For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee) What water temperature is needed for brewing pour-over coffee? Currently, the mainstream recommended brewing temperature is between 86°C and 93°C, with higher temperatures used for light roasts and lower temperatures for dark roasts. Once, at [more…]

With the rise of the specialty coffee trend, coffee culture has been continuously spreading, and sales of both coffee equipment and coffee beans are constantly increasing. As a store focused on specialty coffee, Front Street not only brews a delicious cup of coffee for every guest, but also aims to spread coffee culture. If everyone [more…]

As coffee has gradually become more widely recognized, specialty coffee promotion in cafés has emerged in response, and we too have begun tracing things back to their roots—we have come to treat coffee as culture. The rise of specialty pour-over coffee undoubtedly reflects the demands of the market and the needs that cafés have identified. Café counters have also begun to lower their "status," no longer featuring the early design of a bar raised a foot high. [more…]

In Italy, the moka pot isn't called a gadget; it's called "the coffee machine at home." It is estimated that over ninety percent of Italian households own at least one moka pot. Every morning, millions of little aluminum pots gurgle one after another on the stove—that is the shared background sound of the nation's morning. Understand this material culture, and you can see why [more…]

For those who rarely drink coffee, ordering coffee is not an easy task. The dazzling array of items on the menu can make one dizzy. What are the differences between them? Is Americano the coffee that Americans like to drink the most? What is the difference between Americano and latte? Today, Front Street Coffee (FrontSt [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat public account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). With the advancement of coffee specialization, SOE has gradually become popular. So what is SOE? Is SOE coffee tastier than blended coffee? Now Front Street Coffee (Fron [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Cold brew coffee essentially means that under low-temperature conditions, small-molecule substances that tend toward aroma and acidity are more easily released into cold water, so the coffee tastes light-bodied and tends to express [more…]

"How big of a difference can there be between coffee with a 30-second bloom and a 60-second bloom?" This was a question a friend asked Front Street Coffee yesterday. I have to say, this question is actually quite interesting! As we all know, blooming is a routine step in pour-over coffee. Specifically, before the official pour, we pre-pour [more…]

On ordinary days, I get to meet all kinds of customers behind the bar, and quite a few of them are not used to coffee beans that lean sour. Usually, the coffees with strong acidity are those that are roasted lighter, and indeed some lightly roasted coffees have a sourness that is hard to accept. So customers naturally form the impression that cof [more…]

Many friends who are just getting into coffee think latte art looks simple—just pour casually and you'll get a heart or a tulip. But when they actually try it, they discover the milk always floats on the surface in clumps. In fact, the key to latte art lies in the condition of the milk foam, the pouring technique, and the way you hold the pitcher and the cup. This time, Front Street Coffee focuses on latte art, breaking down the operational details of each step—from the required foam thickness, steam wand positioning, and steaming temperature, to pouring practice and how to hold the milk pitcher—to help everyone avoid detours and pour a decent-looking pattern as quickly as possible. [more…]

Cold brew coffee essentially refers to the fact that under low-temperature conditions, small-molecule substances tending toward aroma and acidity are more easily released into cold water, so the coffee tastes light and is mostly characterized by a sweet-and-sour profile. In addition, since it is not limited by equipment or location, cold brew can be said to be a coffee that people can easily access—at home, as long as you have raw [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee) In 1990, Yamanaka Sangyo Co., Ltd. of Japan applied the concept of tea bags to coffee, invented the drip bag coffee and applied for a patent. With the demand of the specialty coffee market, more and more people are starting to buy drip bag cof [more…]

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For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Those who frequently purchase Front Street PWN Golden Mandheling coffee may have noticed that the green bean information for Golden Mandheling coffee is different from before—the producing region has been changed from the original Lintong [more…]

With the rise of the specialty coffee trend, coffee culture has been continuously spreading, and sales of both coffee equipment and coffee beans have been steadily increasing. As a shop focused on specialty coffee, Front Street not only brews a delicious cup of coffee for every guest, but also wants to spread coffee culture. If everyone [more…]