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Surprising! Even Pour-Over Coffee Can Experience Channeling Effects!
"Channeling effect" refers to water finding shortcuts during extraction due to its inertia. As this water takes shortcuts without performing complete extraction, it ultimately leads to uneven extraction. Whenever FrontStreet Coffee mentions the channeling effect, it's mostly in articles related to espresso coffee.
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What is Channeling Effect? How to Determine if Espresso is Over-Extracted?
For more professional coffee knowledge exchange and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). A good espresso is the foundation of all espresso-based coffee. Espresso can amplify the various advantages of coffee beans, while poorly made espresso will also infinitely magnify the defects. So how to correctly prepare
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Can Everything Be Extracted as Concentrate? Do Different Ingredients Taste Good When Extracted with Coffee? What is Coffee's Channel Effect?
If we want to add some extra aroma or flavor to coffee, we will add other ingredients to let the coffee acquire their aroma/flavor. This is a very common practice. For example, if we want coffee to have a certain floral fragrance, we can soak certain dried flowers in the coffee; if
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Why Does Moka Pot Coffee Taste Burnt? How to Adjust Over-Extracted Moka Pot Coffee? What to Do When Moka Pot Coffee is Scorched? Why Does Moka Pot Coffee Easily Over-Extract?
FrontStreet Coffee discovered that many friends are troubled by the problem of frequent over-extraction in moka pot coffee. Because whenever FrontStreet Coffee shares posts related to moka pots, friends leave comments in the comment section such as: 'How to avoid over-extraction in moka pot coffee' or 'Why is the extracted coffee so bitter' and other questions. Indeed, compared to its
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What Are the Requirements for Distributing Espresso Coffee Grounds? What Should Be Noted When Tamping Coffee Pucks? What is the Channeling Effect in Espresso Extraction?
Because pressurized extraction is quite special, to make a delicious espresso, in addition to finding the right extraction parameters such as grind size, time, ratio, and water temperature, we also need to perform some additional preparation steps. These additional preparation steps are simply what we do to the coffee before attaching the portafilter to the coffee machine
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Is Pressing Necessary for Espresso? The Correct Method for Making Espresso!
Just as coffee enthusiasts pursue a deep and uniform coffee bed when brewing pour-over coffee, most "perfectionist" coffee aficionados also strive to produce a complete coffee puck when extracting espresso. Similar to the coffee bed, the appearance of a complete puck doesn't necessarily indicate whether the coffee tastes good, but the puck that comes out
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Can a toothpick replace a coffee distribution tool? What is the WDT distribution method? How to use an espresso distribution tool?
"Splash, splash, the sky is raining, splash, splash, the clouds are crying, splash, splash, dripping into my heart" Stormy weather with thunder and lightning will continue in Guangzhou for about a week. And with the arrival of rainy days, espresso making always becomes much more unstable. Because humid environments will cause coffee grounds to
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What is Channeling in Espresso Coffee? How Does Espresso Channeling Affect Your Brew?
Reflecting on my early days learning to make espresso, I was tormented by channeling! For someone with terrible luck, every time coffee would channel during extraction, an experienced barista would suddenly appear behind you, with a chilling voice whispering in your ear, "You're... channeling..." This channeling effect
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What are the Symptoms of Channeling in Pour-Over Coffee? Solutions for When Channeling Occurs
Channeling - FrontStreet Coffee often discusses this in the context of espresso extraction. However, channeling doesn't only occur in espresso extraction; it also happens in pour-over coffee, you just might not have noticed it. Channeling? As always, FrontStreet Coffee should first explain what this "channeling effect" actually is.
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Does Pour-Over Coffee Also Have Channeling Effects? What Causes Slow Water Flow and Water Pooling in Pour-Over Coffee?
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). How do turbulence and agitation affect the flavor of pour-over coffee? Pour-over coffee is truly wonderful! You can watch the water flow elegantly during brewing, while well-brewed coffee becomes a crystal-clear liquid,
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What Causes Uneven Flow Distribution When Extracting Espresso? What's the Difference Between Bottomless and Split-Flow Portafilters?
Before bottomless portafilters were invented, baristas primarily used portafilters with spouts when extracting espresso. These portafilters mainly come in two types: single-spout portafilters designed for single-shot baskets, and split-flow portafilters for double-shot baskets. The so-called split-flow portafilter refers to the type shown in the picture below, featuring
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How Small Coffee Shops Source Coffee Beans: Choosing the Right Suppliers and Introduction to Domestic Coffee Procurement Supply Company Channels
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Coffee bean wholesale suppliers - latest China coffee bean price quotes - where to buy - how much do coffee beans cost per jin. Small coffee shops mainly have 5 ways to purchase coffee beans: 1. The earliest method is choosing local suppliers
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Is It Necessary to Buy a Coffee Distribution Needle? What to Do About Clumped Espresso Coffee Grounds? Why Do Coffee Grounds Generate Static Electricity?
Have you noticed that channeling has become increasingly common in espresso extraction lately? Even when using a distributor to evenly distribute the coffee grounds and applying uniform pressure during tamping, coffee still tends to splatter and extract unevenly during brewing. FrontStreet Coffee often encounters such situations...
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The Birth and Principles of Coffee Distributors: Usage Methods and Benefits
Professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style) for the correct method of espresso tamper filling and coffee distribution techniques. The birth of the distributor: distribution refers to evenly spreading coffee grounds before tamping to prepare for tamping. In early years, most baristas learned
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The Importance of Even Blooming in Pour-Over Coffee: Experimental Summary on Blooming Techniques
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style ) The first step in pour-over coffee brewing is blooming. The purpose of blooming: to release carbon dioxide, increase extraction rate, and reduce channeling effects. Usually, methods to achieve this effect are not limited to one or two approaches. If simply pouring water in circular motions to naturally release carbon diox
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Distribution Tool vs Tamper: How to Use Correctly and Espresso Extraction Parameters Affecting Americano Taste Factors
The main difference in coffee tamping lies in the bottom shape of the tamper: 1. Flat: The most common tamper with a flat bottom. 2. EuroCurve: Features a curved bottom with the highest point and edge height difference of 3.355mm. 3. C-Flat: A hybrid between EuroCurve and flat designs.
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How Tightly Should Coffee Grounds Be Tamped When Making Coffee-What Happens if Coffee Grounds Are Tamped Too Tightly
How Tightly Should Coffee Grounds Be Tamped When Making Coffee-What Happens if Coffee Grounds Are Tamped Too Tightly? Grind settings are just reference points - different brands have different grind settings, and even grinders of the same brand and model don't perform identically at the same setting. It's better to understand this way: grind settings merely indicate which direction is coarse and which direction is fine.
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What is Coffee Channeling? Why Does Espresso Experience Channeling? What Are the Causes and How to Solve It?
FrontStreet Coffee frequently mentions "channeling" in our articles because during the coffee extraction process, channeling negatively impacts coffee flavor. And it occurs quite frequently! So today, FrontStreet Coffee will share with you what channeling actually is and how to address it!
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Coffee Introduction - Guide to Washed Coffee Processing and Brewing Methods
Washed processing requires specialized equipment and abundant water resources. When properly processed, it can better highlight the unique characteristics of coffee beans themselves. Furthermore, the quantity of defective beans can be significantly reduced during the washing process, enhancing the overall quality of the coffee beans. The washed coffee process is widely adopted in Central and South American countries.
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Can You Use Toothpicks Instead of Distribution Needles? How to Properly Use Needle-Style Coffee Distributors?
FrontStreet Coffee previously wrote an article about the essential tools needed for making espresso, with distribution needles being one of them that can help make extraction more stable. However, some coffee enthusiasts have experimented with using toothpicks as alternatives to distribution needles and reported good results to FrontStreet Coffee. Coincidentally, FrontStreet Coffee has collected some toothpicks from takeout deliveries and decided to conduct a comparison test.
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