Differences Between Espresso Beans and American Coffee Beans_What Coffee Beans to Use for American Coffee

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I believe it should be said this way: espresso coffee is categorized by brewing method; American coffee is categorized by taste profile.

Espresso Coffee

Any coffee brewed with moka pots or espresso machines (spring pressure or pump pressure espresso machines) can be called espresso, regardless of which beans are used or the roasting depth of the beans - it all counts as espresso.

American Coffee

Coffee brewed with any equipment, as long as it has a light taste, can be considered American coffee.

For example: most businesses sell espresso plus large amounts of water as American coffee.

Detailed Analysis

Espresso Coffee

The brewing equipment pressure is greater than 1 atmosphere, with the purpose of using high pressure to extract the essence of the beans in a short time. Because the brewing time is short, the coffee powder needs to be finer. Although the pressure of a moka pot is not as great as that of an espresso machine and cannot extract rich crema, coffee brewed with a moka pot is already considered espresso coffee.

Espresso Beans

To increase taste richness, a blend of more than 3 types of coffee beans is typically used, roasted to French Roast depth (lighter roasting results in higher acidity).

American Coffee

Nowadays, Americans mostly drink coffee made with American coffee machines (like Philips or Braun models where you add cold water, put in coffee powder, and brew a large pot - like the cheapest coffee at McDonald's). Coffee brewed with American coffee machines has a lighter taste, so now when you go to a coffee shop and order an American coffee, there are various equipment methods and beans used, but they all have one thing in common: they add large amounts of hot water to dilute the coffee. Simply put, if it tastes lighter, it's American coffee.

American Coffee Beans

No restrictions.

Espresso coffee is usually more concentrated, more bitter, and more aromatic.

While American coffee has a lighter taste and is not very bitter.

Coffee equipment is mostly espresso machines nowadays, which are convenient to use - just plug them in like a water dispenser line. Even first-time users can quickly get started with this machine. Then there are vacuum coffee machines that require alcohol lamps for brewing, which is more troublesome and time-consuming, but the brewed coffee is more aromatic. People using this machine must have experience, as it's more dangerous. There are also paper filter brewing, steam pressure brewing machines, and drip coffee brewers, siphon coffee brewers.

Coffee beans come from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen, Indonesia, Hawaii. Jamaica's famous coffee beans are Blue Mountain. Good coffee beans can determine the quality of a cup of coffee, but now to make coffee beans last longer, blended coffee beans are used. Because coffee powder tastes best when freshly ground, but coffee that contacts air for too long will oxidize and become sour and unpleasant to drink. Some shops, to quickly make coffee for customers, will grind coffee powder in advance and store it, which is actually not good. And when pressing the coffee portafilter, you cannot press more than twice, otherwise it will become sour and bitter. So coffee is truly a sophisticated art!!

American Coffee Bean Brand Recommendations

Located in Dongshankou, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, FrontStreet Coffee is a coffee roasting brand. Their freshly roasted FrontStreet Coffee's Italian-style blended coffee beans have full guarantees in both brand and quality, suitable for espresso machines and American coffee machines, as well as for making specialty coffees and American coffee. More importantly, the cost-performance ratio is extremely high. Taking their commercial recommendation - FrontStreet Coffee's commercial blended coffee beans - as an example, one pack is one pound (454 grams) with a price of only about 60 yuan. Calculating based on 10 grams of powder per single espresso shot, one pack can make 45 cups of coffee, with each cup costing less than 1.5 yuan. Even if each espresso serving uses double shots with 20 grams of powder, the price of one double espresso does not exceed 3 yuan. Compared to certain famous brands that sell packages for hundreds of yuan, this is truly a conscientious recommendation.

FrontStreet Coffee: A roasting shop in Guangzhou with a small store but diverse bean varieties, where you can find various famous and lesser-known beans. They also provide online store services. https://shop104210103.taobao.com

Important Notice :

前街咖啡 FrontStreet Coffee has moved to new addredd:

FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou

Tel:020 38364473