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A Beginner's Guide to Drip Bag Coffee | Is Drip Bag Coffee the Same as Instant Black Coffee? Recommended Affordable and Tasty Single-Origin Drip Coffee Bags
For friends who love coffee, whenever they have some free time, they want a cup of coffee. They want to be able to drink coffee anytime, anywhere, so many people prefer to buy drip coffee bags. Compared with brewing coffee beans, drip bags are not only simple to use, but also can be brewed and enjoyed on the spot, with no need to consider complicated tools and parameters. As long as you have hot water and a [more…]
Pour-over coffee tutorial | What common pitfalls do coffee beginners easily fall into when self-learning pour-over coffee? How can coffee novices avoid mistakes in pour-over coffee brewing?
With its extremely high fault tolerance and outstanding flavor performance, pour-over coffee has become one of the top extraction methods after the rise of specialty coffee. At the same time, because it is simple to operate and has a low barrier to entry, many friends have bought their own pour-over equipment and started teaching themselves how to make pour-over coffee at home. Logically speaking, self-learning pour-over coffee [more…]
High-end coffee beans as gifts | Which specialty pour-over beans do experienced coffee enthusiasts repurchase? Recommendations for high-value pour-over coffee bean brands suitable for beginners
1. Front Street Huakui coffee bean origin: Sidamo Hambela Buku Abel processing station, altitude: 2250-2350m, variety: Heirloom, processing method: natural, brewing flavor: a rich passion fruit-like acidity on the palate, a slight fruity fermentation aroma, strawberry-like sweet and tart notes, [more…]
The Correct Way to Extract Espresso | Who Is Italian Coffee Suitable For? What Are the Precautions for Making Espresso?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: FrontStreet Coffee. As some high-performance espresso machines have become more compact, their home-oriented positioning has become increasingly obvious, and many friends have also fallen into the espresso rabbit hole. So FrontStreet is here to share how to make espresso at home. [more…]
Choosing Coffee for Family and Friends: Two Low-Acid Beans That Elders and Acid-Sensitive Drinkers Will Love
Want to give your parents or acid-sensitive friends a bag of coffee beans, but find yourself overwhelmed browsing e-commerce pages? Gifting is scarier than drinking it yourself—if the taste doesn't match, even the most expensive beans go to waste. Today, following the "mass acceptance first" standard, I recommend two low-acid, smooth, easy-to-drink beans, with brewing methods suited to different equipment. [more…]
Mocha Recipe | What's the Difference Between Italian Milk Coffee, Mocha, and Latte? How Can Coffee Beginners Make a Starbucks-Style Mocha at Home?
Recently, more and more friends have been visiting Front Street Coffee stores to ask about Mocha coffee. Unfortunately, Mocha coffee has already been removed from Front Street Coffee's menu, so these friends have been turned away one after another. "Since we can't buy it outside, we'll just make it ourselves and take care of our own needs." Most friends, holding onto this idea, went home [more…]
Cold Brew Coffee Grounds-to-Water Ratio | How to Make Cold Brew Coffee at Home? Should the Finished Cold Brew Concentrate Be Diluted with Water? How Long Does Cold Brew Last?
The arrival of autumn has cooled the stuffy weather, but many friends in the south can still feel the enthusiasm of the sun at noon. Drinking pour-over coffee in this dry season often leaves the throat feeling parched, and at times like this, ice-cold cold brew coffee becomes everyone's favorite. Some friends may ask about cold brew coffee's [more…]
World's Top Ten Single-Origin Coffee Beans Ranking | Which beans are tasty, not sour, and have a sweet aftertaste? Must-buy recommendations for beginners of high cost-performance quality coffee beans for pour-over
Front Street Panama Butterfly Coffee Beans Origin: Boquete, Panama Altitude: 1600m Variety: Geisha, Catuai, Caturra Processing Method: Washed Flavor: White floral, citrus, berry, tea-like Recommended Reason: Tastes like floral and fruity tea, refreshing flavor, suitable for pour-over, cold brew, and iced coffee Front Street Indonesia PWN [more…]
Coffee Flavor Window | What Is Coffee Resting? Do Espresso Blends and Pour-Over Single-Origin Beans All Need Resting? How Long Is the Resting Period for Golden Mandheling?
Many friends who have drunk red wine should be all too familiar with one step in wine tasting: decanting. After a period of decanting, the astringency of the tannins weakens slightly, and the sweet and sour notes in the red wine become more lively. Drinking coffee is actually quite similar to drinking red wine—red wine needs decanting, while coffee beans need resting. [more…]
What Is a Cappuccino | The Difference Between a Cappuccino and a Latte: How to Make a Cappuccino and Its Characteristics
I'm not sure if you friends still remember, but previously Front Street shared a post about "Why Dirty Coffee Can't Be Ordered for Delivery." After that, some friends left messages in the background saying they noticed that many coffee shops also don't offer cappuccino for delivery, with only dine-in and takeout options available. As for Dirty, because it requires the milk [more…]
Filter Coffee Brands | Which Is Healthier: Drip Bag Coffee or Instant Coffee? Recommended Single-Origin Drip Bag Coffee Packs from Representative Coffee Regions for Beginners
In today's world, drip bags and instant coffee are readily available everywhere, yet the impressions they give people are completely different. Instant coffee uses dissolve-and-extract technology and has added saccharin and milk powder, so its flavor is very monotonous; drip bags, on the other hand, are made by pre-grinding freshly roasted coffee beans into powder and then putting it into a filter bag. Compared with instant coffee, drip bags can not only [more…]
Pour-Over Coffee | Is Cloudy Coffee Liquid a Sign of Poor Coffee Quality? Why Does the Coffee Liquid from Pour-Over Coffee Vary Between Black and Red?
Customers and friends often chat about coffee-related topics at Front Street Coffee's stores, such as coffee origins, brewing parameters and steps, or coffee flavors. Then occasionally, some friends bring up more niche topics, for example—the liquor color of coffee. "Liquor color" is a professional term borrowed from tea evaluation. [more…]
Latte | Why doesn't a homemade latte taste as good as one from a coffee shop? How do you make a standard Latte?
Today we're revisiting a familiar topic, because recently many friends took advantage of e-commerce promotions to buy coffee machines and start making coffee at home, only to find that the coffee they brew tastes completely different from what they expected. Even when using the same setup as Front Street Coffee's cafes, what they make just doesn't taste as good as what they drank in-store. [more…]
Cold Brew Coffee Flavor Guide | Which Single-Origin Coffee Beans Are Best for Making Cold Brew at Home? How Long Should Cold Brew Coffee Grounds Steep?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Since cold brew coffee is made differently from regular hot-brewed coffee and needs to be prepared a day in advance, the cold brew sold at Front Street stores doesn't offer as wide a variety of coffee beans as pour-over. [more…]
Coffee Storage | How long is coffee's optimal flavor period? How long can ground coffee be stored after grinding? Which storage method can extend the optimal flavor period of ground coffee?
Recently, due to the crazy discounts of Double Eleven, many friends have gathered to place orders online, and Front Street Coffee's Taobao Tmall customer service has therefore received more coffee-related questions than ever before. Questions related to grinding on demand, such as "how long can coffee beans last after being ground into powder" and "within how many days after grinding is it best to finish drinking it," are among the questions these friends have been consulting about recently. [more…]
Caffeine Content Calculation | How Much Caffeine Is in a Cup of Pour-Over Coffee? What Is a Suitable Daily Caffeine Intake? What Determines the Caffeine Content of Coffee?
"Which coffee on the menu has the least caffeine?" "I really want to drink coffee, but I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night if I do~" In the eyes of most people, coffee is a beverage consumed precisely for its stimulating effect, but its own aroma also attracts a group of friends who pursue delicious flavors, among whom there are quite a few who are intolerant to caffeine yet "greedy for a taste" [more…]
Introduction to Types of Coffee Equipment | Why Do Coffee Shops Rarely Use Siphon or French Press to Make Single-Origin Coffee? What Are the Advantages of Pour-Over Coffee Makers?
"Small as it is, the sparrow has all the vital organs." Guests and friends occasionally describe Front Street Coffee's offline store this way. Because in Front Street's small store, besides displaying the various coffee beans sold online, all kinds of coffee equipment are also placed in different corners. Such as siphon pots, French presses, clever drippers, Turkish coffee [more…]
Coffee Calorie Calculation | Why Is Pour-Over Coffee the Most Common Single-Origin Coffee in Coffee Shops? What Are the Characteristics of Freshly Ground Pour-Over Coffee? What Makes Pour-Over Black Coffee So Popular?
"Small but complete." Occasionally, guests and friends describe Front Street's offline stores this way. Because in Front Street's small store, besides displaying the various coffee beans sold online, all kinds of coffee equipment are placed in different corners. Such as siphon pots, French presses, clever drippers, Turkish coffee [more…]
Arabica Drip Coffee Bags | Is Drip Bag Filter Coffee the Same as Pour-Over Coffee? A Rundown of Five Must-Buy Freshly Roasted Drip Coffee Bags for Coffee Lovers
The disposable drip bag currently in use (Coffee Drip—hanging ear filter bag) originated in Japan in the 1990s. It comes with its own mini filter bag, making it portable, with the aim of enjoying quality black coffee anytime, anywhere. It is a convenient form of pour-over coffee, which we generally call [more…]
Where IT Thinking Meets Coffee Culture: How Beta Coffee Went from Hangzhou to Beijing and Became a Gathering Place for Internet People
When IT thinking meets coffee culture, what kind of sparks will fly? In 2009, Bai Ya and a group of internet professionals founded Beta Coffee in Hangzhou, positioning it as a public living room for IT people. In just over two months, it was named the "Best Gathering Place for E-commerce Professionals." In 2011, this trend swept through Beijing's Zhongguancun, and Beta Coffee's Beijing branch officially opened. Soon after, Garage Coffee, 3W Coffee, and others emerged one after another, thus beginning the "Internet Coffee Era." This is not just a place to drink coffee, but also a physical platform for IT people to communicate, share, and seek opportunities. This article takes you into the jianghu stories of Beta Coffee, to experience the unique atmosphere created by the collision of the internet and coffee. [more…]