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The original function of coffee is to refresh your mind. Whether it is espresso that you drink right away, American drip coffee that is always available in the office, or even hand-brewed single-origin coffee that is specially made from coffee beans, it all has the function of refreshing you. It’s just that everyone chooses the right one based on different requirements for scenarios, functions, and taste.
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The coffee brewed by the Moka pot is concentrated and full of aroma, but it does not rely on high pressure like the Italian machine. Therefore, the choice of beans must take into account both thickness and smoothness. For home use, medium to medium-dark roasts are more likely to present sweetness, and single products with soft acidity are more suitable for drinking directly. First think about whether this pot of coffee goes with breakfast
Read more →It’s autumn! I’ve finished the first cup of milk tea! How can the weather be so hot! Since summer is not over yet, let’s continue to discuss the recent hot topic: when making hand-brewed coffee, should you put the ice cubes first or last? What are the effects of passing ice cubes? Before we begin, let’s first talk about the bean selection direction for iced coffee.
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If you want to use a moka pot to make a cup of black coffee in the morning, it is suitable to start with flavors such as nuts, cocoa, and caramel. The flavors are well defined and have thickness in the mouth, and they still don't appear thin after adding a small amount of hot water. If you are not used to obvious sourness, medium to medium-dark roasting will be easier to accept, and it will also make the coffee brewed in the Moka pot more enjoyable.
Read more →Yirgacheffe is a coffee-producing region in southern Ethiopia. Yirgacheffe coffee is also considered one of the best coffees in the world. Front Street learned that Yirgacheffe coffee is also the first single-origin coffee that many coffee enthusiasts come into contact with. YirgaCheffe in the local language is
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The coffee brewed by the Moka pot has high concentration and concentrated aroma. It is heavier in the mouth than hand brewing, but it does not rely on high pressure like an espresso machine. It is suitable for daily family use: drink it directly in the morning, add milk to breakfast, add ice to make refreshing coffee in the afternoon, or brew it all at once to share with your family. When choosing beans, you might as well imagine the one in your hand first
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The flavor focus of dark roasted coffee beans usually shifts from bright fruit acid to cocoa, nuts, caramel and roasted aromas, giving it a heavier mouth feel. It does not mean that only the bitter taste is left. The origin of the beans, the blending ratio and the extraction method will all affect the result. Choose according to how you drink it every day, so that this thick style can become smooth and drinkable.
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A pot of moka pot coffee can be a rich pick-me-up before going out, a soft milk coffee on the breakfast table, or a hot drink to share with friends on the weekend. If you want a more obvious oily feeling on the surface, the beans usually need to have good soluble content, sufficient body, and a medium to medium-depth roast.
Read more →What are coffee bean blends? What is the blending ratio of Front Street Italian coffee beans? What kind of beans are best for blending coffee beans? Recently, a friend asked FrontStreet Coffee: "Are all coffee beans suitable for making espresso?" No, not all.
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The coffee brewed by a moka pot is usually more concentrated than hand brewing and less stressful than an espresso machine, so the same pot can correspond to different moments in life. If you need black coffee to wake you up in the morning, if you want to have milk with your breakfast, or if you want to have a slow drink in the afternoon, you can start with the degree of roasting. Light roast, medium roast and dark roast are not flavors
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The coffee made with a Moka pot has a higher concentration and a more concentrated aroma than brewing by hand. If you want to drink it smoothly, you don’t need to pursue obvious acidity in beans. You can give priority to nuts, cocoa, caramel or roasted sweet aroma. This kind of flavor is more likely to form a full mouthfeel after pressure extraction in the Moka pot. It can be drank directly, added with water or milk.
Read more →Many friends are unable to fully digest the lactose content in dairy products, and are prone to adverse digestive reactions after drinking it, so they are unable to drink conventional milk coffee. But it doesn’t matter. Since we are lactose intolerant, we just need to choose lactose-free “milk coffee”~ For example, oatmeal latte, which is
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When walking into a coffee shop, many people will choose a fancy coffee based on espresso, such as latte, cappuccino, Americano, etc. Each coffee has its own unique flavor, such as the perfect fusion of coffee milk in latte, the thick milk foam in cappuccino, and the light and soft Australian white coffee.
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The coffee liquid produced by the Moka pot has a high concentration and a concentrated aroma. Only after adding water can it approach the light state of everyday American coffee. Therefore, when choosing beans, you should not only look at the name of the place of origin, but also imagine how they will look after being diluted in the cup: beans that are originally soft will become smoother, and beans with a bright flavor will retain a clear aroma. Let’s start with the most common drink every day
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The coffee brewed by the Moka pot has a higher concentration, which is suitable for concentrating the sweetness, thickness and aroma of a bean. Drinking methods are different every day, and the idea of selecting beans can also change accordingly: clean and smooth black coffee is suitable for morning, hot drinks with nutty sweetness are suitable for breakfast, iced Americano can be made in the afternoon, and milk can be used to soften the taste in the evening. First
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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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A pot of coffee with a charming aroma must of course be paired with elegant coffee utensils. Speaking of the various types of utensils, why do some people prefer those utensils? Today we are going to talk about the magic of the utensils he likes that can change the coffee he brews, using simple words and principles.
Read more →From the same bean, there will be a certain difference in flavor between freshly roasted coffee and hanging coffee, because after the coffee is ground into powder, the natural aroma will disappear quickly. Of course, there are many old customers in Front Street who ask for the powder to be ground and shipped. Generally, Front Street recommends drinking it as soon as possible. Of course, compared to hand flushing, ear-mounting is
Read more →Black coffee generally refers to pure coffee with nothing added except water. American style, pour-over, ice-drip, etc. are all members of black coffee. Because they do not add any ingredients that can affect the taste of coffee, such as milk, cream, sugar, etc., the taste of coffee can be displayed more purely. I believe it is not difficult for everyone to discover that Bing
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A big difficulty in making espresso is that we have to constantly adjust the amount of powder, grinding thickness, ratio and other parameters to improve the quality of the coffee, so that it can achieve an ideal extraction process within tens of seconds. In addition to observing the flow rate, pressure and extraction time, the way to judge whether it is good or not is that the coffee powder cake after extraction is also
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