Zhai Coffee, also called Zhai Coffee, means black coffee in Cantonese. Therefore, Zhai coffee refers to pure black coffee without any additives. For example, the common espresso, Americano, ice drip, cold brew, and coffee extracted with various brewing equipment are Zhai coffee, such as siphon pot, French press pot, Moka pot, etc. Among them, Iced American Style, also known as "Iced Coffee", is one of the most popular black coffees.
Is the iced Americano delicious?
Americano coffee is composed of espresso liquid extracted by an espresso machine and water. No other accessories are added, so it is a type of black coffee. There is no specific standard for the proportion of Americano coffee, which means that each coffee shop may make different Americano coffees, and everyone will determine it based on the taste characteristics of the coffee beans used and the cup size.
The taste of the iced Americano depends on the Italian coffee beans used. For example, the Americano produced in the Front Street store uses sunflower warm sun blended coffee beans roasted by Front Street. The ideal extraction should have the flavor of wine, vanilla, cream, chocolate, and berry. In order to highlight these aromas, Front Street made many comparisons and finally determined the ratio of 1:4.5, that is, 180g of hot water is added to 40g of espresso. When making the iced Americano, it is replaced with 100g of large ice cubes and 120g of water, that is, 1:2.5:3. This kind of iced Americano has a moderate concentration, sour, sweet and refreshing.
Front Street once compared iced American, warm American and hot American, and found that hot American has the fullest and mellowest flavor. Ice American has a sour, sweet and refreshing taste, fresh flavor and less bitterness, while warm American has a mild taste, and the flavor and texture are not outstanding enough. Therefore, generally no coffee shop will offer room temperature Americano. Compared to hot Americano with a strong coffee flavor, everyone prefers iced drinks with a clean and refreshing taste. For workers who need to get up early to "move bricks", a cup of iced Americano can not only solve the problem of sleepiness due to lack of caffeine, relieve fatigue and thirst for everyone, but also satisfy the taste buds, and the price is very close to the people, so naturally they like it more.
The benefits of drinking black coffee
The reason why Americano is so popular is not only because of its moderate concentration and approachable taste. An appropriate cup of Americano every day can also help us digest food, relieve fatigue, and eliminate body edema. In Guangdong, where the temperature is relatively high, iced American style can also help Cantonese people cool down and quench their thirst. It can be said to be a summer artifact. In addition, because Ice American Style is very low in calories, it can improve the body's metabolism. Drinking it one hour before exercise can also help burn fat, so it is one of the drinks recommended by many fitness people. However, Front Street still needs to remind everyone that only pure Americano coffee has certain effects. Adding syrup, condensed milk, and creamer to Americano coffee will bring extra calories, and long-term drinking is not good for our health.
Whether American coffee is healthy is a long-standing global topic, but the current consensus in the medical community is that moderate drinking of American coffee has no adverse effects on health, nor does it increase the risk of some cancers, and is even beneficial to the body. Front Street recommends that no more than 3 cups of black coffee a day is healthy and harmless to the body, but the specifics should be based on each person's physical constitution. When we are prone to insomnia and gastrointestinal discomfort after drinking coffee, we should not consume too much caffeine.
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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
