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Coffee Champion Sasa's 30,000+ Yuan Paragon Ice Stone High-Tech! Can You Get an Affordable Alternative for Just Tens of Yuan?
For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex. Not long ago, 2015 World Barista Championship (WBC) winner Sa
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What is Beanless Coffee? What's the Difference Between Beanless Coffee and Regular Coffee? Can You Have Coffee Flavor Without Coffee Beans?
Recently, due to the soaring prices of coffee beans, some coffee shops in South Korea took the opportunity to introduce 'beanless coffee' that contains no coffee beans, which sparked a heated discussion online. What is beanless coffee? It refers to a 'coffee' beverage whose ingredients contain no participation from 'coffee beans' at all, using other food ingredients as substitutes instead.
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How to Use a Coffee Grinder Sieve? How to Use a Sieve? What Are the Requirements for Grind Size in Pour-Over Coffee?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). How to use a coffee grinder sieve? How to use a sieve? What are the requirements for grind size? Using a sieve to improve the quality of pour-over coffee. Grinding coffee is to increase the speed of coffee extraction. Different extractions
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Pour-Over Coffee Brewing Theory: Detailed Explanation of Single-Stream, Three-Stream, and Cross-Stirring Methods
Following established brewing methods can certainly produce good coffee, but coffee enthusiasts often like to experiment with new approaches, developing interesting brewing techniques through accumulated experience from numerous failures. (Note: This "experimentation" must be based on brewing logic, not random brewing.) Do you remember what FrontStreet Coffee shared about
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How to Make Latte with Moka Pot? Which Moka Pot Brand is Best? What's the Ideal Coffee-to-Water Ratio for Moka Pot?
Because the Moka pot's coffee extraction method is consistent with espresso machines - both using pressure - it can produce a black coffee with concentration close to espresso. Therefore, many people consider it as a budget-friendly alternative to espresso machines, using it to create highly concentrated coffee that can then be used to replicate various espresso-based drinks following traditional Italian methods.
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Is Hougu Coffee Good? Hougu Coffee Market Value & Yunnan Coffee Brand - Hougu Coffee Information
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Cafe_Style (WeChat public account: cafe_style). China is a country with thousands of years of tea culture history, and tea is an extremely popular beverage among domestic consumers. Against this tea culture backdrop, the development of coffee, which is extremely popular abroad, has been remarkably slow in China. With the shift in consumer awareness, the domestic coffee market has gained momentum in the past decade.
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How to Brew Coffee with a Gaiwan? What Grind Size for French Press Coffee? Common Coffee Brewing Methods!
While there are numerous professional tools available for making coffee, coffee enthusiasts are never satisfied and constantly explore alternative brewing methods. For instance, there's been a recent trend in the coffee community of using traditional Chinese tea gaiwans to brew coffee! This has attracted considerable attention from coffee lovers who are eager to try this unique brewing approach.
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How Beginners Can Appreciate Coffee Flavors - Coffee Tasting and Description Methods
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style) FrontStreet Coffee - Coffee Tasting Steps Introduction Tasting the overall flavor of coffee can be summarized in six steps. Step 1: Grind coffee beans and enjoy the dry aroma The first step in flavor appreciation begins with grinding coffee beans. Coffee beans release a large amount of volatile aromatic compounds when ground, and at this time you can
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The Correct Way to Use Coffee Filter Paper - Why You Should Wet Your Filter Paper Before Brewing Coffee
For professional barista discussions, follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). When brewing pour-over coffee, should you wet the filter paper first before adding grounds, or use a dry filter paper? This is definitely a question many people have. The reason for wetting filter paper with hot water is mostly due to white filter papers having issues with residual bleaching fluorescent agents.
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Are All Sour Coffees Good Coffee? Why Are Most Pour-Over Coffees Sour Nowadays?
When you go to a coffee shop for a pour-over coffee nowadays, 8 out of 10 coffee beans have sour notes. This coffee bean has citrus acidity, that one has plum acidity. It seems to create the impression that only sour coffee is the correct coffee of this century. Why are today's pour-over coffees predominantly fruit-acid oriented? Some older
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What is Caffè Corretto? Why is Espresso Served with Spirits?
Recently, while FrontStreet Coffee was revisiting James Hoffmann's "Guide to Home Coffee Brewing," we came across an Italian coffee drink that was both somewhat unfamiliar and somewhat familiar, called Caffè Corretto. It sounded familiar because FrontStreet Coffee had heard of this name before, and had even
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Shanghai Coffee Shops Under Siege: Is the Oat Milk Supply Chain in Crisis?
Oat milk has seemingly become the standard in coffee circles worldwide. Whether in China or abroad, you can easily find oat milk options in virtually any coffee shop. Originally created to allow people with lactose intolerance to enjoy a beverage with the texture of milk but without any dairy components, this plant-based alternative remained relatively unknown for decades
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Pour-Over Coffee Watering Techniques: How to Brew Single-Origin Coffee Beans for Perfect Flavor
When FrontStreet Coffee shares brewing techniques, we rarely discuss the parameter of pouring technique (except when specifically addressing water pouring methods), because at FrontStreet Coffee, we consider technique to be the biggest uncertain factor. Without understanding the logic behind these techniques, the more one knows, the more inconsistent the brewed coffee becomes. Why is this so?
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How to Make Delicious Americano Coffee? How to Make Non-Bitter Americano? What's the Difference Between Espresso and Americano?
In the article "How to Make a Delicious Americano Coffee," FrontStreet Coffee shares that a good Americano requires not only extracting a suitable espresso base but also achieving an appropriate concentration. Only when both requirements are met can the Americano coffee we make better suit our taste. So when we learn
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Why Are Fewer People Going to Starbucks in China? Why Is Starbucks Coffee So Expensive?
For professional coffee knowledge and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee on WeChat (ID: qjcoffeex). Today, many netizens on Weibo are discussing why fewer people in China are going to Starbucks.
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What's the Ideal Water Temperature for Pour-Over Coffee? Is Higher Temperature Better for Single-Origin Coffee?
If you ask FrontStreet Coffee about the recommended water temperature for pour-over coffee, FrontStreet Coffee would suggest 90-93℃ for light roast coffee and 86-89℃ for dark roast coffee. "No, Baidu says..." "Well, have you heard of WBrC? Many competitors use water temperatures of 95-96℃ to brew coffee in competitions, and that 201
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Pour-Over Coffee Dripper Selection Guide: Understanding Different Dripper Characteristics and How to Choose?
With the growing popularity of pour-over coffee, the filter cup industry has become increasingly competitive. In earlier years, choosing a filter cup wasn't much of a concern, as there weren't many options available. Buying one each of conical, fan-shaped, and flat-bottom drippers wouldn't cost more than 300 yuan. Now, simply opening a shopping platform and searching for 'coffee drippers' shows that even a single page cannot
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Can Coffee Beans Be Stored in the Refrigerator? What Should You Pay Attention to When Freezing Coffee Beans? Why Do Beans Become More Brittle After Freezing?
During the lengthy roasting process, coffee beans transform substances accumulated during cultivation and processing into abundant aromas, flavors, and carbon dioxide. Once roasting stops, the generation of these substances ceases, and they instead continuously dissipate outward. Before completely dissipating, brewed coffee will possess exceptionally rich characteristics.
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Pour-Over Coffee Extraction Time Calculation: How Long Before Your Coffee Becomes a Souless Beverage
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee - Introduction to Pour-Over Coffee Times: 15-20g of coffee grounds requires 2-2 minutes 30 seconds; 21-25g requires 2 minutes 30 seconds-3 minutes; 26-30g requires 3-3 minutes 40 seconds. The longer the brewing time, the higher the concentration, but many pour-over enthusiasts have no concept of time, boldly using large amounts of water.
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Coffee Special Processing Method "Single-Layer Natural Slow Fermentation"! Can Natural Processing Be Done This Way?
For professional barista exchanges, follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Coffee beans from Ethiopia, Africa, have always been this editor's favorite. As the coffee industry develops, in addition to emerging coffee regions rising, many special processing methods have also emerged! This one we're introducing to you...
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