needs to be fermented in the refrigerator for 8-12 hours, otherwise the coffee's body, fullness and aroma will not be revealed. also
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When it comes to coffee companions, everyone has their own habits. Foods that are mild and easy to obtain, such as sugar, milk, condensed milk, and cream, have always been everyone's first choice in daily life. But whenever people are asked whether honey can be added to coffee, whether it tastes good after adding it, whether it is harmful, etc., they immediately
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Today, coffee comes in a variety of forms. Not only do they differ in price, but the processing technology behind them also determines the final taste and health risks. If you asked Front Street to make an unofficial ranking of mainstream coffee products on the market based on comprehensive taste and flavor, we would definitely
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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 convenience of a fully automatic coffee machine is that grinding, filling and extraction can be completed with one click, but the coffee beans still determine the main character of the cup. Whether you want a refreshing black coffee in the morning, a refreshing Americano in the afternoon, or you want to make a latte every day, the right beans are different. Start with the actual drinking method first, and then look at the flavor intensity,
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In the past, when Front Street shared the knowledge of making espresso, he focused very much on explaining the preparation steps before attaching the handle to the brewing head, such as powder spreading and pressing, which are highly operational and have a great impact on the coffee. After attaching the brewing head, turn on the brewing button, and the machine will do the rest. However, we also
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