FrontStreet Coffee Complete Knowledge Collection! Coffee Science, Tutorials, Forums, and Knowledge Sharing Hub!

For many years, FrontStreet Coffee's official account has maintained a daily publishing rhythm, writing numerous educational articles about coffee knowledge. The content covers everything from seed to cup, with topics covering every detail imaginable. FrontStreet Coffee has provided explanations and answers to questions you've thought of and haven't thought of.

This is specially organized for friends with clear search goals or those urgently seeking solutions, making it convenient for everyone to organize and read coffee knowledge at different stages. FrontStreet Coffee has categorized and summarized the content into modules: essential reading for beginners, how to taste coffee, how to make coffee, advanced learning for beginners, and FrontStreet Coffee's views on various industry issues.

Happy reading everyone~

Essential Reading for Beginners

Basic Knowledge Chapter

For every complete beginner, learning coffee is very simple with many pathways available. However, to effortlessly grasp the truths, you naturally need a practical and easy-to-understand beginner's guide.

1. To achieve barrier-free communication with baristas, the first step is to understand professional terminology. Professional terms that beginners must know when learning coffee!

2. Where do coffee beans come from?

1. Coffee Knowledge | What are the three main coffee varieties?

2. What does "100% Arabica coffee beans" mean?

3. Arabica Coffee Spread History - How Typica Spread Worldwide

4. Arabica Coffee Spread History (Part 2) - Bourbon Spread History

5. Arabica Coffee Spread History (Part 3) - Bourbon Coffee Family History

3. From seed to cup, what stages does coffee go through before being drunk?

1. One article to help you understand the structure of coffee cherries and coffee beans!

2. One article to help you understand the differences between natural, washed, and honey processing of coffee beans!

3. How to distinguish the roast level of coffee beans?

4. What roles do Maillard reaction and caramelization play when roasting coffee beans?

5. What determines the acidity and bitterness of coffee?

6. How exactly does the coffee in your cup come to be?

Understanding the Menu, Starting with Espresso Categories

As a pioneer of the second and third coffee waves, espresso holds a significant position in the entire industry's development history. It's not only the standard menu item in most traditional coffee shops but also the enlightenment category that has made countless people fall in love with coffee.

1. One article to help you understand the entire espresso family

2. What?? So these coffee names originated this way!

3. How should espresso be drunk?

4. What? These coffees must be finished within three sips?

A comprehensive overview of niche espresso drinks - how many can you name?

1. Ice cream plus espresso!? What kind of divine coffee dessert is this?

2. Can espresso really be drunk this way?

3. "What? Macchiato doesn't have caramel?"

4. Why are fewer and fewer people drinking mocha?

5. Why is piccolo so unpopular in China?

6. Cortado - "cutting" milk into espresso

7. What is Blue Bottle's Gibraltar coffee?

8. Melbourne café's hidden menu: Magic

9. What is "Red Eye Coffee"?

10. Flat White would be shocked! There's actually a coffee called Flat Red?

Trending Coffee Terms for Coffee Enthusiasts: SOE

1. How to choose between single origin, blend, and SOE?

2. Why is SOE coffee more expensive?

3. SOE is really not as simple as you think!

4. Why is SOE so popular now? Does SOE coffee taste better?

Blue Mountain Coffee

1. "Can you only buy real Blue Mountain coffee in Japan?"

2. What makes Blue Mountain coffee so good to drink?

3. What information is on the wooden barrels that hold Blue Mountain coffee beans?

Robusta

1. Why is Robusta unpopular in the specialty coffee circle?

2. What would hand-pouring Robusta beans taste like??

3. Take you deep into understanding Robusta specialty coffee

Specialty Coffee, Coffee Competitions, SCA, COE, Cupping

1. Meet the first person of specialty coffee - Erna Knutsen

2. What are the world-class coffee competitions? What do they compete in?

3. COE Competition and Coffee Cupping Scoring Standards

4. Why cupping? Can hand-pour coffee replace cupping?

5. Is cupping difficult? Learn about the detailed process and steps of SCA coffee cupping

Geisha

1. Why does mentioning Panama coffee always bring Geisha to mind?

2. One article to help you re-understand various "marks" - not all red label Geisha are competition batches!

3. Panama Panama Butterfly: Does Geisha blend also belong to single origin beans?

4. Why do Geisha beans taste different even though they're all Geisha???

5. How different are Emerald Red Label and Geisha Village Red Label, both being red label Geisha?

Hawker

1. One article to help everyone correctly understand the difference between Hawker coffee beans and Geisha coffee beans

2. Why can't Hawker 7.0 coffee beans produce the Hawker flavor?

Decaf Coffee, Freeze-dried Coffee, Instant Coffee

1. What is decaf coffee? How is decaf coffee processed?

2. Are decaf coffee and decaffeinated coffee the same thing?

3. What are the differences between decaf coffee, decaffeinated coffee and regular coffee?

4. Why is freeze-dried coffee so popular? What's the difference between instant coffee and freeze-dried coffee?

Mandheling

1. What? The Mandheling variety is actually not Mandheling?

2. What is aged Mandheling? What's special about aged Mandheling?

3. Are there good brewing methods recommended for Golden Mandheling?

4. Where did Mandheling's herbal flavor go?

5. Are there so many choices for Mandheling coffee?

Yemen Coffee

How was the wild flavor of Yemen coffee formed?

Java Coffee

Attention! Java variety and Java coffee are not the same!

Kona Coffee

The Queen of Coffee - Hawaiian Kona

Civet Coffee

"Civet coffee" - is it really civet feces?

Arabica

The ever-changing "Yunnan Arabica"

The past and present of Catimor

Where does Catimor's "devil aftertaste" come from?

Take You into Unique and Exotic Coffee Cultures

1. Do you know how Ethiopians drink coffee?

2. Shocking! Coffee saucers can actually be used to drink coffee!?

3. Coffee that can tell fortunes - want to give it a try?

4. One article to help you understand Nanyang coffee~

How to Taste Coffee?

Driven by the third coffee wave, hand-pour has become a star product in coffee shops. To experience the delicious flavor of a good bean itself, the purest way is to order a hand-pour. You can feel how it goes through grinding, water pouring, and filtering, from hot to cold, and then carefully distinguish the taste bud experience brought by temperature changes. The significance of hand-pour exists to let us feel the charm of single origin coffee.

1. How to properly taste coffee!

2. "Boss, how should I taste this coffee?"

3. How are coffee flavors created?

4. How to quickly improve your coffee flavor perception ability?

5. Understanding the flavor wheel is the first step into the sensory gate

6. So this is how baristas describe the coffee they drink!

7. Besides "delicious," how else can you describe a cup of coffee??

One of the fastest ways to improve coffee tasting ability is to drink more!!!

Temperature

1. Does temperature affect coffee flavor? Why should coffee be tasted at high, medium, and low temperatures?

2. Is there an optimal drinking temperature for coffee?

3. Why doesn't coffee taste as good when it cools down?

4. Why should hand-pour coffee be drunk hot?

5. Coffee doesn't taste good when cold - can it be reheated?

6. Why do astringency and off-flavors appear when coffee cools down?

Acidity

1. Why are citrus fruits always mentioned in the flavor descriptions of fruity acidic coffee?

2. Why is most coffee acidic nowadays?

3. What types of acids are in coffee?

4. Kenyan coffee is so acidic, why do so many people like it?

Sweetness

1. Why does water taste sweet after drinking coffee?

2. Is the sweetness you think of the same as what baristas refer to as sweetness?

3. Why do others find coffee "sweet" while you find it bitter?

4. Why do some coffees taste sweeter?

Bitterness

1. Acidic coffee is about flavor, but what are we drinking when we have bitter coffee?

2. Besides nuts and chocolate, what other bitter flavors exist in coffee?

3. Dark roast coffee beans are so bitter, why do people still like them?

Coffee Aroma

1. What exactly is white floral flavor?

2. Why doesn't coffee taste as fragrant as it smells?

3. How do fruit flavors come about in coffee?

4. So drinking coffee from different shaped cups really does taste different!

5. Can using a thermos preserve coffee flavor?

Mouthfeel

1. What is Body? How to brew coffee with Body?

2. Do you really understand what coffee aftertaste is?

3. Are coffee aftertaste and sweetness the same thing?

4. How do you perceive the finish of coffee?

5. What does coffee balance (Balance) refer to?

6. What exactly does coffee layering refer to?

7. How to improve coffee cleanliness?

8. Why does some coffee taste more and more like tea?

9. Teach you to distinguish natural vs washed coffee in one sip!

10. How to know if coffee is over-extracted or under-extracted?

11. What are the negative flavors in coffee?

12. Can adding salt make coffee taste better?

How to Make Coffee?

People who love coffee often end up not just satisfied with drinking coffee but hope to personally experience the joy of making it. They start purchasing various equipment and tools, thinking that achieving coffee freedom is just around the corner.

Buy! Buy! Buy!

1. How much does it cost to have a home coffee corner?

2. Hand grinder or electric grinder? How to choose a coffee grinder?

3. How much does it cost to achieve hand-pour freedom at home?

4. Coffee Beginner Collection | What equipment do you need to prepare for hand-pour coffee introduction? How to choose a coffee grinder?

5. What aspects should you pay attention to when choosing a hand-pour kettle? Analysis of advantages and disadvantages of various hand-pour kettles

6. How should beginners choose coffee filter cups? Do coffees brewed with filter cups of different materials really taste different?!

Espresso Chapter

How to make espresso?

1. In espresso, what do a shot, single, and double refer to in terms of coffee amount?

2. How fine should espresso grind be? Can it be ground into powder and stored?

3. Why is grinding espresso beans into powder not recommended?

4. What considerations are there in the steps of dosing, distributing, and tamping when making espresso?

5. How much force should be used to tamp the coffee puck?

6. Why should you flush water before extracting espresso?

7. Why should the first espresso extracted after starting the machine be discarded?

8. After changing to new coffee beans, how to quickly adjust espresso extraction parameters?

9. How long should espresso extraction take?

10. How to determine if espresso extraction is normal?

11. Can hand-pour single origin beans be used to make espresso?

Crema Issues

1. "Why is your espresso so rich in crema?"

2. Espresso crema is so bitter, why do people like it?

3. Does espresso with tiger stripes taste better?

4. Can you know if espresso tastes good just by looking at the crema?

5. What information does espresso crema tell us!

Espresso Extraction Notes

1. Those often-forgotten details in espresso extraction!!

2. Espresso is sour and bitter? Teach you how to correct espresso flavor!

3. If you want stronger coffee, why not extract longer?

4. Water temperature actually affects espresso extraction this way~ What water temperature is appropriate for making espresso?

5. Does portafilter temperature affect espresso extraction?

6. Should the portafilter usually be locked in the group head?

7. Bottomless or spouted? How should you choose your coffee machine's portafilter?

8. What happens when using filter paper when extracting espresso?

What to Do in These Situations?

1. Answers to the most common problems everyone encounters when extracting espresso~

2. Espresso extraction often experiences "channeling"? Is there any way to save it?

3. Coffee liquid gushes out at first then slows down, why?

4. How to solve the portafilter basket water accumulation problem in coffee machines?

5. Removing the portafilter and finding the puck stuck to the group head - does this affect espresso flavor?

6. Is sediment in espresso normal?

7. Ignoring this detail will make espresso extract faster and faster!

8. Be careful! These actions can easily make the coffee machine "explode" the portafilter!

Americano

1. Picture tutorial: Iced Americano, it's that simple!

2. How much ice and water should be added to iced Americano? Are there specific requirements?

3. At what temperature is hot Americano best to drink?

4. What's the difference between quicksand iced Americano and regular iced Americano?

5. Why does your Americano always fall short?

6. Why is Americano bitter?

7. To distinguish between Americano and Long Black, is it just about who pours water first?

8. What! Americano can also have latte art?

9. What's going on? Americano without crema actually tastes better?

10. Can you distinguish between Lungo, Long Black, and Americano?

11. Oh my! This is how you make delicious bubbly Americano!?

12. Why do hot Americano and iced Americano taste so different?

Latte

1. Picture tutorial: Iced latte, still that simple!!!

2. Why doesn't homemade latte taste as good as in coffee shops?

3. Why can't iced lattes have latte art?

4. What? Lattes taste good because they reduce coffee extraction amount?

5. How much milk should be added to different espresso milk drinks?

6. Tips to make homemade iced latte taste better

7. Does milk temperature affect latte taste?

8. It's already so cold, why not make the latte hotter?

9. Both being milk drinks, how different are flat white and latte?

10. Why is latte coffee so popular?

11. Why does latte coffee surface quickly collapse, decompose, and dissipate? What's the problem?

12. What techniques must be mastered to make a good latte?

13. What kind of coffee beans are suitable for making lattes?

Cappuccino

1. Why don't coffee shops sell iced cappuccino?

2. Cappuccino coffee has changed!

3. What exactly makes an authentic cappuccino?

Flat White

1. Should flat white have latte art?

2. "I finally understand the difference between latte and flat white!!!"

3. Why don't coffee shops have iced flat white?

4. What is the coffee to milk ratio in Flat White?

5. Flat white, the coffee that made New Zealand and Australia argue

6. Ristretto - as the base for Flat White, what's the correct extraction method?

Dirty Coffee

1. Why is Dirty coffee so popular?

2. Tips to make Dirty coffee taste better~ Stop making Dirty as iced latte...

3. Are Dirty and iced latte the same thing?

4. Must Dirty coffee use Bock milk?

5. Must Dirty coffee use an iced glass?

6. Why is there no hot Dirty? Would it taste good if made hot?

7. Why doesn't your Dirty form layers?

Mocha Coffee

1. How to make a mocha coffee full of rich cocoa aroma?

2. A warm hot mocha, it's that simple!

3. Why are fewer and fewer people drinking mocha?

Piccolo Coffee

1. What is piccolo latte? How to make a piccolo latte?

2. Why is piccolo so unpopular in China?

3. Piccolo is such a small cup, why is it still so expensive?

4. Is piccolo just a small latte?

Cortado

1. Cortado, an even more niche espresso drink than piccolo

2. What is Blue Bottle's Gibraltar coffee?

Various "Tricky" Specialty Coffees

1. How to replicate Spanish latte at home?

2. Romano Espresso, more than just a little tasty!

3. Boss!!! A hand-pour coffee, with some milk!

4. How to make the shocking "raw egg coffee"?

5. Vienna coffee you can also replicate at home!

6. Alcohol + coffee? How to make the Irish version of "sauce-flavored latte"?

7. Bulletproof coffee that once swept Hollywood, what's its origin?

8. Coffee + condensed milk, is there such a drinking method?

9. How to make iced shaken espresso? Shake hard!!

10. How to make foam coffee that needs "400" manual whisks?

11. Unlock various divine ways of "osmanthus + coffee"!!

12. When coffee meets jasmine, it's so fragrant!

13. Let you easily make Bock milk at home!

14. Have you tried latte made with "transparent" milk?

15. Can "washed" transparent milk be used for hot latte?

16. Caramel latte with 0 difficulty, explosive taste!

17. The recently popular "butter stringy coffee," does it taste good?

18. Ice brick coffee - the ultimate lazy coffee

19. Caramel macchiato that's been flame-toasted tastes so good!!!

FrontStreet Coffee's Latte Art Mini-Class

Basic Knowledge and Techniques

1. Latte art guide for beginners - learning coffee latte art from scratch

2. So this is how coffee shops practice latte art at low cost!

3. What causes "sawtooth patterns" in latte art?

4. Latte art teaching | How to correctly practice pitcher position and pattern creation

5. To create fine microfoam, just pay attention to these key points!

6. Three movements to save your latte art that's not forming patterns

7. How to make your latte art invincible!!

8. Why are your patterns always one step away from looking good?

9. How thick should latte art foam be? How to create beautiful pattern lines?

10. How to texture milk for latte art? Let me secretly tell you some tips about texturing milk~

11. Latte art patterns never look good... perhaps your pitcher holding posture is wrong?!

12. "Why does my latte art look so dirty?"

13. Come get a tip to improve your latte art

14. Why do most coffee shops use this milk for milk drinks?

15. What are the differences in foam for various milk drinks? What should you pay attention to when texturing milk?

16. Messed up texturing milk? Is there any way to save it?

Basic Latte Art Pattern Quick Class

1. Latte art guide for beginners - basic pattern "Heart"

2. Latte art guide for beginners - "Rosetta" simple quick method

3. Super simple, Christmas latte art you'll understand at a glance!

4. Latte art guide for beginners - from "Rosetta" to "Swan"

5. Latte art guide for beginners - the "large heart" variation "layered heart"

6. Double-wrapped swan latte art pattern teaching

7. Latte art artifact! So this is how coffee etching needles should be used!?

Hand-Pour Coffee Mini-Class

Hand-Pour Introduction

1. Just starting with hand-pour coffee, what kind of beans should you choose?

2. Both being black coffee, what's the difference between Americano and hand-pour?

3. A beginner-level hand-pour coffee tutorial that even novices can easily understand

4. First time brewing unfamiliar coffee beans, how to create a brewing plan!

5. Hand-pour, what parameters, temperature and techniques should I use?

6. No way!!! This hole is not for squeezing and smelling aroma!!!

7. Why doesn't home-brewed coffee taste as good as in coffee shops?

8. Can blend beans be used for hand-pour coffee?

Grind Size

1. Teach you how to test the correct grind size of coffee powder

2. Common coffee grind size reference chart! Coffee grind size calibration sieve powder guide~

3. Why do hand grinders produce more fine powder than electric grinders?

4. Same grind setting, but produced different coarseness?

5. "The hand-pour grind you mentioned - granulated sugar size, exactly how fine is that?"

6. "Is there a method to accurately determine coffee grind coarseness?"

Water Temperature

1. What water temperature is appropriate for hand-pour coffee? Why do some people use 90°C while others use 93°C for the same coffee beans?

2. Flavors found in risk, brewing coffee without understanding water temperature is itself a gamble

3. Who said 100°C boiling water can't be used for brewing coffee?

4. Is 92°C water still 92°C when it comes out?

5. Recently, please increase your coffee brewing water temperature by 2°C

Dose and Ratio

1. How much does a 1 gram difference in coffee dose affect flavor?

2. How to find the optimal coffee-to-water ratio for hand-pour coffee

3. How should you brew hand-pour coffee with large doses for multiple servings?

4. What's the difference between coffee-to-water ratio and coffee-to-liquid ratio?

5. Why recommend using 1:15 coffee-to-water ratio for hand-pour?

6. What should you pay attention to when brewing large amounts of coffee?

7. With less than 15 grams of coffee powder, how should you brew for better taste?

8. Clever trick! Count out 15g of coffee beans without a scale!!

Brewing Time

1. Why is coffee extraction time so important?

2. How long does it take to brew a hand-pour coffee? Why is brewing time very important for coffee?

3. How to control the brewing time of hand-pour coffee?

4. What factors affect the extraction time of hand-pour coffee?

Bloom

1. How much water should be poured for coffee blooming?

2. Why does everyone bloom for 30 seconds?

3. Hand-pour bloom didn't form a "burger," what to do?

4. Blooming is actually not that complicated!

5. The bloom "burger" collapses, what's this about?

6. Coffee bloom doesn't expand anymore, can it still be drunk?

7. Quite a bit of coffee liquid flows out during blooming, is this normal?

8. How should water be poured for reliable blooming? How to determine if the coffee powder layer bloom state is correct?

Pouring Techniques

1. Do you know why we pour in circles when making hand-pour coffee?

2. What are the considerations for pouring height in hand-pour coffee?

3. Hand-pour coffee, should it be single continuous pour or volcanic meteor shower pour?

4. Step-by-step teaching of three-stage pouring technique!

5. Why does FrontStreet Coffee use three-stage pouring for coffee?

6. For staged pouring, should you wait for the water to finish flowing before pouring again?

7. Brewing coffee, large flow & small flow, how to choose?

8. Unstable water flow? How to practice the basic skills of pouring?

9. How much does the speed of circular pouring when brewing coffee affect the coffee?

10. Is center pouring method really useless?

11. Besides three-stage, what other brewing techniques do you know?

12. The one-pour brewing method invented by world champion, surprisingly simple

Iced Hand-Pour Guide

1. Teach you a "universal formula" for iced hand-pour

2. What you must know about iced hand-pour...

3. How much ice should be added to hand-pour iced coffee? Does adding ice before or after affect the taste?

4. Is "add ice first" better than "add ice later" for iced hand-pour?

5. Have you tried hand-pour coffee cooled by ice separation?

6. How to enhance the sweetness of iced hand-pour coffee?

7. How should dark roast beans be brewed for good-tasting iced hand-pour?

8. What considerations are there for good-tasting iced hand-pour coffee?

Filter Paper Usage Issues

1. How to choose coffee filter paper? Natural or bleached? Must filter paper be pre-wetted?

2. Does hand-pour coffee really need pre-wetting filter paper?

3. Filter paper doesn't fit the dripper? There are actually techniques for folding filter paper!

4. Should wet filter paper use hot water or room temperature water?

5. Come, come, let me help you solve your filter paper troubles~

Brewing Water

What water makes better-tasting coffee?

Dripper Reviews

1. What makes V60 stand out among many drippers?

2. Why is this dripper more suitable for brewing dark roast beans?

3. Why is Clever Dripper a must-have brewing tool for lazy people?

4. Cake filter dripper usage guide!

5. Can flat-bottom drippers make coffee extraction more even?

6. Origami origami dripper - what coffee beans is it suitable for brewing?

7. Freely switch speeds? This dripper is quite fun!

8. Why are trapezoid drippers becoming less common?

9. What's unique about the Ice Pupil dripper?

10. Ice Pupil B75, a dripper that can "squeeze out" sweetness

11. The Hoop dripper as big as a bathtub, have you used it?

12. A dripper made of just one steel wire, is it useful?

13. Detachable Hario new concept dripper "Water Lily V60"!

14. Single-serving V30 dripper, is it useful?

15. How to brew the "Clever Dripper" cross star infinite dripper?

16. Boat-shaped dripper? Does Hario have a new dripper again?

17. What happens when brewing coffee with metal filter?

18. Classic Kalita dripper usage guide

Brewing Small Toys

1. Does this brewing small toy really make coffee taste better?

2. True "bloom" - how to brew Matsuya-style?

3. Heard this black technology can increase coffee aroma by 40%?

4. Is a needle distributor worth buying?

5. What are these coffee assistant small toys used for?

6. Why are fewer people seen brewing coffee with flannel?

Playing with Moka Pot

1. Does Moka pot brew espresso?

2. Why isn't coffee made by Moka pot called mocha coffee?

3. Understand at a glance! Nanny-level Moka pot usage guide!!

4. Why should the first 3 brews of a new Moka pot be discarded?

5. Moka pot can also extract rich and lasting coffee crema!

6. Can Moka pot coffee have latte art? How does it differ from espresso?

7. Are there beans most suitable for Moka pot?

8. "Can light roast coffee beans be used in Moka pot?"

9. How to solve Moka pot brewing failures?

10. Boss! Why did my Moka pot brew "pigtails"?

Cold Brew and Cold Drip Chapter

1. What's the difference between cold drip and cold brew? Which tastes better?

2. What coffee beans are suitable for cold brew?

3. How coarse should coffee beans be ground for cold brew? How long should they steep?

4. These details can make your cold brew sweeter

5. Adjusting grind finer actually makes cold brew coffee more bland?!

6. Using different water for cold brew makes such a big difference!

7. Heard that using warm water can quickly make cold brew coffee as sweet as sugar?

8. "Why is there a layer of oil floating on top of cold brew coffee?"

9. How many days can finished cold brew be stored?

10. Can cold brew coffee be drunk with milk?

11. Why does cold drip coffee have an alcoholic taste?

12. Have you tried simple and crude cold extraction coffee?

13. Why can't freshly made cold drip coffee be drunk immediately?

14. Can cold drip coffee be made without a cold drip pot?

15. Adjusting grind finer actually makes cold brew coffee more bland?!

16. Coffee extracted with iced milk, so fragrant!

Drip Bag Coffee Chapter

1. Setting aside fancy stuff, brewing drip bag coffee should be simple!

2. Coffee brewing guide | How many times can drip bag coffee be brewed?

3. What's the difference between drip bag coffee and instant coffee? Incorrect usage of drip bag coffee!

4. Drip bag too weak? Can't extract flavor? Try brewing it this way!

5. Can the amount of water for brewing drip bag coffee be guessed?

6. Good-tasting drip bag coffee still requires some thoughtful brewing methods

7. What to do if drip bag brewing gets blocked?

8. How long is it best to finish drip bag coffee? What factors affect the flavor period of drip bag coffee?

9. You can also make good-tasting iced coffee with drip bags at home!

Niche Brewing Equipment Chapter

French Press

1. Are you really using French press correctly for brewing coffee?

2. French press - the coffee equipment of great wisdom in simple appearance! Did you think French press can only be used for brewing coffee?

3. Can French press also make iced coffee?

Siphon

1. Mysterious siphon coffee

2. When brewing siphon coffee, does a "small hill" at the end mean it tastes good?

3. What's the difference between siphon-brewed coffee and hand-pour?

4. Why are fewer and fewer coffee shops making siphon coffee?

AeroPress

1. A retired old man dissatisfied with coffee brewing methods, unexpectedly...

2. A coffee device that officially encourages "messing around" - "AeroPress"!

3. How to use AeroPress to make iced coffee?

4. How to use AeroPress to make coffee?

Hand Press Coffee Machine

No electricity needed! Can hand press machine also extract espresso?!

Drip Drip Pot

How is the Vietnamese drip pot used? Can it be used for hand-pour coffee brewing?

Automatic Hand-Pour Coffee Machine

Can automatic hand-pour coffee machines make better-tasting coffee than humans?

Daily Use, Cleaning and Maintenance of Equipment

1. Coffee grinder is dirty... can I wash it with water?

2. Details many people overlook when grinding coffee!

3. Without regular cleaning and maintenance, even the best grinders will break down

4. How to maintain home coffee machines? Pay attention to these details

5. External cleaning of coffee machines is important, but internal cleaning is equally important!

6. Why start the grinder first, then add beans when grinding coffee?

Advanced Learning for Beginners

Although the old saying goes that "the master leads you to the door, but cultivation depends on the individual," FrontStreet Coffee has always treated every friend who wants to advance their coffee knowledge and brewing skills with a nanny-like attitude. If you not only want to shed the "beginner" title but also have the heart to strive toward becoming a professional barista, please read these articles seriously~

Details Determine Success or Failure

Want to be a barista? Come! Finish this espresso

1. These 3 situations will make the quality and taste of espresso worse!

2. How to understand the 3 extraction stages of espresso

3. Why is the pressure for espresso extraction 9 bar?

4. Adjusting espresso on rainy days is too difficult for baristas!

5. How to extract light roast SOE espresso?

6. Does espresso also need "blooming"? What does pre-infusion mean?

Hand-pour coffee, isn't it just pouring water?

1. Have you noticed these details of hand-pour coffee?

2. Misconceptions of self-taught hand-pour coffee, how many have you encountered?

3. Why is my hand-poured coffee so acidic? Maybe you didn't notice these details!

4. Coffee also needs to "wake up"? Why should coffee be shaken after brewing?

5. Why add water to brewed coffee?

6. How to understand the 3 extraction stages of hand-pour coffee

7. Should the tail end of hand-pour coffee be cut off?

8. What's the operation of spraying water on coffee beans before grinding?

9. What exactly is the "violent aesthetics" stirring method in hand-pour circles!

10. Hand-pour coffee brewing method - "Four Six Method" thinking analysis

11. Beyond Four Six! World champion's new invention - Devil Brewing Method!

12. Analysis of Japanese Kawano drip method

After this lesson, your brewing skills will improve daily

1. How to brew coffee with rich layers?

2. If you often over-extract when brewing coffee, maybe try this!

3. For a cup of high-sweetness coffee, try brewing this way!

4. Want to brew good-tasting coffee? Then you must learn to extract "sweetness"

5. Heard there's a formula that makes coffee brew sweeter?

6. How to brew coffee with juice-like feeling?

7. There are floral notes in coffee? Why can't I brew them out?

8. Geisha is so expensive, how should it be brewed to taste good?

9. Teach you a method to predict in advance whether hand-pour coffee will have water pooling

10. How to determine the timing of each pour in staged pouring?

11. Coffee brewing always gets blocked and won't flow, what to do?

12. Hand-pour coffee brewing method - "High Concentration Low Extraction" thinking sharing

13. Do you really understand your hand-pour parameters?

14. Is there a method to brew coffee with rich body?

15. Can using By-pass method for hand-pour coffee also fail?

16. About the science of pouring

Coffee Bean Origin, Variety, Processing, Grading and Roasting Mini-Class

Coffee Bean Origins and Varieties

1. From beginner to expert, how to choose preferred coffee origins

2. How did all these coffee bean names come about?

3. What exactly is the "Heirloom" variety?

4. What are the differences between coffee farms, processing stations, and cooperatives?

5. What does the 74xxx variety number for Ethiopian coffee beans mean?

6. How many colors does Bourbon variety have? Do they taste different?

7. Teach you to identify the variety of beans you buy at a glance

8. Why is Geisha so expensive? Detailed explanation of Geisha coffee bean prices!

9. The "new favorite" of world coffee competitions: What is the Sidra variety?

Processing Methods

1. What is honey processing? What are the differences between different colored honey processing?

2. Washed & Natural, the key difference is not in coffee flavor but...

3. Is Indonesia's wet-hulling the same as semi-washed?

4. Can you drive after drinking barrel-processed coffee beans? Do flavored coffee beans contain alcohol?

5. What's the difference between double washed, K72, dry fermented washed and regular washed?

6. What is super natural processing? Is it just drying more intensely in the sun?

7. What is cocoa natural processing?

8. What is semi-natural processing? What's the difference between semi-natural and semi-washed processing?

9. What is Simon's special processing? Looks defective but actually has good flavor!

10. What are the differences between anaerobic, enzyme, and carbonic maceration processing methods?

Green Bean Grading

1. Is there a big difference between G1 and G2 grade Yirgacheffe?

2. What are Supremo and Excelso grades? Introduction to Colombian green bean grading standards

3. Common coffee grade introduction! Grade indicators are not just G1 G2

4. What are AA and AB in Kenya? What's the difference between AA TOP and AA?

5. What does the information on green bean burlap bags mean?

Roasting

1. What determines the roast level of coffee beans?

2. What kind of coffee roasting technique is "Nordic roast"?

3. Uneven coffee bean color is a roasting problem? Thinking this way is too superficial~

4. "Excuse me, is this a defective bean?"

5. How should coffee roasting curve charts be read?

6. Roasting lesson one: First understand your "ingredients"

7. Roasting lesson two: Understand coffee roasting principles and coffee roasting terminology

8. Roasting lesson three: Explore the impact of development phase on coffee flavor

9. Roasting lesson four: The often-overlooked important stage in roasting - middle phase

10. Roasting lesson five: Mastering the bean drop temperature and initial heat setting

11. Roasting lesson six: Things that most easily discourage beginners in roasting

FrontStreet Coffee's Musings

FrontStreet Coffee Farm Anecdotes

1. In the fog, why did FrontStreet Coffee choose the most difficult path

2. Landmines, stray bullets, barbed wire and our coffee

3. How is Yunnan coffee flavor now?

4. FrontStreet Coffee farm musings: Understanding more details about Yunnan Arabica

The Flavor You Like is the Best Coffee

1. Drink single origin, blend or SOE?

2. Are specialty coffee drinks still considered coffee?

3. What does it mean for a coffee to be good?

4. Hand-pour coffee can be very simple, but also very complex

5. SOE is really not as simple as you think!

6. Are coffee flavors a scam? No, they're the art of language!

7. Will you be hit for adding milk to hand-pour coffee?

8. An article that helps you take fewer detours when starting with coffee

9. Localization and simplification of coffee flavor wheel is the trend! FrontStreet Coffee teaches you to understand the coffee flavor wheel!

10. "Why still can't taste the flavors described by baristas!" Secret: Drink more of what others brew! Share more of what you brew!

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