We often hear experienced coffee enthusiasts or bloggers say something like this: "Master your puck bed management, and your pour-over coffee will taste better!" Some friends find this quite puzzling! Since they've just started out, they haven't even had the chance to figure out what exactly a puck bed is, let alone manage it. [more…]

What we usually call a Dirty coffee is nothing more than taking a glass, filling it with milk, then placing it under the espresso machine's brew head and letting the espresso slowly flow into the glass, so that the coffee floats on top of the milk, forming a beautiful layer, and then as time passes, the coffee on top slowly seeps into the pure white milk. [more…]

Dirty (dirty coffee) has been a perennial staple on café menus in recent years: hot espresso slowly sinks into iced milk, without stirring, and you drink it from top to bottom, so that in a single sip you get the alternation of hot and cold and the layering of milk and coffee. It looks simple, but between a delicious one and a mediocre one lies the gap of bean selection and details. The principle of Dirty: why [more…]

Espresso is certainly delicious, but not every household has the budget or the space for an espresso machine. So more people have a moka pot at home instead—it's convenient and quick: just fill it with hot water and coffee grounds, put it on a heat source, and wait for the coffee. However, [more…]

Espresso is certainly delicious, but not every household has the budget or the space for an espresso machine. So, more people have a moka pot at home. The moka pot is convenient and quick—just fill it with hot water and coffee grounds, then place it on a heat source and wait for your coffee. However, [more…]

Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world. "Coffee" refers to any drink made from roasted coffee beans, which of course includes espresso and cold brew. There are many kinds of coffee—some people like instant, some like pour-over, and others like cold brew. Different methods [more…]

There are quite a few types of coffee. Some people like instant coffee, some like pour-over, and others like cold brew. Coffee made with different methods has its own characteristics—some has a layered mouthfeel with distinct flavors, while some is convenient to brew. You can choose according to your own preferences. Pour-over [more…]

Have you ever noticed that, aside from some large chain brands, we hardly ever see trapezoid drip cups in coffee shops? Compared to trapezoid drip cups, cone-shaped and flat-bottom/cake drip cups appear much, much more frequently. So quite a few friends are curious: why do drip cups that use trapezoid [more…]

The moka pot is an icon of Italian coffee culture and one of the most famous coffee brewing devices in the world. Its iconic design, ease of use, and widespread availability make it a staple in many coffee lovers' collections. Although not everyone has the money or the space at home [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). The coffee extraction portafilter is an important tool for semi-automatic espresso machines. There are mainly two types of coffee portafilters: the first is the bottomed split portafilter, and the second is the bottomless straight-out portafilter. [more…]

After reading the title, I bet some of you are already nodding and going, "Yes, yes, that's exactly what happens to me!" So scroll down quickly to clear up your confusion. You clearly followed the steps in the tutorial: tear open—hang it up—boil water—pour water—wait for it to drip through... Yet it feels like ages have passed, so why is the water still sitting on top, cof- [more…]

The moka pot is the go-to device for many coffee lovers to make rich coffee at home, and Bialetti's classic octagonal pot is the most iconic example of them all. This article begins with the story of the Bialetti moka pot's birth, tracing how this classic device went from 1933 to households around the world, and breaks down in detail the moka pot's three-layer structure and pressure-extraction principle. On this basis, Front Street will draw on its own experience to share the specific steps for brewing coffee with a moka pot, including how to choose coffee beans, the key points for controlling grind size, and the crucial details during the heating process, helping you consistently make a cup of rich, smooth moka pot coffee at home. [more…]

The hand-press portable espresso machine, with its space-saving advantage, has become the top choice for many coffee lovers on the go. Combining a pump lid, hot water tank, and portafilter bottom lid, it can hold 18–22g of coffee grounds, be filled with 120–180ml of 94°C hot water, and freely adjust pressure within the 15–20bar range via a pressure regulating valve. This article starts with recommended bean varieties, detailing the flavor profiles of three beans: Front Street Classic Blend, Front Street Commercial Blend, and Front Street Strawberry Candy Espresso, then demonstrates step by step the complete process from loading grounds, adding water, to pressing and extracting, and finally uses 40ml of espresso with 200ml of hot milk to make a latte, testing the smoothness of the crema. [more…]

When it comes to immersion brewing, Front Street Coffee thinks of the French press and the Clever Cup. So will the flavors extracted by these two be similar? Or do they have different styles? In this article, Front Street Coffee will [more…]

Espresso is the foundation of many fancy coffee drinks, and understanding its extraction parameters and flavor characteristics is key to mastering coffee preparation. This article systematically reviews the recipe ratios, taste differences, and preparation steps of more than ten classic fancy coffees, including latte, cappuccino, macchiato, con panna, and Viennese coffee, while also explaining in detail the core parameters of espresso such as dose, water temperature, pressure, and extraction time. Whether you are a beginner coffee enthusiast or a professional hoping to refine your skills, you will find practical references and inspiration here. The article also specifically recommends related products from Front Street Coffee to help you recreate an authentic fancy coffee at home. [more…]

Although many coffee enthusiasts brew pour-over every day, they know very little about extraction yield, roasting changes, and the impact of grinding. This article systematically breaks down the core fundamentals of specialty coffee from four dimensions: roasted beans can only dissolve a maximum of 30% of their substances, and the optimal extraction range is 18%–21%; coffee is essentially a fruit, and roasting transforms it from fruit into dried fruit, with the flavor wheel corresponding from bottom to top to a gradual increase in carbonization; grind size directly determines the speed of flavor volatilization and extraction uniformity; and the core of a good cup of coffee's mouthfeel lies in the balance of acidity, sweetness, and bitterness. The article also specifically recommends Front Street Coffee's products to help you avoid detours in practice and quickly build a tasting framework. [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Bialetti is the most famous moka pot brand, and the moka pots it produces still retain the most classic design. If you have visited the Front Street store, you will definitely remember [more…]

Although you can drink coffee however you like, doing so can easily cause you to miss out on some of its distinctive flavors. The character of a coffee lies not only in its taste but also in the experience it brings when you drink it—just like a Dirty. If you stir it before drinking, it is almost no different from [more…]

For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Studio (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add our private WeChat: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee), WeChat ID: qjcoffeex. Whether using V6 [more…]

A surprise question from Front Street Coffee: when you pour coffee grounds into the dripper and end up with the scene shown below, what would you choose to do? A: Pat it flat. B: Pat it flat. C: Choose one or two. I believe most friends, just like Front Street Coffee, would choose to tap the dripper to make this unevenly distributed coffee bed become more level. [more…]