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In the hot summer, a cup of iced coffee is very refreshing, but now that it is autumn, will iced coffee still be so popular? Front Street tells everyone: this is a must! Because although the weather has entered autumn, the temperature is still there and the taste of iced coffee is still there. Friends who like this taste still fall in love with it as always.
Of course, many friends may not know that coffee can be brewed with cold water at first, because what we usually drink is high-temperature extracted coffee, which means grinding roasted coffee beans into coffee powder of a specific thickness, and then extracting the flavor from the coffee with water. High-temperature extraction will decompose the tannic acid in the coffee into pyroic acid, resulting in a bitter and sour taste.
But Front Street tells you: coffee brewed with cold water has a unique taste! And it's very popular! Why? Because cold-brew coffee is extracted at a low temperature, water and coffee powder are in contact with each other for a long time at low temperatures. Only flavor substances with smaller molecules, such as floral and fruity aromas, are extracted. Flavor substances with larger molecules, such as smoke and roasting, are difficult to extract. Therefore, cold-brew coffee can better enjoy the flavor of the coffee beans themselves, with a smooth, layered and sweet aftertaste.
Front Street takes everyone to learn about cold brew coffee: Cold brew coffee has only become popular in the United States in recent years, so everyone knows that coffee does not have to be drunk hot. You can also extract delicious coffee by soaking it in cold water or dripping it. As for Europe, it may take a while before they start to fall in love with this new coffee force. Cold brew coffee is also called cold brew coffee. Only ice water and coffee powder are involved in the entire extraction process, making the finished product purer. Therefore, cold brew coffee itself can fully reflect the subtle taste characteristics of coffee. Due to the mild acidity of coffee, it tastes sweet, bright, soft, and has a light fruity aroma. At FrontStreet Coffee, cold brew coffee is very popular among friends. Sit in the coffee shop, stop the rush and enjoy the delicious coffee!
There are two main reasons for the rise of cold-brew coffee. One is that the younger generation prefers mild-flavored coffee and is less receptive to traditional espresso. On the other hand, mild coffee is more in line with the concept of health and wellness, and cold-brew coffee has less acidic and bitter taste and has a mild sweetness. This means that cold-brew coffee does not need to add sugar or dairy products for flavoring.
cold brew coffee
Where did cold brew coffee come from? Front Street learned that the first people to come up with the cold brew method were the Dutch, and it was later spread to Japan. At that time, the Dutch would ship coffee back to Europe from colonial Indonesia. Because there was no hot water on the ship, they invented the cold brew coffee method. Interestingly, people at the time thought that cold coffee was milder and less stomach-irritating, but they didn’t know that this was because hot water would extract more of the acidic substances in the coffee, while cold-brewed coffee was less acidic in comparison.
Making coffee with ice water or cold water can be traced back to Japan. It is generally called "Kyoto-style coffee". The method of extracting coffee with cold water was very popular in Kyoto at that time, so it was named after that. As early as the 17th century, the Japanese have begun to use cold water and different cold brewing techniques to brew coffee. They will use filter brewing or dripping methods. This extraction method and technique has been passed down and evolved to this day, such as the most fashionable ice-drip coffee pots with exquisite designs.
We often talk about cold brew coffee, so how much water is suitable for extraction? Front Street tells you: Cold brew coffee is made with water at room temperature or lower. The water temperature is usually lower than room temperature, around 20-22°C. Due to the low water temperature, the coffee making process is very long, usually taking 12-48 hours. Cold extraction can only extract some small molecular substances, such as floral and fruity flavor substances, while the large molecular flavor substances of smoked roasting are not easy to extract, and the sourness will be reduced a lot. However, the most fatal thing about this extraction method is that it has a weak ability and requires a longer period of contact between water and coffee powder.
People always ask which one tastes better, cold brew coffee or ice-drip coffee. In fact, Front Street believes that both taste better. Cold-brew coffee is richer, while ice-drip coffee is brighter and more layered. Everyone has different tastes, so it depends on what you like!
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) Cold brew family recipe
Making cold brew coffee is very simple, and you don’t need to worry too much about the tools to make cold brew coffee. All it takes is a clean, airtight container.
The grinding size for making cold brew coffee can be the grinding size of hand brewed coffee (the size of fine sugar). If you don’t have a grinder at home, you can go to a coffee shop and ask the owner to grind it for you, or ask the coffee bean seller to grind it for you. The coffee beans currently sold by FrontStreet Coffee are all shipped 5 days after roasting. By default, they are original beans and packaged 100% freshly roasted. Friends who are in need can also remark "cold brew grinding powder" after placing the order.
When making cold brew coffee, you will choose 40 grams of coffee powder and add 520 ml of drinking room temperature water/ice water. The ratio of powder to water is 1:13. Then stir evenly, let the coffee powder fully contact with the water, then seal the bottle and put it in the cold storage layer of the refrigerator, and then extract it at low temperature for 8 to 12 hours.
What coffee beans to choose for cold brew?
Front Street cold brew usually uses medium to light roasted coffee beans, which can be simply divided into two categories: fermented aroma types with outstanding flavors, such as Front Street Strawberry Candy, Front Street Mozart, Front Street Flower Moon Night, Rose Valley, etc. There is also a type of fresh and clean flowers and fruits that are sour and sweet, such as Front Street sun-dried red cherries, Front Street diced fruits, Front Street washed flower butterflies, Front Street Kenyan cherry tomatoes, etc.
To make home cold brew coffee today, we use Front Street Yirgacheffe coffee beans for extraction. As one of the representatives of global specialty coffee, Yirgacheffe has a unique citrus, lemon fruit aroma, with the fragrance of jasmine, a fresh and bright floral and fruity aroma, and a clear-cut sour taste, clean and unadulterated. The rich and even taste is the attractive feature of Yirgacheffe. It is known as the representative of African specialty coffee and enjoys a high reputation in the eyes of coffee connoisseurs around the world.
The so-called Yirgacheffe flavor refers to the beautiful aroma of citrus, lemon, berry and rich flowers, as well as the clear tea taste, making it an unforgettable drink. In order to express such exquisite flavor and taste, coffee’s high-quality growing environment, varieties, processing methods, roasting and brewing are all indispensable.
For coffee brewing, Front Street recommends using freshly roasted coffee beans to maximize the rich flavor of the coffee. The coffee beans shipped by FrontStreet Coffee are all roasted within 5 days, because FrontStreet knows that the freshness of coffee beans has a great impact on the flavor. The purpose of Front Street Roasting is "freshly roasted and good coffee", so that every customer who orders receives the freshest coffee. The bean-growing period of coffee is about 4-7 days, so the flavor is at its best when customers get it.
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) There are more than 50 kinds of coffee beans from different producing countries and regions. If you want to try making cold brew coffee, iced drip coffee, Americano coffee, or directly brewing single-origin coffee, we can meet everyone's requirements! Welcome everyone to Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) Let’s explore the mysteries of coffee together!
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
