Many coffee enthusiasts have a particular love for Americano, so when they visit Front Street Coffee, they always order an iced Americano. They then discover that the iced Americano at Front Street Coffee has a subtle wine aroma, which is quite unique. In this article, Front Street Coffee will tell you about the coffee beans used to make Americano at Front Street Coffee and how to make a cup of iced Americano.
 
What is Americano?
 
First, what is Americano? According to Front Street, Americano traditionally refers to black coffee made with a drip coffee maker. Because the general extraction time is relatively long (about four to five minutes), the caffeine content is higher.  At the same time, the process of making Americano is very simple, emphasizing convenience, speed, and a free and easy style. Therefore, Front Street Coffee believes that Americano has a relatively more refreshing taste compared to espresso and can better restore the original flavor of the coffee beans.
 

But today's Americano in cafes is somewhat different from the traditional definition. Now Americano is based on espresso, diluted with a large amount of water, and then ice cubes are added as needed to make an iced Americano. Secondly, if coffee enthusiasts want to drink hot Americano, they can simply add hot water.
 
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) Why does iced Americano have a wine flavor?
 
Front Street Coffee mentioned above that the iced Americano at Front Street Coffee has a subtle wine flavor. This is because the coffee beans used to make the "espresso" are Front Street Coffee's Sunflower Warm Sun blend coffee beans. This blend uses coffee beans processed with Front Street Coffee's sherry wine barrel and Yirgacheffe sun-dried red cherry blend coffee beans.
 

Seventy percent of the coffee beans are Honduras sherry barrel coffee beans. These beans provide the flavor and body for this blend. The other thirty percent are Yirgacheffe sun-dried red cherry coffee beans, which provide more aroma and acidity for this blend.
 
This is why the iced Americano at Front Street Coffee has a wine aroma flavor. The espresso base used at Front Street Coffee also uses this blend of coffee beans.

  
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) Reasons for using blend coffee beans as the base for iced Americano
 
Here, coffee enthusiasts will surely ask why Front Street Coffee uses blend espresso to make iced Americano instead of single-origin espresso.  
 
This is because blend coffee beans mix different coffee beans. Due to different varieties and origins, they have different characteristics. The flavors of acidity, bitterness, sweetness, aroma, and body all have subtle differences. Single-origin coffee beans often focus more on expressing the unique characteristics of a certain type of coffee.

Blend coffee, on the other hand, mixes various single-origin coffee beans together, thereby fully utilizing the strengths of each single-origin coffee bean, complementing each other, either complementing or enhancing the taste, thus creating a coffee with a richer new taste. That is why Front Street Coffee uses Warm Sun blend espresso coffee beans as the "espresso" served in the store, aiming to allow customers to enjoy a consistently flavored espresso every time.

So if Front Street used single-origin beans to extract espresso (SOE coffee), the flavor would be very unstable. This is because the high-pressure extraction of the espresso machine amplifies the beans' own flavors. That is, the citrus acidity expressed in pour-over will become sharp acidity after extraction by the espresso machine, and it is also easy to over-extract unpleasant flavors such as miscellaneous tastes, bitterness, and a slight astringency. Each time SOE coffee is extracted, the parameters need to be constantly adjusted, which not only wastes coffee beans but also cannot guarantee a stable SOE extraction every time. Therefore, Front Street Coffee currently does not offer SOE as a beverage.

  
How to make iced Americano
 
Traditional iced Americano is actually made by adding ice water to espresso at a ratio of 1:7. Next, Front Street Coffee will share the steps for making iced Americano.
 
1.First, espresso needs to be extracted. The espresso extraction plan is as follows. Extract two shots of espresso according to the parameters below.
 

Grinder: Pegasus 900N
Grind size: 1.6
Pressure: 9 bar
Temperature: 90.5~96 degrees Celsius
Time: 20~30 sec
Dose: 20g (double espresso)
Yield: 40ml
Extracted espresso flavor: smooth mouthfeel, medium body, obvious fruity acidity on the palate accompanied by a subtle berry aroma, whisky aroma, rich chocolate flavor, and a noticeable sweet aftertaste.

 
2. Prepare 280ml of ice-water mixture.

3. Pour the double espresso into the ice-water mixture, stir evenly, and it is ready to drink.

Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) Iced Americano flavor: After the espresso is mixed with ice water, it has a refreshing and smooth mouthfeel, a relatively obvious wine charm, lasting aroma, and a chocolate aftertaste.
 
The above is the relevant content and knowledge about iced Americano compiled by Front Street Coffee. We hope this article can help coffee enthusiasts who want to learn about iced Americano.
 
Secondly, among the iced coffee drinks at Front Street Coffee, there is also the very popular cold brew coffee, which is also a type of iced coffee. Next, Front Street will also briefly introduce this cold brew coffee.

  
What is cold brew coffee?
 
Cold brew coffee is made by letting ice water contact coffee grounds drop by drop for extraction. It takes a relatively long time, generally completing extraction in 6-8 hours. The long extraction with ice water also allows more small-molecule substances in the coffee grounds (such as floral aroma and acidity) to be extracted, while large-molecule substances (such as the bitterness and astringency of tannic acid) are harder to extract. Therefore, cold brew coffee tastes rich and smooth, neither bitter nor astringent.
 

What coffee beans are used for cold brew coffee??

The coffee beans used for cold brew coffee are single-origin coffee beans. Its production does not have too many requirements for single-origin coffee beans. It can be based on personal preference. At present, when making cold brew coffee, Front Street Coffee generally chooses freshly roasted coffee beans with a medium-light roast, such as Ethiopian coffee beans for bright citrus acidity and a refreshing taste, or Panamanian coffee beans with obvious floral aroma, or Costa Rican coffee beans with an obvious fermented feel, etc. Of course, because cold brew coffee is a drip coffee, the production time is slightly longer. Therefore, if you want to drink the cold brew coffee made by Front Street Coffee, you need to make a reservation two days in advance.

How to make cold brew coffee
 
1.The powder-to-liquid ratio used by Front Street Coffee for cold brew is 1:10, that is, 60 grams of coffee grounds extract 600 milliliters of coffee liquid.
 
2.Place a round filter paper at the bottom of the powder cup, wet it with water so it adheres to the cup wall, add 60g of ground coffee (coarse sugar size), then shake it flat to level the coffee surface. You can also use the weight of the tamper itself to lightly press the coffee bed so that the surface is flat.
 

3.Remember to place a piece of filter paper on the coffee surface. This is because the tension of the filter paper can make the water distribute evenly. Without filter paper, the long-term dripping will create a pit in the coffee bed.
 
4.Use ice water for "pre-infusion." This is actually similar to the blooming process in pour-over and can improve the extraction effect and consistency of the final product. If you directly cold brew, it may cause uneven wetting of the coffee bed, with part of the coffee grounds over-extracted while another part does not participate in the extraction.
 

5.Put a 1:1 ice-water mixture into the water container, and adjust the valve to about 7 drops every 10 seconds.
 
6.After making it, pour the coffee liquid into a sealed glass bottle and then put it in the refrigerator to ferment overnight, allowing the coffee flavors to blend together, making the taste better and easier to drink.
 

The above is the relevant introduction to making cold brew coffee. Front Street Coffee also hopes to help coffee enthusiasts who want to learn related information.

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