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Daily Brewing | Does the 30-second bloom time start counting from the beginning of water pouring or only after all water has been poured?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) Today an enthusiast who came to visit asked our editor a question: Does the bloom time actually start counting from the beginning of water pouring, or does timing only begin after all water has been poured? This is indeed a classic oversight question. Many times, our editor recommends blooming for about 30 seconds, but unfortunately forgot to
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How to Add Water for Pour-Over Coffee Bloom: Water Amount and Bloom Time for Light Roast Coffee
Almost all mainstream brewing methods worldwide include the "coffee bloom" step (although the description and specific operations of this step vary). Understanding the purpose of blooming today is quite straightforward—it's essentially about releasing gases from the coffee grounds to improve subsequent extraction efficiency. Although pour-over coffee is
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Why is the Bloom Time for Pour-Over Coffee 30 Seconds? How is Bloom Time Calculated? Does Bloom Count as a Brewing Stage?
The bloom, known as "Bloom" in English, refers to the preparatory step before the formal extraction begins in pour-over coffee. Many experienced coffee enthusiasts have studied details such as water amount, time, and pouring techniques, and have summarized the most widely used bloom formula with high fault tolerance: twice the amount of coffee grounds in water (15g
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Coffee Bloom Duration: Why Must Hand-Drip Coffee Bloom for Exactly 30 Seconds?
"How much difference is there between coffee bloomed for 30 seconds versus 60 seconds?" This was a question posed to FrontStreet Coffee by a friend yesterday. And indeed, this is quite an interesting question! As we all know, blooming is an essential step in hand-drip coffee preparation. The specific operation involves pre-infusing with water before the actual brewing begins...
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The Impact of Blooming and Its Duration on Pour-Over Coffee (Part 2)
Last time, we used the Clever dripper to obtain objective data about blooming and its duration. We learned from sensory evaluation that as blooming time increases, acidity decreases while sweetness and viscosity are enhanced. The overall flavor profile gradually shifts toward the backend and becomes more complex. From the TDS and EXT readings, we observed that as blooming time lengthens, both TDS and EXT values show a downward trend. And I...
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The Difference Between Pour-Over Coffee Bloom Times! How Much Water Should You Use for Drip Coffee Blooming? Blooming Tips for Coffee Brewing! How Long Should You Bloom Pour-Over Coffee?
As the saying goes: "Good bloom means no brewing troubles." For pour-over coffee preparation, blooming is a crucial preliminary step. The so-called bloom is the process of using a small amount of hot water to pre-wet the coffee grounds and wait for a certain period of time before the actual extraction of coffee flavor compounds.
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Why Bloom in Pour-Over Coffee | How to Judge Coffee Bloom Situation | How Long Should Bloom Time Be
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) The so-called "bloom" is a preliminary step before formally brewing coffee, where a small amount of hot water is used to wet the coffee grounds. After roasting, coffee beans gradually release carbon dioxide through small pores on the surface. This process is called bean awakening or maturation, with different emission speeds depending on the degree of roast.
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How to Brew Coffee with Cold Water? The Impact of Cold Water Brew Time on Flavor
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat ID: cafe_style). In the past, making iced coffee was mostly done through Japanese iced pour-over, cold drip, or cold brew methods, with fewer people using cold water for pour-over. Therefore, FrontStreet Coffee today intends to explore: if using cold water for pour-over, how long should the brewing time be? | Cold Water Pour-over
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Coffee Knowledge: Why is Bloom Necessary for Pour-Over Coffee? How Long Should Bloom Last and How Does It Affect Extraction
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). 'Bloom' is a term everyone learns when encountering pour-over coffee; it refers to the first water infusion over the dry coffee grounds in the filter, emphasizing full saturation of the coffee grounds. At this point, the coffee bed should theoretically expand, and the duration is typically 30 seconds. However
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What Does Coffee Blooming Mean in Pour-Over Brewing? How to Judge Coffee Bean Freshness? What's the Optimal Bloom Time?
"Blooming" can be understood as a preparatory step in pour-over coffee brewing. Because after coffee grounds undergo blooming, they can better extract flavor compounds with hot water. That's why blooming has become an essential step in most brewing methods. Besides enabling better extraction from the beans, blooming is also...
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The Art and Science of Three-Stage Pouring in Pour-Over Coffee: Understanding the Rationale Behind Dividing Hot Water into Three Segments
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). What are the reasons and principles behind the three-stage pouring technique in pour-over coffee? Three-stage pouring in pour-over coffee? When it comes to drip coffee, mastering the ability to control coffee extraction is both the best and most challenging aspect. In this realm...
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What Gases Are Released During Coffee Bloom - Coffee Bloom Function - How Much Water for Coffee Bloom
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style ) Pour-over coffee basically requires: pour-over kettle, filter paper, dripper, thermometer, timer, electronic scale, and grinder. And not only the taste of the coffee beans themselves, but also the water temperature, flow rate, direction, filter paper selection, particle size of the grounds and many other factors will
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The Purpose of Coffee Bloom, The Role of Coffee Bloom, How to Adjust If Coffee Has Astringency?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style). There is a very important but easily overlooked step in the brewing process, and that is the bloom! Generally, astringency mostly comes from the later stages of brewing, and too long extraction time causes astringency to occur, but blooming can still be a source of astringency, and this kind of astringency starts from the very beginning...
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How to Pour Water for Bloom When Brewing Colombia Santa Fe Estate Pour-Over Coffee_How to Bloom Colombia Pour-Over Coffee
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style) Colombia Santa Fe Estate Santa Fe De Buesaco Estate is located in the Nario province of southwestern Colombia Due to the rich volcanic soil from the active Andes Mountains passing through and the excellent high-altitude natural environment it has planted large quantities of
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How to Brew Coffee That Tastes Good When It's Not Fresh? What Are the Uses of Expired Coffee Beans?
When brewing coffee beans with the same parameters, suddenly one day, the coffee doesn't expand during blooming. This basically indicates that the beans are "no longer fresh." This "not fresh" doesn't mean the coffee is undrinkable, just that the coffee beans have passed their optimal flavor period. According to food safety regulations, roasted coffee
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The Significance of Bloom Expansion in Pour-Over Coffee: Optimal Bloom Water Amount and Duration
As the saying goes, 'A good bloom means a trouble-free brew!' The purpose of blooming is well-known: using a small amount of water to let the coffee grounds release gases, allowing for more flavor extraction during the main pour. However, achieving even saturation of the coffee bed is actually not a simple task. Therefore, scientific pouring techniques
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Pour-Over Coffee Blooming Techniques: How to Make Coffee Dome? What Does Coffee Blooming Mean? Why Bloom Coffee Before Brewing?
"Hey owner, how does your coffee bed expand so much during blooming? How do you do that?" Watching the blooming coffee bed in the filter cup expand when FrontStreet Coffee brews, many customers ask this question. The implication is that their own coffee beds don't expand as much. (As shown in the image) That's right
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What is the Correct Bloom Time for Pour-Over Coffee? Introduction to Several Common Coffee Bean Processing Methods
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee - Pour-over coffee bloom time, coffee processing methods introduction. The purpose of blooming has two aspects: First: To release gases from the coffee particles, mainly carbon dioxide. Generally, the closer to the roasting time, the more bubbling during pre-infusion. And darker roasted co
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What Are the Essentials of Coffee Bloom Water Injection? Hand-Drip Coffee Correct Bloom Water Amount and Time Parameters
Using a small amount of water to moisten the coffee grounds, waiting for the coffee bed to expand and release gases—this process is called "blooming." Basically, the blooming step is performed during the coffee brewing process. So what role does this blooming play in our coffee brewing, and how does it affect the coffee flavor? When we brew coffee
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Should the Coffee Drip from Pour-Over Bloom Be Discarded? How Much Water is Needed for Coffee Bloom?
Introduction: Typically, the amount of water used for blooming is twice the weight of coffee grounds. This is based on the fact that coffee grounds can absorb water up to twice their own weight when saturated. However, in practice, when using twice the amount of water during the initial pouring stage, excess coffee liquid will drip into the lower pot. Should this dripping coffee liquid be discarded? Why does excess coffee liquid exist? Let's first explain this issue.
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