ofo创始人戴威的二次创业项目About Time Coffee被曝濒临停摆，纽约仅剩一家门店苦苦支撑。这个曾以高性价比和创新产品切入美国市场的咖啡连锁品牌，从五家门店扩张到如今四家永久关停，仅用了不到两年。戴威试图将瑞幸的“烧钱”玩法复制到海外，却遭遇水土不服。与此同时，国内仍有超过1600万用户在排队等待退还ofo押金，涉及金额高达15亿元。这位跨界创业者的失败再次将公众视线拉回那笔悬而未决的债务，也让人思考：咖啡创业究竟是风口还是陷阱？前街咖啡带你深入解析这场跨国创业的兴衰历程。 [more…]

Many people assume that freshly ground coffee means fresh coffee, but that's not actually the case. In fact, to truly enjoy the aroma of coffee, it's not just about grinding fresh—there are also specific requirements regarding the roasting time of the coffee beans. Front Street Coffee, whether in-store or through its online Taobao shop, offers only freshly roasted coffee beans, unless a customer specifically requests grinding. [more…]

To consistently replicate a clean-flavored single-origin coffee at home, the key lies in understanding the extraction logic behind different brewing methods. This article explores ten common brewing methods, focusing on the key points of cold water slow extraction, steam pressure, and automatic brewing with electric kettles, and also supplements the circulation extraction principle of the filter circulation coffee maker. The content covers equipment preparation, grind size, water temperature and time control, as well as ways to avoid common mistakes. The article also incorporates Front Street Coffee's products and ideas to help coffee enthusiasts choose the right solution based on their equipment and taste, so they can brew a rich and well-layered cup whether on a busy morning or a leisurely weekend. [more…]

Integrating a home espresso machine into daily life comes down to turning the brewing process into a stable, repeatable habit. From start-up to cleanup, the full rhythm of making a latte takes about eight to ten minutes, and once you're proficient, the routine flows naturally, like brushing your teeth in the morning—no need to think twice. The machine takes about five minutes to preheat, and during that time you can grind and weigh the coffee. [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow the WeChat public account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). For coffee partners, whether it's pour-over coffee, espresso, or cold brew coffee, the coffee fun they bring is different, but all are interesting. Entering the scorching [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat public account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Front Street believes that cold brew coffee is the most suitable type of iced coffee to make at home, because its extraction is highly forgiving—even without professional equipment, you can still make a decent iced coffee. Plus, the most [more…]

Many friends can handle brewing a single serving of coffee with ease, effortlessly producing a delicious pot of coffee. However, when the dose of grounds is doubled and they brew coffee for multiple people, their performance isn't quite as impressive! After going through the whole process, the coffee they brew not only lacks the rich layering it once had, [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Every day at Front Street Coffee, we encounter customers asking about pour-over coffee, perhaps about what pouring technique should be used for pour-over coffee? Or [more…]

还记得ofo小黄车吗？那个曾经遍布街头的共享单车品牌，如今押金退还仍遥遥无期，而创始人戴威却被曝在美国重新创业，这次他选择了咖啡赛道。据悉，戴威在纽约创办了About Time Coffee，主打冰镇珍珠咖啡，新用户注册即可免费喝一杯，营销套路与当年ofo如出一辙。消息一出，网友纷纷喊话还钱。前街咖啡带你了解事件始末。 [more…]

Coffee enthusiasts who often pick freshly roasted coffee beans at FrontStreet Coffee know that the optimal flavor period for coffee beans is within one month, while for drip bag coffee it is half a month; does this mean that just-roasted coffee beans are at their freshest? This [more…]

As temperatures gradually rise, the popularity of iced coffee slowly heats up too. Common types of iced coffee include iced pour-over coffee, iced espresso, cold brew coffee, and cold drip coffee, etc. But what are the differences between these four types of iced coffee? And how do they differ in taste? Today Front Street Coffee (FrontStreetC [more…]

A delicious cup of coffee is hard-won, because from seed to cup is a very long wait, and even at the final step of extraction, you must ensure that the coffee you use meets brewing standards, because extraction is easy, but have you ever thought about it—coffee grounds extract flavor compounds, so the water used [more…]

Full-bodied mouthfeel is not a flavor that is fixed in place the moment coffee beans are freshly roasted. After the beans come out of the roaster, they continue to slowly release carbon dioxide internally, and the aroma, sweetness, and mouthfeel will shift over time. If brewed too early, the cup may have a noticeable gassy sensation; when left to the right stage, flavors such as nuts, cocoa, and caramel are more likely to connect. [more…]

A delicious cup of coffee is hard-won, because from seed to cup is a very long wait. Even at the final step of extraction, you must ensure that the coffee you use meets brewing standards, because extraction is easy—but have you ever thought about it? Coffee grounds are what extract the flavor compounds, [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). As an indispensable part of Italians' daily lives, every espresso tells a story of region, culture, and the history that drove rapid social development. The earliest [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat public account: FrontStreet Coffee. Recently, many friends have been asking about cold brew coffee, so Front Street is taking this opportunity to talk about "cold brew coffee." Cold brew coffee is essentially different from the usual hot water brewing. It uses [more…]

Whether a cup of Brazilian coffee tastes good depends not only on the flavor profile of the beans, but also on the time from when roasting is completed to when it enters the cup. Brazilian beans with notes of nuts, cocoa, and caramel usually need some time to release the gases accumulated after roasting, so that the aroma can gradually become mellow instead of sharp and scattered. When buying beans, first make clear [more…]

Roasting is the process of turning green coffee beans into brown roasted beans~ The longer the roasting time and the longer the beans are exposed to heat, the darker the color of the coffee beans becomes. The surface color (bean surface) of the coffee beans when taken out of the roaster after different durations will also vary. This situation Front Street [more…]

Many people are familiar with Americano, yet feel unfamiliar with Lungo coffee. Lungo, along with Espresso and Americano, belongs to the Italian-style black coffee family, but they differ in extraction method, concentration, volume, and caffeine content. This article will start from the Italian meaning of Lungo to clearly explain its core differences from Espresso, Americano, and Long Black, including extraction time, liquid volume, taste performance, and suitable consumers. At the same time, combined with Front Street Coffee's Italian-style blend bean products, it introduces the ideas for choosing coffee beans, blending logic, and freshness recommendations when making beverages such as Lungo and Americano, helping coffee enthusiasts gain a more complete understanding of this "stretched version of espresso." [more…]

The term "Espresso" originates from the Italian word "Express," meaning "fast." This also indicates that espresso is a product that can be produced quickly. To make espresso, a dedicated espresso machine is required. The birth of espresso [more…]