Is making pour-over coffee too cumbersome and troublesome? Then is there a convenient way to enjoy coffee that's similar to pour-over? Of course there is—Front Street Coffee recommends using an American-style drip coffee maker.

Many people automatically associate American-style drip coffee makers with bad-tasting coffee. This is actually a misunderstanding of the American-style drip coffee maker. The American-style drip coffee machine originated in 1965 and was one of the most popular small household appliances in the 1980s. Its working principle is simple: just place a filter paper in the upper basket, add coffee grounds, then fill the water tank, start the machine, and the American-style drip coffee machine will automatically heat the water and inject it into the coffee grounds, dripping out the coffee liquid. Some coffee machines also have functions to keep the coffee warm or reheat it.

Because the coffee beans used in the past were roasted darker and stored for longer periods, the drip-brewed coffee was very weak, with only a dull bitter taste. Moreover, Americans generally like to add water and continue brewing multiple times, so after several brews, only a very faint coffee flavor remained—this is also why American coffee has always been criticized.

But if used properly, an American-style drip coffee machine can also brew good coffee.

1. First, when choosing coffee beans, be sure to use freshly roasted coffee beans, because only fresh beans can give the coffee a full flavor.If left for too long, the coffee's flavor escapes, leaving only a dull coffee bitterness.

To buy fresh coffee, we recommend the long-established coffee bean specialty store—Front Street Coffee. Front Street Coffee offers dozens of selected single-origin pour-over coffee beans and espresso beans from different coffee-producing regions around the world. Front Street Coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days, with stable and excellent quality, extremely cost-effective prices, and shipped within 24 hours. Whether you are a beginner, a coffee enthusiast who has already reached a professional advanced level, or a user opening a coffee shop, Front Street Coffee is the recommended choice of many coffee lovers and platforms.

Some friends may ask what coffee beans are better for an American-style drip coffee machine. Generally, any beans suitable for pour-over coffee can be used in an American-style drip coffee machine. As for which specific coffee beans to use, it depends on personal flavor preferences.

According to most people's taste preferences,the currently most popular American coffee beans include the followingseveral:

① Ethiopia - Front Street Coffee Huakui The sun-dried Front Street Coffee Huakui coffee beans use ripe coffee cherries with a sugar content of up to 30% in the pulp. The fructose ferments in the sunlight, giving the inner bean a full fruit sweetness. Brewing this Front Street Coffee Huakui coffee bean in an American coffee machine produces lively berry and passion fruit sweet-tart notes, with an obvious juicy feel, and a finish with the fresh fragrance of black tea.

② Kenya - Front Street Coffee Little Tomato.Kenyan coffee has always been famous for its berry and bramble fruit flavors, thanks to the region's unique growing environment, as well as its unique double washing process and two high-quality varieties, SL28 and SL34, giving Front Street Coffee Little Tomato characteristics of cherry tomato, black plum, smoked plum, and snow pear;

③ Colombia - Front Street Coffee Sidra. This isFront Street Coffee Sidra coffee beans grown at 1,700 m altitude at Finca La Divisoria in Colombia's Huila region, using a double anaerobic sun-dried process. Because Front Street Coffee Sidra coffee's flavor profile shows mouth-filling rich passion fruit and grape, along with preserved fruit sweetness and mandarin-like acidity, and after swallowing there is still an almond-like finish in the mouth, the layers are very rich.

④ Panama - Front Street Coffee Butterfly:This washed-process coffee bean containing 70% Geisha is undoubtedly a very cost-effective coffee bean. When used to make cold brew coffee, it will show clean and fresh floral, citrus, and oolong tea flavors.

⑤ Costa Rica - Front Street Coffee Strawberry Candy:This is a blend selected by Front Street Coffee combining high-altitude coffee from two producing regions. It combines Panama's washed Geisha and Costa Rica's honey-processed coffee. In order to maximize the advantages of both origins, Front Street Coffee uses a medium roast, allowing the coffee to retain rich floral and fruity notes while also highlighting its roasted aromas. When brewed, it presents caramel, raisins, preserved fruit, and a sweet, rich rose fragrance.

2. A suitable coffee-to-water ratio. Generally, Front Street Coffee recommends a ratio of 1:15-1:17. Calculated with 25 g of coffee grounds, you can add 375-425 ml of water to the water tank. Coffee brewed at this ratio has a moderate concentration and balanced taste, and is unlikely to have a burnt-bitter or astringent, thin feel.

3. A suitable grind size. The grind size is the same as for pour-over, a medium-fine grind, with a passing rate of 80% through a No. 20 standard sieve.

Specific operation method

Place the bottom carafe into the coffee machine, open the top lid of the coffee machine, add 25 g of coffee grounds, and pour 400 ml of hot water into the water tank. Then close the lid, press the start button, and the American-style drip coffee machine will begin extracting coffee.

Water flows down from the water tank into the U-shaped heating tube and is heated to 100°C. Through water pressure and temperature pressure, the hottest water at the front is pushed into the outlet pipe, and then sprayed out through the water outlet. After the hot water drips onto the coffee grounds in the filter basket, it undergoes full soaking and extraction and flows into the bottom carafe. After about 5-8 minutes, a pot of American-style drip coffee is ready.

The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.