For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: FrontStreet Coffee. Blended coffee beans are commonly found in espresso, but are rarely seen in pour-over coffee. So, will blended coffee beans taste good when brewed as pour-over? - Understanding blended coffee beans [more…]

Many friends, when ordering pour-over coffee in a café, will prioritize the hot brew method, because as everyone knows, if we want to experience a relatively complete flavor profile in pour-over coffee, then hot brewing is absolutely the best choice. But when the weather is too hot, we always find it hard to [more…]

The pour-over community is placing increasing importance on estates—not to follow a trend, but because beans from different estates within the same region can differ enormously in flavor. An estate is the micro-unit of a region; slicing the region one layer finer makes the origin of flavor clearer. Understanding estate traceability takes pour-over bean selection from "choosing a region" to the next level: "choosing an estate." [more…]

With the rapid development of the specialty coffee market, more and more people are beginning to explore pour-over coffee. Many beginners feel completely lost when it comes to making pour-over coffee—the dazzling array of brewing equipment, coffee brewing techniques, and so on make many people feel it's a hassle. Quite a few friends have also come to Front Street Coffee asking how to get started with pour-over coffee, how to brew [more…]

SOE is one of the most popular products in today's specialty coffee shops and coffee chains. It is an espresso extracted from single-origin (single-origin) coffee beans. Its characteristic is that even at a very high concentration, the coffee liquid can still express the unique flavor profile of the coffee's origin. [more…]

The coffee-to-water ratio is a very important parameter in pour-over coffee. Put simply, with a fixed amount of coffee grounds, there is an amount of water that is just right to bring out the aroma of the coffee to the fullest. Therefore, learning to find the correct coffee-to-water ratio is also an important part of learning to brew coffee. What is the coffee-to-water ratio? [more…]

Whether to buy single-origin or blended coffee beans, and whether they suit pour-over or espresso, can often first be judged by the roast level. Light roasts retain more distinct origin character, often with floral notes, fruity acidity, and a bright, clean mouthfeel; medium roasts strike a more balanced profile of sweetness, aroma, and body; dark roasts lean more toward cocoa, nut, and roasted flavors. There is no fixed answer—what matters [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee In an era where all kinds of coffee machines are blooming everywhere, pour-over coffee, with its simple equipment and emphasis on hand-feel technique, stands out as a refreshing return to simplicity. Spreading from Japan, which pursues a refined culture, it has won over many coffee [more…]

Guests and friends often ask Front Street Coffee this question when brewing iced pour-over: "Why isn't iced pour-over brewed with ice water? Does it have to be hot water?" It's not surprising that this question comes up, because for those who haven't been in the coffee world or have only just encountered it, iced pour-over coffee indeed [more…]

Nowadays, almost every office worker has a variety of coffee on their desk to stay alert—some instant, some freshly ground, some ordered for delivery—and some people, considering they don't have a grinder but still want to enjoy delicious specialty coffee, choose to buy pre-made drip bags. Are drip bags black coffee? Drip bags [more…]

Coffee mysticism has long become a commonplace topic in coffee circles, and the most discussed aspects are flavor mysticism and brewing mysticism. Front Street is here to help everyone unveil the surface-level mysticism and reveal the underlying science. Flavor mysticism generally refers to when you drink a cup of coffee and only taste bitterness and sourness, while the person next to you [more…]

Nowadays, pour-over coffee and espresso are the two most mainstream brewing methods, so coffee beans on the consumer market are almost entirely developed around these two uses. Pour-over and espresso have different extraction principles: pour-over coffee is a normal-pressure drip extraction, a bit like brewing tea, with a relatively refreshing taste; while espresso is brewed under in [more…]

With the growing specialty coffee market, many people have begun to explore espresso and pour-over coffee. Coffee enthusiasts who regularly drink espresso know that the coffee beans used for espresso are blended coffee beans, while those used for pour-over coffee are single-origin coffee beans. So what is the difference between the two? Can espresso beans be used to make [more…]

As far as I know, many coffee friends who are new to the scene share one dilemma: "Which beans should I buy to make pour-over coffee?" "Which bean suits me?" For seasoned veterans, this is not hard at all. But for coffee newbies who are just getting started, it's a bit complicated! Coffee shops carry a wide variety of coffee beans, and different coun- [more…]

Darker-roasted coffee beans undergo full caramelization and Maillard reactions in the roaster; the fibrous structure inside the bean expands, creating larger pores, and the degree of gas saturation and the rate of release are noticeably faster than in light roasts. Understanding the degassing patterns and flavor evolution of dark-roasted beans helps you accurately gauge the bean's condition during everyday pour-over brewing, allowing [more…]

The flavor of pour-over coffee depends largely on the beans. Beans from different regions, varieties, processing methods, and roast levels produce vastly different styles when brewed. This article provides a comparison by flavor direction to help you quickly find the pour-over beans that suit you. Choose by flavor preference: If you like floral and fruity aromas with bright acidity: choose beans from high-altitude African regions [more…]

Many people know that coffee generally falls into two taste categories: sour and bitter. However, some coffee enthusiasts seek a balanced flavor—neither sour nor astringent, sweet but not bitter. With this in mind, today Front Street Coffee brings a few selected coffee beans for everyone to choose from based on their preferences~ 1. Balanced flavor: Front Street Coffee Bird of Paradise [more…]

Friends who are just starting to explore pour-over coffee are often puzzled: which bean should I choose? Faced with different regions, varieties, processing methods, and roast levels, how do you find the flavor that suits you? This article systematically sorts through representative coffee beans from classic regions such as Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Yunnan, China, including Front Street Yirgacheffe, Kenya Asaliya, Brazil Queen Estate, PWN Golden Mandheling, Hacienda La Esmeralda Geisha, and Front Street 2013 Yunnan Typica, and also shares key pour-over details such as water quality, grind size, coffee-to-water ratio, and dripper selection, helping coffee lovers build their own flavor memory library. [more…]

"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…]

For pour-over coffee, most people tend to use higher water temperatures for extraction, because high temperatures not only improve extraction efficiency but, more importantly, bring out a rich, sweet-and-sour aroma and flavor. Basically, the water temperature used for pour-over coffee is rarely below 80°C. So, if you brew coffee below this temperature, is there any [more…]