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Key Points for Making Espresso | Why Do Coffee Shops Pour Out the First Espresso After Opening? Should You Pour Out the First Shot of Espresso When Making It at Home?
Have you ever seen this scene: a barista turns on the machine in the morning, and the first espresso pulled is not drunk, but "ruthlessly" poured down the drain, then they continue to pull the next shot. Guests who see this will ask why. If you're making coffee at home, do you need to do this too? Why is the first cup [more…]
Easy Iced Coffee Recipe | Can Cold Brew Coffee Be Made with Drip Coffee Bags? What to Watch Out for When Making Hand-Pour Iced Coffee with Drip Coffee Bags?
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…]
Drip Bag Coffee | How Can Coffee Newbies Make Milk Coffee with Drip Bag Coffee? What Are the Brewing Methods for Drip Bag Coffee?
Drip bag coffee is highly sought after because it is very convenient to carry and, without any complicated operation, you can easily make a delicious cup of black coffee. Although due to being "pre-made" (pre-ground powder), it does not have as rich an aroma as freshly ground coffee, as long as it is brewed properly, drip bag coffee is also quite delicious. So [more…]
Pour-Over Coffee Tutorial | Why Do Some Coffee Beans Have Floral Aromas? How to Brew the Floral Flavors in Ethiopian Gedeb G1 Coffee?
Although floral aromas are not uncommon in coffee, they are undoubtedly one of the most appealing flavors among the many. After all, quite a few friends became fascinated with coffee precisely because they tasted floral notes in it. But brewing floral notes out of coffee is not a simple matter, because friends often tell Front Street that they [more…]
Intro to Pour-Over Coffee | How Can Coffee Beginners Make Specialty Pour-Over Coffee at Home? What Coffee Equipment Is Needed to Make Pour-Over Black Coffee?
Why is pour-over coffee so fascinating? What is the key to a good cup of pour-over coffee? In the following article, FrontStreet Coffee will introduce the basics of pour-over coffee, so you can brew great coffee at home too! What is pour-over coffee? Pour-over coffee, as the name suggests, [more…]
Coffee Brewing Tutorial | Why Is It Harder to Brew with More Coffee Grounds? What to Watch Out for When Making Pour-Over Coffee for Multiple People?
Many friends can handle brewing a single serving of coffee with ease, effortlessly producing a delicious pot of coffee. However, when the dose of grounds is doubled and they brew coffee for multiple people, their performance isn't quite as impressive! After going through the whole process, the coffee they brew not only lacks the rich layering it once had, [more…]
Over-extracted Coffee | Why Does Brewed Coffee Taste Bitter? How Can Coffee Beginners Avoid Over-Extraction When Making Pour-Over Coffee?
Many friends just starting out always face the trouble of over-extraction! So-called "over-extraction" refers to excessive extraction. In a coffee bean, the substances that can be dissolved out by water make up about 30% of the total. Although there is only this much, we cannot dissolve everything out. Because inside, besides [more…]
Pour-Over for Dark Roast Coffee | Which Coffee Dripper Suits Dark Roasted Beans? How Do You Adjust Water Temperature and Coffee-to-Water Ratio to Bring Out the Richness of Dark Roasted Beans?
In yesterday's article sharing flavor descriptions, the section on "body" sparked a big response among coffee lovers, and a friend asked via the backend: his deep-roasted coffee tastes rather thin—what methods can enhance the coffee's body? Let's revisit the basics: body refers to the mouthfeel of the coffee liquid in the oral cavity. [more…]
Pour Over Coffee Gear | What Is a Clever Cup? How Does It Differ from a V60 Coffee Dripper? Is the Clever Cup Suitable for Coffee Beginners?
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…]
Illustrated Guide to Drip Bag Coffee Brewing | How Do You Brew Filter Drip Bag Coffee? What Should You Watch Out For When Brewing Drip Bag Coffee? How Many Times Can a Drip Bag Be Brewed?
In recent years, coffee culture has continued to deepen, and many "early-shift workers" need a cup of coffee every day to have the energy to "grind." However, not everyone can go to a coffee shop anytime every day to properly enjoy a delicious cup of pour-over coffee, so for convenience people invented drip bag coffee. What is drip bag coffee? Drip bag [more…]
Understand the degassing period and drinking window on coffee bags to pick single-origin pour-over beans that are smooth without sourness or bitterness
Freshly roasted coffee beans hold a large amount of carbon dioxide internally. When brewed immediately, the violently released gas tends to obstruct the even contact between water and coffee grounds, making the extracted flavors taste tight and astringent. To bring out a smooth and gentle texture in the cup, it is essential to understand the evolution of the beans from the moment they leave the roaster until the aromatic compounds fully unfurl. [more…]
How Many Days After Roasting Do Coffee Beans Taste Best? From Resting Cycles to Sealed Storage—The Rhythm of Peak Flavor
Freshly roasted coffee beans enter a degassing phase in the early stage, during which the carbon dioxide trapped inside is slowly released over time. If brewed immediately at this point, the water flow tends to be blocked by the bubbles, preventing the flavor compounds from dissolving out evenly. Letting the beans rest in a bag with a degassing valve for a period of time allows the internal pressure to stabilize. This process [more…]
Types of Pour-Over Kettles | How to Choose a Japanese-Style Pour-Over Coffee Kettle? Which Material Is Best for Beginners Just Starting Out with Pour-Over Coffee? Introduction to Using a French Press
When it comes to choosing coffee equipment, opening a shopping platform and seeing all kinds of coffee gear can leave you not knowing where to start. Take pour-over coffee kettles, for example—although most are made up of a spout, body, handle, and lid, different shapes and structures produce different pouring effects. So [more…]
Pour-over coffee brewing tutorial | How can coffee beginners learn pour-over coffee from scratch? What coffee equipment is essential for self-learning pour-over coffee?
Admittedly, when it comes to brewing coffee, different people hold completely different views. In the eyes of the no-frills "veteran coffee drinkers," making a cup of coffee takes only three steps: grind the beans - dump the grounds - pour water, and once it finishes dripping, you can drink it. Any extra step feels like a waste of time; but if you start from the perspective of a café that needs to ensure consistent output, for example [more…]
Pour-over Coffee Brewing Details | How to Brew Single-Origin Beans Once Ground? Is Blooming Necessary for Pour-over? An Introduction to Pour-over Coffee Pouring Techniques and Extraction Parameters
After patiently listening to the barista's explanation and painstakingly choosing a bag of coffee beans to take home, you also "follow the same pattern" according to the brewing suggestions, only to find that the coffee you brew is vastly different from what you drank in the shop. You think it over and over, but still can't figure out where the problem lies... This is very likely caused by overlooking a certain detail. [more…]
SOE Roast Days and Degassing Changes: Letting a Single Origin Fully Release Its Aroma During the Optimal Drinking Window
Freshly roasted single-origin coffee beans hold a large amount of carbon dioxide gas trapped inside. In the first days after opening, this gas rushes out violently on contact with water, forming a dense layer of foam. Too much gas prevents water from fully contacting the coffee grounds, so aromatic compounds cannot dissolve out smoothly. Give the beans a quiet period to degas. [more…]
Choosing pour-over beans by roast level: light roast for floral and fruity notes, medium roast for sweetness, dark roast for body
When choosing beans for pour-over coffee, you can start with the roast level. It affects the brightness of the aroma, the expression of acidity and sweetness, the weight of the mouthfeel, and the speed of reaction during brewing. Those who enjoy crisp fruity notes usually find light roasts more appealing; those who prefer rounded sweetness can look to medium roasts; and if you're used to cocoa, nuts, and a heavy mouthfeel, [more…]
Dark Roast Coffee Pour-Over Tutorial | Why Are Japanese Dark Roast Coffee Beans Bitter? How to Brew Out the Sweetness of Deep-Roasted PWN Golden Mandheling?
If you were born before the millennium, your first impression of black coffee was probably a uniform bitterness—the only non-bitter coffee being Nescafé 2-in-1. This uniformly bitter coffee was actually caused by the dark-roasted coffee beans popular in the last century. Unlike today's favored light [more…]
Coffee Brewing Tutorial | What Is Puck Management? Does the Coffee Puck Affect the Taste of Pour-Over Coffee? How to Master Puck Management to Make Coffee Taste Better?
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…]
Coffee Roast Levels | What's the difference between dark, medium, and light roasted coffee beans? Is medium roast coffee bitter when brewed as pour-over? Recommended single-origin light, medium, and dark roast coffee beans suitable for pour-over
The darker the coffee is roasted, the more the acidity in the coffee is destroyed, replaced by more caramel flavors, smoky notes, and bitterness. Based on their understanding of different coffee beans, roasters use different roast levels to bring out the unique flavor state of beans from different origins and varieties. For example, preserving the beans' bright fruit acidity or floral notes. [more…]