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Latte Recipe Ratio | How Can Coffee Beginners Practice Italian Latte Art Patterns at Home? What Details Should Be Noted When Creating Latte Art Designs?
A friend asked Front Street Coffee how to practice the pitcher movement for patterned latte art. This article serves as a supplement to "How can you pour beautiful patterned lines?" If you haven't read it yet, you can click the link to take a look first; this article won't repeat the content covered there. The first issue: if your pour is asymmetrical, there is only one possible [more…]
What milk to use for coffee | What milk to use for latte art with zero basics Italian latte art steps, techniques, pictures, video tutorial
Whether coffee is good or not can only be known once you taste it; but black coffee is at most just a cup of dark, unidentified liquid, so how can it entice people who don't drink coffee to want to try it? Let's not consider anything else, and focus only on what can be done with the coffee itself. Among milk coffees with added milk, latte art may be the first thing in all coffee drinks to capture [more…]
Moka Pot Tutorial | How to Use a Bialetti Moka Pot? How to Brew Delicious Coffee with a Moka Pot? Should You Brew with the Moka Pot Lid Open?
Introduction The moka pot was invented in 1933 by the Italian Alfonso Bialetti. It brews coffee by heating the base, is a type of percolator, and is the most affordable machine for making espresso; it is also commonly used in Italian households. How to make [more…]
Pour-Over Coffee Brewing | What Is World Champion Tetsu Kasuya's Hybrid Brewing Method? How Can Coffee Beginners Use the Hybrid Brewing Method to Make Pour-Over Coffee?
"Absolutely delicious!" That's how Mr. Tetsu Kasuya introduced the coffee brewed with his improved hybrid brewing method at the beginning of one of his earlier videos. (Call me the screenshot master.) Front Street believes everyone is already familiar with Tetsu Kasuya. He is not only the champion of the 2016 World Brewers Cup, but also [more…]
手冲咖啡入门指南：从三段注水到粉层判断的完整基础知识
很多咖啡爱好者从前街购买了咖啡豆后，常常在后台询问手冲咖啡的具体操作方法。本文将为新手系统梳理手冲咖啡的入门知识，从两段专业视频的细节解读入手，涵盖滤纸润湿、闷蒸时间把控、分段注水技巧等关键步骤，并详细讲解研磨度、水温、粉水比例、冲煮时长四大核心参数的设置原则。此外，文章还通过多种粉层状态图例，帮助读者判断萃取是否均匀，并针对闷蒸不起来、咖啡苦涩、风味不足等常见问题给出排查思路。 [more…]
How to Steam Milk Foam for Latte | Latte Milk Foam Beginner Tutorial: How do you steam milk foam suitable for latte art?
Front Street Coffee has previously shared detailed knowledge about steaming milk foam. However, recently a friend sent some videos of steaming milk foam and asked Front Street Coffee for some advice. These problems happen to be quite common among beginners steaming milk foam, so we'll specifically discuss a few points to pay attention to when steaming milk foam. First category, after steaming. [more…]
Espresso Coffee Tasting | What's the Etiquette for Drinking Espresso? What Techniques Are There for Tasting Espresso?
On various social platforms, we often come across scenes like this: a coffee enthusiast tilts their head back and downs a cup of espresso in one gulp, then after a brief frown, reveals an expression of intoxication as if they have tasted the most exquisite delicacy in the world. Many friends are infected by the enthusiast's emotions in the video, so after going to a café they will [more…]
The Principles of Latte Art | What Is the Key to Making Latte Art? Why Is There No Pattern When Making Latte Art?
“Why can't my latte produce a beautiful pattern? Why is it that when others casually wiggle the milk pitcher, they can make a heart or leaf with lines! But when I wiggle, it always just looks like a blob… Is there something wrong with my hands?” No! Maybe it's your pitcher-holding posture that's wrong~ What is the principle behind latte art? Why can wiggling produce a pattern? Espresso [more…]
Moka Pot Usage Guide with Illustrations | How to Brew Coffee with Crema Using a Moka Pot? Which Coffee Beans Are Suitable for a Moka Pot? What Should You Pay Attention to When Brewing Coffee with a Moka Pot?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee) The moka pot is a coffee device that is very close to an espresso machine, capable of producing rich, aromatic coffee with crema. It is deeply loved by Italian families. But for us, the moka pot is rarely encountered, so [more…]
Moka Pot Tutorial Illustrated | How Does a Moka Pot Brew Espresso-Style Black Coffee with Crema? Can Brazil Queen's Estate Yellow Bourbon Be Brewed in a Moka Pot? What's the Difference Between Single-Valve and Dual-Valve Moka Pots?
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). The moka pot is a coffee device very close to an espresso machine, capable of making rich, aromatic coffee with crema. It is deeply loved by Italian households. But for us, the moka pot is rarely encountered, therefore [more…]
Origins of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Beans | Origin Flavor Characteristics and Recommendations of Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 Coffee Beans, and the Grading of Authentic Blue Mountain Coffee
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee). Recently, a discussion online sparked a round of debate among veteran coffee enthusiasts. In a video, a barista said: "When you go to a coffee shop, don't ask if they have Blue Mountain coffee anymore—doing so will expose that you don't understand coffee." [more…]
Simple Latte Art Illustrated Guide | What is the principle behind coffee latte art? Which kind of milk is used to make latte art? Is it hard for coffee beginners to learn latte art?
Many people ask Front Street, how long does it take to learn latte art? If we're just talking about producing a good-looking pattern, with a bit of luck it only takes one day. If we're talking about truly mastering a pattern, it takes at least 4 days. So many people ask, where do these 4 days come from? It's simple: Day one, read this article from Front Street; day two, practice; day three, [more…]
Coffee Equipment | Is the AeroPress a toy or a tool? What is the principle behind AeroPress coffee extraction? How do you use an AeroPress to make black coffee?
Without any hints, Front Street Coffee believes that it would be hard for anyone to imagine that this syringe-like tool is actually used to make coffee. That's right, it is the very popular little coffee "toy" in the coffee world—the AeroPress. The reason Front Street Coffee calls it a "toy" is not because it cannot reliably make [more…]
Home-roasted coffee beans | What are the taste differences between coffee beans of different roast levels? How to roast coffee beans at home? How are green coffee beans turned into coffee?
As coffee has become part of everyone's daily life, it's not hard to learn a lot of new and comprehensive knowledge about coffee from video apps. Besides researching how to brew and how to taste the flavors, many friends have started to take a strong interest in coffee bean roasting. But many of them act on a whim and end up putting their coffee [more…]
Illustrated Guide to Home-Roasted Coffee Beans | What Is the Relationship Between Coffee Roast Level and Coffee Flavor and Mouthfeel? What Tools Are Needed to Roast Green Coffee Beans at Home?
As coffee has become part of everyone's daily life, it's not hard to learn a lot of new and comprehensive knowledge about coffee from video apps. Besides researching how to brew and how to taste the flavors, many friends have started to take a strong interest in coffee bean roasting. But many of them act on a momentary impulse, and [more…]
Sharing the Five Major Pour-Over Coffee Techniques | Does the Pouring Technique Affect Coffee Extraction? Flavor Comparison and Differences of Pour-Over Coffee Using the Three-Stage Volcano Pour Stirring Method
Compared to other single-origin coffees, pour-over coffee has a great many brewing methods. For example: one-pour, three-stage, volcano pour, variable-temperature brewing, stirring, and so on. Today let's get to know some of the brewing methods that commonly appear in pour-over coffee~ 1. One-pour The one-pour method and the single-pour method are still [more…]
咖啡爱好者入门必看《Coffee Wars 咖啡大战》影评与WBC植物奶规则变革解析
近年来，咖啡题材的影视作品逐渐增多，但《Coffee Wars 咖啡大战》却以独特的视角切入——聚焦素食主义者与植物奶在咖啡赛事中的处境。影片讲述了一位技艺出众的素食咖啡师乔，因店内只提供植物奶而生意惨淡，却毅然带领团队闯进世界咖啡大赛决赛，试图证明植物奶同样能成就卓越咖啡。与此同时，现实中的精品咖啡协会（SCA）也在2022年底修改了WBC规则，允许植物奶参赛，这一变革与电影主题不谋而合。本文将带您了解电影看点、WBC规则演变，以及前街咖啡对精品咖啡文化的持续关注。 [more…]
The Standard Method for Cold Brew Coffee: Grind Size Parameters, Benefits, and Differences from Iced Coffee
For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow: Front Street Coffee (Frontsteet Coffee) There are many ways to make delicious iced coffee (types of iced coffee). From the more elaborate cold drip, to the quickest iced coffee pour-over; and the easy-to-make, and widely mainstream cold brew method. The cold brew method has many names, C [more…]
Beginner's Coffee Brewing Demo | What are the ideal pour-over parameters for washed Yirgacheffe coffee beans? Does the direction of circular pouring matter in pour-over coffee?
The issue of pouring water for pour-over coffee has been discussed time and again, but there are also many friends who are just starting out and following Front Street Coffee, saying, "Why can't I brew a good cup?" "Pour-over coffee is so hard!" Pour-over coffee is still a relatively niche circle, and to take care of newcomers, repeating the old familiar topics is unavoidable. As for [more…]
Cold Brew Single-Origin Bean Recommendations | How Can Coffee Newbies Make Cold Brew Coffee at Home? What Are the Benefits of Cold Brew Coffee? Are Cold Brew Coffee Bags Easy to Use?
There are many ways to make delicious iced coffee (types of iced coffee). From the more elaborate cold drip and the quickest iced coffee pour-over, to the easy-to-make and mainstream cold brew method. Cold brew has many names, such as Cold Brew (the English term for cold brew coffee), cold brew coffee, cold extracted coffee, cold extraction coffee, and so on, referring to [more…]