We all know that different coffee beans require different grind sizes. When making pour-over coffee, you need to grind the coffee beans into powder first, and then brew. So every coffee shop has an electric coffee grinder, but electric grinders are also quite expensive, so many coffee enthusiasts consider manual ones. [more…]

Those who have requirements for coffee flavor will definitely choose freshly ground coffee. If you want to brew it yourself, a grinder is essential. Open an online shopping platform and search for "grinder," and you can see a price range from 22 yuan to 71,271 yuan, a price difference of 3,239.6 times. Although in recent days [more…]

Friends who have requirements for coffee flavor will definitely choose freshly ground coffee. If you want to brew it yourself, a grinder is essential. Open an online shopping platform and search for "coffee grinder," and you can see a price range from 22 yuan to 71,271 yuan, a price difference of 3,239.6 times. Although in recent days [more…]

Manual coffee grinders are a go-to piece of gear for many pour-over enthusiasts, serving both everyday home use and, when paired with a French press, AeroPress, or moka pot, forming a portable outdoor kit. Grinders from different brands and models vary noticeably in price and the quality of the ground coffee they produce. From the perspective of Front Street, this article systematically breaks down the core components of a manual grinder—the burr, the adjustment dial, the handle, the bean hopper, and the grounds bin—and explains how to adjust the grind setting according to your brewing method, how to turn the handle correctly, and the key points of cleaning and regular maintenance, helping you use your manual grinder more smoothly and making every cup's extraction more consistent. [more…]

From the moment coffee grounds finish being ground and come into contact with the air, they quietly begin to oxidize, and the flavor and aroma change along with it. Therefore, the ideal situation is to grind the coffee beans right before brewing, to ensure you can taste the best flavor. The grinder can be said to be a seemingly low-key yet extremely important part of the coffee brewing process. [more…]

How can anyone who drinks coffee not know Yirgacheffe? Such a poetic name, paired with coffee beans that are equally poetic, because it is world-famous for its intoxicating floral and fruity aroma. Front Street Coffee, after cupping numerous coffee beans from the Yirgacheffe region, found that the coffee beans produced in this area all have a clear and clean taste as well as [more…]

Friends who love coffee are certainly not satisfied with just drinking it—eventually they will want to enjoy the pleasure of brewing it themselves. The simplest way to achieve this goal is to get a set of pour-over equipment. Compared with espresso machines, the entry cost for pour-over coffee is much lower, but as your skills improve, the subsequent investment [more…]

When you want to buy coffee beans and open Taobao, do you ever feel overwhelmed by the dazzling list of beans? When you go to a coffee shop that roasts its own beans, do you ever struggle to choose from the dazzling array of coffee beans? No worries! Just remember these few points, and you can easily choose the coffee beans that suit you! "According to your own extraction method [more…]

For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean consultations, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style). If you love drinking coffee, pour-over coffee is a skill you absolutely must master. Whether it's ordinary coffee beans or specialty coffee beans, pour-over coffee is one of the most widely used extraction methods. [more…]

How to choose coffee beans for hand grinding—you can start with the roast level. It doesn't just determine the color depth; it also affects the aroma profile, the balance of acidity and sweetness, the body, and the brewing method suited to the ground coffee. People who enjoy bright fruity notes usually find light roasts more appealing; if you want rounded sweetness that works well both hot and iced, you can look to medium roasts; if you prefer [more…]

As public demand for coffee grows, more and more coffee enthusiasts are buying related coffee equipment. In the third wave of specialty coffee, online sales of pour-over coffee equipment have been steadily rising, and it is also becoming increasingly common for coffee lovers to keep an espresso machine at home. However, [more…]

Although more and more people are paying attention to single-origin coffee nowadays, judging from the ordering situation at Front Street Coffee, espresso-based drinks still account for a large proportion. This is merely a matter of taste preference, and it does not mean that espresso is better than single-origin coffee, or that people who drink espresso do not [more…]

What is "pour-over coffee"? Coffee beans undergo a series of chemical reactions during high-temperature roasting, generating various aromatic compounds. When we brew coffee, we use water and equipment to release these aromatic components. Pour-over coffee involves first grinding the coffee beans into powder, then pouring hot water to contact the coffee bed, "dissolving" the substances in the coffee. [more…]

The difference between a French press and pour-over coffee, put simply and bluntly, is the difference between immersion and filtration. The French press is an immersion-style extraction, while pour-over is a drip-filter extraction. Below, Front Street compares these two coffee brewing methods. The taste difference between French press coffee and pour-over coffee: pour-over coffee is now the most commonly [more…]

Before learning about brewing, many people think that pour-over coffee is very difficult, feeling there are many constraints and things to watch out for—how many grams of coffee grounds, how fine to grind, how many milliliters of water, the water temperature, the pouring technique... Actually, if you're just enjoying it alone at home, Front Street feels there's no need to overthink it, let alone [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). Espresso is mostly perceived as bitter and astringent; when this happens, it is very likely that there is a problem in the production process. At this point, someone will ask Front Street Coffee (FrontS [more…]

Drip bag coffee has become a must-have for many coffee lovers thanks to its portability, but the flavor differences between these small packets are enormous. From coffee bean grade, freshness, grinder cleanliness to the filling process, every step directly affects the final performance of the drip bag. This article will address two common questions—is drip bag coffee just ground coffee powder? Does the drip bag need to be immersed in water during brewing? It also provides practical pour-over tips and recommends several Front Street Coffee drip bag products suited to different taste preferences, helping you enjoy a cup of full-aroma good coffee anytime, anywhere. [more…]

A delicious cup of coffee is hard-won, because from seed to cup is a very long wait. Even at the final step of extraction, you must ensure that the coffee you use meets brewing standards, because extraction is easy—but have you ever thought about it? Coffee grounds are what extract the flavor compounds, [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee) If someone hands you a cup of hot coffee and a cup of iced coffee, you will taste two different flavors, because when making coffee, changing the temperature affects how much soluble material water extracts. Compared with high-temperature hot [more…]

When it comes to Mandheling coffee beans, everyone surely knows that Indonesia's most famous coffee beans are the Golden Mandheling coffee beans produced by PWN. However, this coffee bean was not originally a PWN product, but a product produced by the Japanese. So why is it that when people mention Front Street Golden Mandheling, their first reaction is Indonesia's P [more…]