You often hear people say, "To judge whether an espresso tastes good, just look at the crema. The best espresso has a crema that is fine, thick, and golden." But can you really judge whether an espresso tastes good by the state of its crema? To find out whether this method works, Front Street only needs to give everyone two questions. [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow the WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). What is SOE coffee? SOE is the abbreviation of Single Origin Espresso, which means single-origin espresso. Its focus is to highlight [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). Friends who are interested in coffee may all do this when choosing coffee: they start from coffee brand rankings, believing that a high-ranking brand must be good coffee. Actually, that is not the case. [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). What is SOE coffee? SOE is the abbreviation of Single Origin Espresso, which means single-origin espresso. Its key focus is to highlight [more…]

When customers who don't usually drink coffee walk into Front Street's offline stores, they often ask Front Street's baristas a question: "What kind of coffee is espresso? What is its relationship with Americano, and how do they differ?" This is a good question. At Front Street, there are only two small blackboards serving as menus—one for pour-over coffee, and the other [more…]

Many people buy a home espresso machine with one first goal in mind: pulling a thick, creamy crema like the one in coffee shops. But after endlessly tweaking grind size, dose, and water temperature, the crema is still thin. The problem usually isn't the machine — it's the beans. Crema is the layer of foam formed when carbon dioxide and fats emulsify during espresso extraction. [more…]

“Espresso mixed with pour-over—how do you make it taste good?” Yes, you read that right! When Front Street Coffee heard this “staple with staple” question at the store before 5 p.m. yesterday, they were also taken aback, because such a question is truly unheard of. After some further investigation by Front Street Coffee, it was discovered that this customer friend had originally [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…]

Mainstream Third Wave Specialty Coffee Nowadays, cafes often emphasize that they serve "specialty coffee." What exactly is "specialty coffee"? Why is it that among the home-roasting businesses blooming like wildflowers, over ninety percent choose the so-called light-to-medium roast to interpret the flavors of green coffee beans? Just pay a little attention to coffee-related articles. [more…]

Front Street Coffee believes that coffee itself is not high in calories, and Americano does indeed have weight-loss benefits. But if you're in the habit of adding sugar and milk to your coffee, or even going all out with cream, alcohol, and other fancy additions... then the calorie count is no simple matter! For example, com- [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: FrontStreet Coffee. As some high-performance espresso machines have become more compact, their home-oriented positioning has become increasingly obvious, and many friends have also fallen into the espresso rabbit hole. So FrontStreet is here to share how to make espresso at home. [more…]

Nowadays, when you go to a specialty coffee shop, you can always see espresso drinks made with SOE (Single Origin Espresso) on the recommended menu. Is espresso made from single-origin coffee beans necessarily better tasting than espresso made from a blend? Which single-origin coffee beans are suitable for making espresso? In this article, Front Street will answer these questions one by one. [more…]

The crema performance of espresso differs noticeably across growing regions. Mandheling, Brazil, and Blue Mountain are three representative origins, each with its own crema characteristics, suited to drinkers with different taste preferences. Mandheling is the choice for crema thickness. The Mandheling region uses wet-hulling processing, during which more pectin layer remains on the surface of the beans, add [more…]

To brew a delicious cup of coffee, you need not only good beans but also good water. In brewed coffee, water accounts for over 98% of the final cup. Therefore, choosing the right water for brewing is also crucial. So what kind of water is actually suitable for brewing coffee? First, Front Street Coffee will explain the requirements for water suitable for brewing coffee. One [more…]

One of the defining features of Front Street's shops is the wide selection of beans available for pour-over coffee. Although not every bean sold on Taobao and Tmall has been brought into the physical stores, a rough count still puts the number at over thirty—so the choices can be considered quite abundant. And even though the bean selection runs to more than thirty options, [more…]

New-style drippers emerge endlessly every year. They not only come in a myriad of forms, but each has its own strengths: some drippers can change the flow rate of the water; some drippers can achieve zero bypass; some drippers can even change their shape! Although there are many kinds of drippers, in all their variety, if you were to ask a knowledgeable high-end player to recommend one to a beginner [more…]

As everyone knows!! In espresso coffee, the combination of milk and coffee has an extremely rich variety of ways to be enjoyed. Just by slightly changing the method or parameters, milk and coffee alone can be made in countless ways. The well-known ones include latte, cappuccino, flat white, piccolo, cortado, macchiato, and so on and so forth. And on the other hand, [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). Ice drip coffee has always been a very popular coffee at Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). Especially in summer, the baristas at Front Street make ice [more…]

If asked what coffee is not sour, Front Street would answer Sumatra coffee, and strongly recommend the high-grade Front Street Golden Mandheling coffee. The dry aroma of Indonesian Sumatra Golden Mandheling has notes of glutinous rice, malt, spices, caramel, and wood; after adding hot water, the wet aroma is a deep, dark burnt caramel scent, with a faint pine [more…]

Sumatra is one of Indonesia's coffee-producing regions. What significance do Starbucks Sumatra coffee beans hold? What kind of coffee are Starbucks Sumatra coffee beans—with a strong earthy aroma and exceptionally concentrated flavor; full-bodied and rich. The coffee varieties and brewing methods of Sumatra, for those who love coffee [more…]