Coffee Lists
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Why Do Medium-Roasted Beans Appear Dark-Roasted? How Do Roasters Determine Coffee Bean Color Values?
At FrontStreet Coffee, we often encounter questions like: "Is this bag of beans roasted too dark? You said it's medium roast, why does it look so black?" or "Why do these beans have two different colors? Is the roasting uneven?" When you encounter these situations, please pay attention as FrontStreet Coffee explains how roasters determine the color values of coffee beans.
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What's the Difference Between Flat White and Latte? A Comprehensive Comparison
Flat White and Latte often appear on coffee shop menus. Although they both belong to the milk coffee category, they differ in preparation and drinking experience. Friends who have had Flat White at FrontStreet Coffee should have noticed that Flat White comes in a smaller cup than Latte, has a richer coffee taste, and features thinner foam.
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Do You Know Who Invented the Espresso Machine?
Every coffee shop catches your eye not just with its unique decor, but with various espresso machines that showcase each establishment's distinct character! Despite the diverse models, their operation follows a unified approach, requiring just a few simple steps to deliver a rich, crema-filled cup of coffee.
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How to Judge Milk Foam Consistency Through Sound
Creating a good latte coffee requires delicate, smooth, and highly fluid milk foam. What do you usually pay attention to when practicing latte art? Do you notice the sounds during the milk steaming process? The sounds that occur during milk steaming can actually help you judge the consistency very well
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Why Does the Used Coffee Bed Split into Two Layers?
Last week, we discussed why pour-over coffee requires circular water pouring. We learned this technique improves extraction efficiency while preventing water from flowing chaotically, helping establish a controlled flow path to achieve uniform extraction. When the used coffee grounds form a "bowl-shaped" pattern, with the grounds along the filter cup's edge creating a distinct layer from the bottom, it's often a sign of your brewing technique. This separation indicates that water has flowed through the coffee bed in a way that created channels, potentially leading to uneven extraction. Understanding this phenomenon helps coffee enthusiasts refine their pouring technique for better extraction consistency.
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How to Test Whether Your Coffee Grind Size is Correct
Let's guess - if you've clicked on this article, you're probably struggling with coffee grind issues. In the world of pour-over coffee, compared to other parameters, grind size has always been one that people find difficult to clearly articulate. Since everyone's equipment varies, whenever discussing brewing grind size with customers,
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The One-Pour Brewing Method Invented by a World Champion, Surprisingly Simple
"Hmm? Why does your one-stream pour have a pre-infusion bloom at the beginning? Shouldn't you pour all the way through in one go?" "Oh! What you're referring to isn't the one-stream method. The one-stream method divides the brewing process into two stages. What you're describing—pouring all at once—is another brewing invention by Tetsu Kasuya, the inventor of the 4:6 brewing method, called the 'One...'"
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Why Is It Rare to Find Harrar Coffee Beans Nowadays?
Harrar, despite being one of Ethiopia's three major coffee-growing regions, doesn't appear as frequently on coffee shop menus as beans from the other two regions (Sidamo and Yirgacheffe). In fact, it's even difficult to find its presence in online stores. This is a question many coffee enthusiasts have when they discover the Harrar growing region...
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Why Do Pour-Over Coffee Techniques Involve Circular Pouring? Why Not Fixed-Point Pouring or Stirring?
Today, pour-over coffee offers diverse brewing methods, but regardless of the approach, most employ circular pouring techniques. So, do you know why pour-over coffee requires circular pouring? You might quickly think of an answer, but let FrontStreet Coffee ask again: why exactly is circular pouring necessary?
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Can Single-Origin Pour-Over Coffee Beans Be Used for Espresso? What is SOE and How to Make It?
Many coffee enthusiasts wonder whether they can use pour-over (single-origin) coffee beans in their espresso machines to create more diverse espresso flavors. This concept is certainly feasible—after all, that's precisely what SOE (Single-Origin Espresso) is all about, though it typically comes at a premium price. However, many people overlook the extraction challenges that come with using single-origin pour-over beans.
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Small Tips for 100% Perfect Fit of Pour-Over Coffee Filter Paper! How to Make V60 Filter Paper Fit Perfectly?
The coffee world has so many different factions! Especially in the pour-over coffee category, where there are dozens of different school choices just for brewing, grinding, and ratios! When it comes to filter paper, there are also the wet filter paper faction and the non-wet filter paper faction! Each has its own benefits! Not wetting the filter paper is to prevent the poured coffee grounds from being extracted prematurely
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Why Can't You Taste the Flavors on the Coffee Bag? How to Appreciate Pour-Over Coffee Flavors?
The colorful flavor descriptions on coffee bags always attract most beginners, who happily order a corresponding coffee! However, once you take a sip, you might discover it's not quite what you expected? Even though the flavor description clearly says citrus and pineapple, why do you only taste acidity when drinking it? Could it be that these flavor descriptions
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How to Make Rich and Long-lasting Crema Like Espresso with a Moka Pot?
FrontStreet Coffee has many friends who are loyal enthusiasts of espresso. Compared to the light and fresh taste of pour-over single-origin coffee, they prefer coffee that is deep and rich, so they have long included coffee machines on their shopping lists! However, semi-automatic coffee machines are too expensive. After some research, they chose cost-effective alternatives.
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How to Make Better Homemade Pour-Over Milk Coffee?
After reading the title, did you expect to see this scene: warm fresh milk flowing from the spout of the pot, poured into ground coffee powder, stirred to fully release flavor compounds, then the rich and aromatic milk coffee liquid slowly drips through the filter paper and filter cup... finally resulting in a cup of "hand-poured hot milk coffee"
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How to Create a Unicorn Pattern in Latte Art? Master a Small Trick to Improve Your Latte Art!
Usually, friends who make their own milk coffee at home have this idea: they want to master complex latte art combination patterns. However, they are often limited by coffee machines with weaker steam power, resulting in thicker/coarser milk foam that tends to become misty or too stiff during the latte art process
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What is High Concentration, Low Extraction in Coffee Brewing? How to Extract Non-Bitter Coffee?
You've likely seen the term "high concentration, low extraction" in FrontStreet Coffee's articles or in brewing guides on other websites! But when you search for explanations, you'll find a pile of confusing data stacked together. It's like a hero stepping out of the novice village ready to level up, only to encounter the final boss right away
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Heard There's a Formula to Make Coffee Taste Sweeter?
Whether it's coffee bean cultivation, roasting, or brewing, everyone always thinks about how to make it taste sweeter. Almost no one considers how to make it more sour or more bitter, which shows that everyone greatly enjoys the pleasure that sweetness brings. At this point, some friends might ask: Is there anything
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Alcohol + Coffee? How to Make the Irish Version of "Sauce-Aroma Latte"
Luckin Coffee recently launched their "Sauce-Aroma Latte" which caused quite a sensation, as its ingredients contain "Moutai," one of China's most renowned distilled spirits. But actually, this practice has long existed in Ireland! Using their country's specialty distilled spirit "whiskey" combined with coffee
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Pour-Over Coffee: Will You Choose Fine Grind with Fast Flow or Coarse Grind with Slow Flow?
Pour-over coffee has many different brewing methods: one-pour method, three-stage method, volcano pour, four-six method, and more! Each brewing technique revolves around adjustments to extraction principles, eventually evolving into distinctly different brewing approaches. Recently, while browsing online, FrontStreet Coffee discovered that in addition to these conventional brewing styles, there have emerged
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What is a Cortado? How to Make This Unconventional Espresso-Based Coffee?
Among unconventional espresso-based coffees, there's a beverage with a name that's quite difficult to pronounce. While it's relatively rare in domestic cafés, it's extremely popular in Spain, Portugal, and Latin American countries. This is the Cortado, translated as "Kētǎduǒ" or "Kē'ěr-tǎduō" in Chinese. Cortado,
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