For the same moka pot, when you switch to light, medium, or dark roast beans, the ideal grind won't be exactly the same. You can think of the grind size for a moka pot as a range: overall coarser than espresso machine grounds, finer than pour-over grounds, with a texture somewhere between fine and regular granulated sugar. The lighter the roast, the closer you generally move toward the finer end; the darker the roast, [more…]

After drinking too much coffee of a certain flavor, we always want to try something new. For example, some friends who use moka pots, although they usually buy deeply roasted coffee beans full of caramel aroma to make moka pot coffee, occasionally want to switch to light-roasted beans to experience the floral and fruity notes of light-roasted coffee. However, due to online [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). In coffee, the coarseness of the grind directly affects the contact area between coffee and water as well as the extraction time, and it will directly affect the taste of the coffee. But at the same time, the coffee grind size is also what gives many people the biggest headache. [more…]

As everyone knows, Front Street Coffee mainly sells beans and has shops on both Taobao and Tmall, so friends who can't make it to the store often place orders online. Then some friends noticed that the labels on Front Street Coffee's beans don't indicate the roast level of the coffee beans, so they reported that after receiving them, they didn't know how to identify [more…]

Coffee brewed in a moka pot can have bright fruity notes, or it can show the depth of cocoa and nuts. An important clue that determines the difference is the roast level of the coffee beans. Light-roasted beans have a tighter structure, and the release of flavor needs more push; dark-roasted beans are easier to extract, and if the grounds are too fine, bitterness and a burnt taste will quickly [more…]

It is generally accepted that the coffee beans used for espresso are roasted to a relatively dark degree. Among coffee roast levels, there is one called "Italian Roast," with an Agtron color value of 25. It is the darkest of the eight roast levels, and coffee beans of this type usually have a surface that [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee) The roast level of coffee beans determines the direction of the coffee's flavor. Many coffee shops label the roast level on the coffee beans they sell, such as light roast, medium roast, cinnamon roast, etc., which makes it easy for beginners [more…]

The roast level shifts a coffee bean's flavor focus and extraction rhythm. Light roasts generally preserve more floral and fruity notes and bright acidity, medium roasts tend to show sweetness and balance, and dark roasts lean toward nutty, cocoa, and full-bodied flavors. There is no ranking among them—what matters is whether they match how you brew and drink. Pour-over flavor is mainly determined by origin, va [more…]

Beginners in pour-over coffee often come to FrontStreet Coffee and ask how to determine the grind size for each coffee bean, what effect grind size has on coffee extraction, how to tell the coarseness of coffee grounds at home, and so on. In this article, Front Street will talk about [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). The most charming thing about pour-over coffee is its adjustability. Many customers who often come to Front Street for coffee also try making pour-over at home, and they always say that pour-over coffee is too difficult. [more…]

The grind size in coffee directly affects the contact area between the coffee and water as well as the extraction time, and it will directly impact the coffee's taste. But at the same time, coffee grind size is also the biggest headache for many people! In this article, Front Street will explain how to determine the appropriate grind size for different coffee beans. First [more…]

The roast level changes the flavor focus and extraction rhythm of coffee beans. Light roasts usually retain more floral and fruity notes and bright acidity, medium roasts tend to present sweetness and balance, while dark roasts lean toward nutty, cocoa, and full-bodied flavors. There is no hierarchy among them; the key is whether they match your brewing method. Pour-over flavor is mainly determined by origin, va [more…]

"Acidity" can be said to be the mainstream flavor of coffee today. Since the rise of specialty coffee, coffee roasting has begun to shift from dark to light, and the flavor has transformed from a monotonous bitterness into a colorful spectrum of acidity. This has attracted many friends who couldn't handle the "coffee taste" (bitterness) to start exploring coffee, savoring the floral notes of light-roasted coffee. [more…]

When it comes to Indonesian Mandheling, the most famous and popular is undoubtedly the Golden Mandheling coffee beans produced by the Indonesian PWN company. Many people come to try Golden Mandheling coffee and decide to buy the beans to brew at home, but they can never replicate the taste they had in the coffee shop. Why is that? [more…]

"Excuse me, what grind size should I use for pour-over coffee?" "Why is the grind at setting 10 on your machine different from setting 10 on mine?" "When you say 'sugar-like,' do you mean caster sugar, granulated sugar, or brown sugar?" ... Are you still struggling to find the right grind size for your coffee brewing device? Front Street has an article to [more…]

After drinking too much coffee of a certain flavor, we always want to switch things up and try something new. For example, some friends who use moka pots, even though they usually buy deeply roasted coffee beans full of caramelized aroma to make moka pot coffee, occasionally want to switch to light roast beans and experience the floral and fruity notes of light roast coffee. However, due to the [more…]

The roast level changes the flavor focus and extraction rhythm of coffee beans. Light roasts usually retain more floral and fruity notes and bright acidity, medium roasts tend to present sweetness and balance, while dark roasts lean toward nutty, cocoa, and full-bodied flavors. There is no hierarchy among them; the key is whether they match your brewing method. Pour-over flavor is mainly determined by origin, va [more…]

The roast level changes a coffee bean's flavor focus and extraction rhythm. Light roasts usually retain more floral and fruity notes and bright acidity, medium roasts tend to show sweetness and balance, while dark roasts lean toward nutty, cocoa, and full-bodied flavors. None is superior to another; the key is whether it matches how you brew and drink it. Pour-over flavor is mainly determined by origin, varie [more…]

The roast level changes the flavor focus and extraction rhythm of coffee beans. Light roasts generally retain more floral and fruity aromas and bright acidity, medium roasts tend to present sweetness and balance, while dark roasts lean toward nutty, cocoa, and full-bodied flavors. There is no hierarchy among them; the key is whether they match your brewing method. Pour-over flavor is mainly determined by origin, va [more…]

Many friends have complained to Front Street Coffee that "pour-over coffee is so hard to learn" and "I've been brewing for so long and still can't get it right." For those in this situation, Front Street Coffee suggests trying a French press to brew coffee. Compared with pour-over coffee, the biggest feature of brewing with a French press is that it involves far fewer manual actions, reducing a lot of uncertainty [more…]