Starbucks Korea recently issued a public apology after a summer promotional giveaway was found to contain formaldehyde. The incident began when an employee at an anonymous testing agency posted on social media alleging that the Summer Carry Bag travel tote contained formaldehyde, following earlier consumer complaints that the bag emitted a fishy odor resembling squid. Starbucks Korea immediately suspended the giveaway and sent the product for testing, which ultimately confirmed the presence of formaldehyde. The company announced that customers who had already redeemed the bag could return it and receive a beverage voucher as compensation, while also removing the promotional reward and pledging to strengthen safety verification procedures for future merchandise. [more…]

For busy office workers, drip bag coffee is an ideal choice that balances convenience and quality. This article will show you step by step how to use drip bags to make two refreshing summer drinks—iced pour-over coffee and cold brew coffee. From bean selection tips to brewing steps, Front Street Coffee provides you with detailed guidance: if you like floral notes, try Yirgacheffe; if you prefer fruity flavors, choose Huakui; and if you want to experience flavors from multiple countries at once, there is the classic five-origin combination. With just simple equipment and a few steps, you can easily enjoy a cup of icy, rich coffee at the office or at home. [more…]

Southern regions have recently been hit by continuous heavy rain, with severe waterlogging on roads in cities like Changsha and Wuhan, making travel difficult for residents and causing significant disruption to street-side shops. In such weather, a cup of coffee is a small comfort that keeps office workers energized and going, yet many customers who chose to pick up their orders at Luckin Coffee stores found that the paper takeaway bags were extremely flimsy in the rain, with the coffee spilling into the rain before they could even take a sip. Complaints and grievances about torn paper bags have been flooding social media, with consumers calling on the brand to improve its packaging, while store staff are equally miserable. This article examines the reasons behind this phenomenon and the voices from all sides. [more…]

On a scorching summer day, a glass of iced coffee is undoubtedly the best way to cool down. This article compiles three iced coffee brewing methods that coffee lovers can easily do at home or in the office—hand-brewed iced coffee, drip bag iced coffee, and cold brew iced coffee—and explains in detail their respective ratios, water temperatures, and step-by-step instructions. It also recommends three coffee beans suitable for making iced drinks: Ethiopia Natural Red Cherry, Panama Elida Estate Natural Typica, and Colombia Finca La Divisa Sidra. These beans deliver a bright acidity while maintaining a soft, full-bodied complexity at low temperatures. In addition, the article specifically shares Front Street Coffee's buying advice for drip bag coffee and recommendations for cold brew beans, helping you quickly find your preferred flavor during the hot season. [more…]

On a scorching summer day, a glass of iced coffee is undoubtedly an excellent choice for cooling off and refreshing yourself. This article will introduce in detail three ways to easily make iced coffee at home or in the office—pour-over iced coffee, drip bag iced coffee, and cold brew iced coffee—and share three coffee beans recommended by Front Street Coffee that are suitable for making iced drinks: Ethiopian Natural Red Cherry, Panama Elida Estate Natural Typica, and Colombia Diviso Estate Sidra. Whether you seek a fresh and crisp taste or a full-bodied, layered experience, you can find a plan that suits you. At the same time, the article will also explain the difference between espresso and cold brew coffee, as well as the various ways to drink cold brew coffee liquid, helping you enjoy a cool summer. [more…]

On a scorching summer day, a glass of iced coffee is undoubtedly a great choice to cool off and refresh yourself. This article compiles three iced coffee brewing methods suitable for home or office use—pour-over iced coffee, drip bag iced coffee, and cold brew iced coffee—and recommends three coffee beans that offer both refreshing and full-bodied flavors: Ethiopian Natural Red Cherry, Panama Elida Estate Natural Typica, and Colombia Finca La Divisoria Sidra. Whether you're after complexity or great value for money, you'll find an option that suits you. Follow Front Street Coffee's detailed steps and welcome summer with ease. [more…]

In the heat of midsummer, a refreshing glass of iced coffee is a favorite for many coffee lovers. Front Street Coffee continues to share various methods for making iced coffee, and today is no exception. This article will detail how to make cold brew using drip bag coffee, including the materials needed, the coffee-to-water-to-ice ratio, the steps, and recommended specialty coffee beans. Whether you want to quickly enjoy a glass of iced coffee or prepare cold brew in advance, you can find a method that suits you. The article also specifically recommends Front Street Strawberry Candy drip bag coffee and explains practical tips for making cold brew with 3–5 drip bags, helping you easily make a full-flavored cold brew at home. [more…]

In the hot summer season, a glass of iced coffee is undoubtedly a great way to cool down. This article compiles three iced coffee methods that can be easily made at home or in the office—hand-brewed iced coffee, drip bag iced coffee, and cold brew iced coffee—and recommends three coffee beans that balance freshness and body with excellent value for iced drinks: Ethiopia Natural Red Cherry, Panama Elida Estate Natural Typica, and Colombia Finca La Divisa Sidra. The article explains in detail the coffee-to-water ratio, water temperature, grind size, and brewing steps. Front Street Coffee also provides specific operating parameters to help you consistently make iced coffee with rich layers and a smooth mouthfeel in the scorching summer. [more…]

On a scorching summer day, a glass of iced coffee is nothing short of a lifesaver. This article systematically breaks down the types and characteristics of coffee beans suitable for making iced coffee, including three Front Street Coffee recommendations—Ethiopia Natural Red Cherry, Panama Elida Natural Typica, and Colombia Diviso Strawberry Claw—and explains in detail three brewing methods that work equally well at home or in the office: Japanese iced pour-over, drip-bag iced coffee, and cold brew, covering key parameters such as coffee-to-water ratio, water temperature, grind size, and pouring technique to help you easily make a refreshing, full-bodied summer drink. [more…]

“Coffee is my life! And iced coffee is what keeps me going!” While that may be a bit of an exaggeration, there's no denying that during the hot season, iced coffee is truly a fantastic way to beat the heat! Before the weather fully hits its peak temperatures, Front Street Coffee has put together a few super simple iced coffee recipes that are perfect for making at home or in the office. [more…]

In the height of summer, a glass of iced coffee always brings refreshing coolness. But without professional equipment, can you still make delicious iced coffee at home? The answer is yes. This article will teach you how to easily make two very different styles of iced coffee—iced pour-over and cold brew—using only drip bag coffee. At the same time, we'll also explore whether drip bag coffee or cold brew coffee is closer to Americano in taste. From bean selection to specific parameters to step-by-step instructions, Front Street Coffee breaks it all down for you, so you can easily enjoy the pleasure of specialty coffee even in the scorching summer. [more…]

Recently, a café in Shunde, Guangzhou, placed deep-fried cicada sloughs on iced Americano, launching a special drink that has sparked heated discussion among netizens. Cicada sloughs, commonly known as golden cicadas, have a tradition of being eaten in some regions, and early summer is the peak season for catching them. The shop owner claims that pairing them with cold brew offers a unique flavor, but many netizens say the visual impact is too strong and hard to accept. At the same time, cicada sloughs, as a heterologous protein, carry an allergy risk, and parts such as the legs may also carry bacteria and parasites, so caution is needed when trying them. This article takes you through the story behind this explosive drink and the precautions to note. [more…]

In the heat of midsummer, a refreshing glass of cold brew coffee is a favorite for many coffee lovers. But what if you don't have professional cold brew equipment at home? Actually, you can also make a decent-tasting cold brew coffee using drip bag coffee. Through actual testing, Front Street Coffee found that although drip bag coffee has a fixed amount of grounds and an unadjustable grind size, you can optimize the extraction effect by adjusting the water temperature and increasing the amount of coffee grounds used. This article will explain in detail the specific method for making cold brew with drip bag coffee, including the ratio of coffee grounds to water and ice, the steeping time, and why it is recommended to use multiple drip bags at once. At the same time, the article also provides a practical demonstration using a strawberry candy-flavored drip bag to help you easily make a refreshing, heat-relieving cold brew coffee at home. [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee) Scorching summer days, summer days scorching. For coffee lovers, the ritual sense of midsummer often originates from a refreshing cup of iced coffee, so recently Front Street has been sharing various iced coffee recipes, even [more…]

The same bag of beans, hot-brewed, comes out bitter and astringent, but made into cold brew, it's clean, sweet, and delicious. This isn't an illusion—it's determined by the principles of extraction. Once you understand "why cold brew isn't bitter," you'll know what kind of beans to choose for summer, and you'll never have to worry about buying "cold bitter water" again. Where does coffee's bitterness come from? The bitterness in a cup of coffee mainly comes from [more…]

In the height of summer, a glass of iced coffee always brings the most direct refreshing comfort. But not every coffee lover has professional pour-over equipment on hand—in fact, all you need is a single drip bag to easily make two distinctly different iced coffees: iced pour-over and cold brew. Starting from the actual brewing of Front Street drip bags, this article breaks down in detail the coffee-to-water-to-ice ratio, water temperature adjustments, and staged pouring technique for iced pour-over, as well as the coffee-to-water ratio, sealed refrigeration time, and filtering steps for cold brew, helping you enjoy a refreshingly cool cup of good coffee at home with the lowest possible barrier to entry. [more…]

On a scorching summer day, a glass of iced coffee always brings a refreshing, invigorating coolness. But for coffee lovers without professional equipment, is it still possible to easily make delicious iced coffee? The answer is yes. This article will use the most convenient drip bag coffee as a starting point to explain in detail two home methods for making iced coffee—iced pour-over coffee and cold brew coffee. From bean selection and parameter adjustment to specific operating steps, Front Street will break down the key points one by one, including core parameters such as water temperature, coffee-to-water-to-ice ratio, and grind size, as well as how to compensate for the limitation that drip bag coffee cannot adjust grind size by changing the brewing strategy. Whether you want to quickly get a refreshing glass of iced pour-over or are willing to spend time waiting for a pot of rich cold brew, you can find practical operating guidance in this article. [more…]

Blended coffee beans are the flavor cornerstone of espresso, but there is a great deal of craft behind how to blend an outstanding shot. This article begins with the basic logic of blending: a good recipe must surpass any single-origin bean in the blend, and the number of bean varieties should ideally be kept to no more than five; it then analyzes the differences between the two processes of roasted blending and green blending, along with their respective resting times—3-4 days for green blending and about a week for roasted blending; next, it introduces the seasonal blending concept popular in the specialty coffee world, and uses the standout sweet Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso as an example to break down its composition of origins and processing methods; finally, it presents the cost-performance ledger of Guangzhou Front Street Coffee's commercial blend beans—less than 1.5 yuan per cup—providing a clear reference for your purchasing decision. [more…]

After entering the summer solstice, the hottest topic in the enthusiast chat groups is none other than #HowToMakeIcedCoffeeThatTastesGood, with everyone sharing their tips for making iced coffee with each other every day. In this article, Front Street has combined some enthusiasts' views and put together some tips for making iced pour-over coffee, iced drip coffee, and cold brew coffee taste even better! [more…]

After you've made cold brew coffee, don't rush to drink it straight—though it's already quite refreshing on its own, cold brew is actually a highly versatile base. It has low bitterness, plenty of sweetness, and clean flavors, so it pairs well with anything. With just a little effort, you can whip up an entire summer drink menu. This article rounds up 6 ways to drink cold brew, from simple [more…]