Espresso is an essential coffee beverage in almost every coffee shop. And espresso isn't just about Americano and latte. In this article, Front Street Coffee introduces 10 espresso drinks found in coffee shops, along with their preparation methods. ① Espresso [more…]

Latte is just one member of the milk coffee family—from Rome's cappuccino to Melbourne's flat white, from Spain's cortado to Vietnam's egg coffee, "coffee with milk" has evolved into a vast family across the globe. Each milk coffee is a unique local cultural solution to the ratio of milk fat, and behind each solution lies a different [more…]

Buffalo milk has long been a specialty dairy product in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, and in recent years it has been increasingly used by coffee enthusiasts to pair with espresso. It contains higher levels of protein, fat, and calcium than regular milk, with a lower water content, making it sweeter and silkier to drink. So, is buffalo milk actually suitable for latte art? And what does it taste like in an iced latte or a Dirty? This time, Front Street Coffee selected the refrigerated fresh buffalo milk from the local Foshan brand Baifulu, paired with Front Street Coffee's classic blend coffee beans, to make three drinks: a flat white, an iced latte, and a Dirty. From milk foam texture and latte art performance to the flavor on the palate, we tested each one to see whether the combination of buffalo milk and coffee can achieve an effect where 1+1>2. [more…]

To make latte art look good, choosing the right milk is very important! Front Street Coffee's daily in-store milk coffee offerings all use full-fat fresh milk, because it is rich in protein, lactose, and milk fat. The protein in milk is what makes the milk foam stable. [more…]

Espresso is a must-have beverage in every café. Many people's first impression of espresso is that it's unbearably bitter. In fact, espresso isn't limited to such bitter shots. If you want an espresso that isn't bitter and suits your taste, the first thing you need to understand is the different types of espresso. Front Street Cof [more…]

Milk coffee, commonly known as milk-based coffee, includes lattes, cappuccinos, Flat Whites, Dirty, and so on. The common feature of these drinks is that espresso and milk are blended together. When choosing beans, you need to consider both the flavor of the espresso itself and how it performs when blended with milk. [more…]

A reader submitted a contribution, saying they recently bought a bunch of drip coffee bags during a sale, so they wanted to brew them using different methods. Then they found a somewhat tricky approach—brewing with milk. But since they had never tried it, they were worried it might go terribly wrong, so they asked Front Street whether it was feasible. For this kind of thing that benefits coffee lovers, Front Street has always been a No p [more…]

Today, the menus in coffee shops are rich and diverse, and in order to cater to more people's tastes, adding various dairy products and flavored syrups to coffee is also very common. So have you ever heard of coffee with condensed milk? Adding condensed milk is to mask the strong bitterness in coffee. In Vietnam, the aroma of coffee drifts through the streets and alleys. [more…]

For those who are just getting into espresso coffee, facing a bunch of coffee terms can leave you feeling completely lost, such as Espresso, Ristretto, Lungo, Latte, Flat White, and so on. These all fall under the category of espresso coffee. Front Street Coffee (FrontS [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). For a delicious latte, Front Street believes the most important things are the quality of the coffee beans and milk, the ratio of coffee to milk, and the extraction and blending technique. Point one: choose suitable ingredients. Why is latte so [more…]

Latte, cappuccino, and flat white are almost always on the menu at coffee shops as the staple milk coffee categories. This article will help you clearly distinguish the differences between these three milk coffees. Since most people have more or less encountered these three milk coffees, here is a brief introduction to their origins. Modern latte and cappuccino [more…]

The coffee brewed from a moka pot has a concentration between pour-over and espresso. After adding milk, it needs to retain enough aroma and presence. To make a smooth latte, the roast level is a very useful screening clue: it affects the sweet-and-sour performance, the nutty and cocoa notes, the body, and also changes how clearly the coffee comes through in the milk. [more…]

People who drink coffee regularly know that Americano is black coffee with nothing added—it tastes bitter, with a smooth, mellow mouthfeel; a latte is a flavored coffee made by mixing milk with espresso—sweet and delicious, easy to accept even for a first-time coffee drinker, while other varieties are built on this cup of coffee by adding or subtracting ingredients, for example, sparkling Americano is [more…]

Latte doesn't have to be made with dark roast coffee beans. Once milk is added, the acidity and aroma of the coffee become softer, while the sweetness and smoothness become more pronounced, so different roast levels can all produce milk coffees with distinct personalities. When choosing, you can first imagine whether you want to taste fruity notes, caramel, or a rich flavor like dark chocolate. Roasting [more…]

“It can serve as a stand-in for an espresso machine” — this is the reason that convinces many friends to make up their minds to buy a moka pot. Since the moka pot, like an espresso machine, uses pressure extraction, it can produce coffee with a higher concentration than atmospheric-pressure extraction. And the reason many friends need this high concentration [more…]

Latte, cappuccino, and flat white are three milk coffee categories that are almost always staples in coffee shops. This article will help you clearly distinguish the differences between these three milk coffees. Since most people have had some exposure to these three milk coffees, here is a brief introduction to their origins. Modern latte and cappuccino [more…]

Many people struggle to froth milk properly when they first start learning latte art. In fact, the quality of the milk also affects how easy it is to froth. Front Street Coffee would like to introduce a few types of milk that are easy to froth! In the eyes of baristas, milk is divided into ambient milk and chilled milk, whole milk and skim milk. When making coffee la— [more…]

When it comes to today's popular drinks, the latte is perhaps the most common coffee beverage and one of the milk coffees most people are familiar with. A latte is a type of espresso drink, made with espresso as its base, to which steamed, frothed milk is added and blended in a certain proportion. Based on the definition of a latte [more…]

Walking into a café, many people choose a fancy coffee based on espresso, such as a latte, cappuccino, or americano. Each coffee has its own unique flavor, like the perfect blend of coffee and milk in a latte, the thick milk foam of a cappuccino, and the light and smooth taste of a flat white, all [more…]

Nowadays, more and more people are paying attention to single-origin coffee, but in terms of orders at FrontStreet Coffee, espresso-based drinks still account for a larger proportion. When it comes to choosing espresso beans, what FrontStreet Coffee focuses on is [more…]