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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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2023 World Barista Championship Rules Update! WBC Now Allows Plant-Based/Alternative Animal Milks
For more specialty coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more premium coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex12. On December 22nd, the Specialty Coffee Association released the 2023 World Barista Championship(
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Is Ethiopia Kaffa Coffee a Budget-Friendly Alternative to Gesha? Why is Kaffa Coffee Called "Kaffa"? Can Moka Pots Extract Light Roast Coffee Beans?
It can be said that nearly 70% of Moka pot inquiries received by FrontStreet Coffee's customer service are about how to use a Moka pot to extract light roast coffee beans. As the old saying goes: "Tastes differ!" Not all friends prefer to make coffee with deeply roasted beans that offer rich, caramelized flavors, so they often choose beans with distinctive flavor profiles
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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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Are Mandheling Coffee Beans Suitable for Cold Brew? What's the Right Coffee-to-Water Ratio and How Long Can Cold Brew Be Stored?
When making cold brew coffee, baristas typically recommend using light to medium roast coffee beans. The reason is simple: cold brew coffee requires different roast levels compared to hot brewed coffee. Lighter roasts tend to highlight acidity, and cold brewing helps mellow this characteristic. So are Mandheling coffee beans suitable for cold brew?
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Panama Geisha Blend Mariposa: How Big is the Difference Between Natural and Washed Processing?
FrontStreet Coffee wrote an article about Mariposa a few months ago. It's a single-origin blend composed of multiple beans, with its excellent value proposition making the washed Mariposa a worthy Geisha alternative. Today, FrontStreet Coffee received the natural-processed Mariposa from the factory, so let's prepare to evaluate it and see how the natural processing compares.
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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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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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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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Can This Little Brewing Gadget Really Make Coffee Taste Better? How Lily Drip Affects Coffee Extraction
Pour-over coffee has long become part of most people's daily routine, and for brewing equipment that can potentially go wrong, numerous "auxiliary tools" have emerged to assist us. Today, FrontStreet Coffee brings you one of these interesting little gadgets – the LilyDrip. But who would have thought that this cone-shaped aid
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Can You Save Your Pour-Over Coffee with Bypass? A Pour-Over Coffee Bypass Tutorial
Introduction: Bypass literally means to go around, a term often used in network security equipment applications (referring to when a network security device fails, bypass is needed to physically connect networks to keep them communicating). When bypass is applied to pour-over coffee brewing, unexpected results can occur! Bypass involves adding water to the coffee liquid.
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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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How to Make Dirty Coffee: Ratios, Layering Technique, Glass Selection, Proper Drinking Method, Flavor Profile, and Storage Duration
Dirty coffee typically comes in 150-200ml servings, so we recommend using a 200ml chilled glass to make Dirty coffee. First, we prepare a chilled glass and cold milk, pouring the milk into the glass
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Should You Wait for Water to Finish Flowing Before Adding More in Pour-Over Coffee Brewing? Correct Pour-Over Coffee Brewing Techniques!
Many beginners often face a question when using multi-stage pouring to brew coffee—"When should hot water be added." Multi-stage pouring refers to the method of splitting the hot water used during coffee brewing into multiple injections. For example, FrontStreet Coffee frequently uses three-stage
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How to Brew Coffee Powder: Tutorial and Simple Brewing Methods - Make Coffee Even Without Tools
Professional coffee knowledge exchange for more coffee bean information follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) Coffee Powder Brewing Method (Simple Version) Filter Paper Brewing The easiest brewing method Grinding: Medium-fine Using filter paper brewing method is the most convenient and hygienic brewing method, and you don't need to buy expensive equipment. You can use the simplest method to brew coffee powder at home, and another advantage is that it
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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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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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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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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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