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Why Does the Same Grind Setting Produce Different Coarseness for Different Coffee Beans? What's the Relationship Between Brittleness and Density?
Recently, a friend sent FrontStreet Coffee a private message: "He used the same grind setting for two different beans. The first bean brewed normally with pleasant coffee flavor; but the second bean caused blockage during brewing! This led to over-extraction. Despite using the same setting, why did this happen?"
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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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How to Choose and Adjust Coffee Grind Size 1 to 10? Understanding Grind Coarseness for Light and Dark Roast Coffee Beans
Introduction Anyone who has used a manual grinder to grind coffee beans will likely relate to this experience: grinding some coffee beans feels effortless, while grinding others requires significant effort. Similarly, when using an electric grinder, some beans finish grinding in just moments, while others take considerably longer. What causes this phenomenon? Many people's first thought is the density of the coffee beans.
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What Are the Differences in Brewing Techniques for Dark and Light Roast Coffee? Unlock the Secrets to Perfect Coffee Brewing!
Friends often ask FrontStreet Coffee for the optimal brewing parameters after purchasing beans from our physical store, aiming to minimize brewing failures and directly achieve delicious coffee. FrontStreet Coffee then introduces the characteristics of the beans to customers and shares the best brewing parameters. For example: since this particular bean is lightly roasted...
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What's the Difference in Coffee Grind Sizes? How Fine Should Espresso Be? How Coarse Should Pour-Over Be?
Extraction is the process of using water as a medium to dissolve flavor compounds from coffee. Before extraction, we need to grind coffee beans using a grinder, because only then can the flavor compounds in coffee be dissolved more quickly and easily. This is what we commonly call coffee grinding.
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Should You Sieve Out Fine Particles When Brewing Pour-Over Coffee? What Size of Coffee Grounds Are Considered Extra Fine? What Is the Role of Fine Particles?
It wasn't until the moment brewing became clogged that people recalled the fear of being dominated by fine particles! "Flow restriction," as a well-known technique to avoid bitterness, has everything to do with fine particles. When fine particles cause clogging during brewing, if flow restriction isn't applied in time, then
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Can Single-Origin Coffee Beans Be Used for Espresso? What's the Difference Between Pour-Over Beans and Blend Beans? How Does Roast Level Affect the Taste?
During FrontStreet Coffee's monthly limited-time events, friends often stock up on large quantities of single-origin pour-over beans to use as espresso beans! Perhaps they're tired of the rich and mellow deep-roast coffee, or they might be seeking more diverse coffee experiences. In conclusion, some friends buy large amounts of single-origin beans to take home because
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How to Roast Sun-Dried Coffee_Changes in Sun-Dried Coffee Beans During Roasting_Process Sun-Dried Coffee Bean Recommendations
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style) Roasting sun-dried coffee beans *Slightly open the air valve before 120℃ (slightly smaller than for washed beans), because sun-dried beans tend to be woody and dry in nature, and the silver skin is difficult to remove. Steaming the coffee beans allows moisture to increase the bean's own ripening while reducing scorching. Maintaining more moisture in the beans at 150℃ can easily steam the beans
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What Coffee Beans Are Typically Used for Espresso? What Should You Consider When Making Lattes with Light Roast Beans?
Generally, espresso is made primarily with medium-dark to dark roast coffee beans, as the smoky aroma of dark roast coffee pairs better with milk. Therefore, for most coffee shops or home enthusiasts with only one grinder, it's more important to choose coffee beans that are compatible with the milk-based drinks that have the highest sales volume. But the same
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Can You Eat Coffee Beans Directly? What Do Coffee Beans Taste Like? What Does Golden Cup Extraction Mean?
Believe it or not, everyone has definitely had this thought while drinking coffee: Since coffee beans can brew such rich flavors, if we chew coffee beans directly, can we more directly and comprehensively experience their flavor profile and absorb more substances? Like caffeine! Since last year
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Why Do Anaerobically Processed Coffee Beans Drain So Quickly? How to Extend a Short Extraction Time?
Anyone who has brewed anaerobically processed coffee has likely experienced this: compared to regular processed coffee beans, the water flow through anaerobically processed coffee during brewing is exceptionally fast. With a "whoosh," the water passes through quickly. Consequently, the brewing time for anaerobically processed coffee beans always deviates significantly from our target time!
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What Causes Thin Espresso Crema? Why Does Crema Have Many Large Bubbles? Factors That Make Espresso Taste Bad?
Recently, FrontStreet Coffee discovered while browsing that many friends encounter this situation when extracting espresso: "The extracted espresso has thin crema with many obvious large bubbles! The entire coffee tastes bland, has a thin mouthfeel, and the presence of bubbles affects the beauty of latte art patterns!
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What to Do with Too Much Coffee Fines? How to Brew with Fine Coffee Grounds? What's the Difference Between Fine and Coarse Grounds?
To better extract the flavor compounds from coffee beans, we grind the coffee beans to increase the surface area for contact with water, thereby improving extraction efficiency. However, whether it's a grinder costing hundreds of dollars or tens of thousands of dollars, without exception, the coffee grounds they produce all contain fine particles.
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What Are the Differences in Coffee Roast Levels? What's the Difference Between Dark and Light Roast Coffee Beans? Which Roast Level Is Most Invigorating?
As we all know, coffee beans must be roasted before they can be used as ingredients for coffee making. However!!! A roaster's purpose when roasting coffee beans goes far beyond simply cooking them thoroughly. This is because the final coffee aroma and flavor are profoundly influenced by the roast level! The same beans will produce vastly different results at different
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Do frozen coffee beans need to be thawed? Is freezing coffee beans really effective? How long should frozen coffee beans be thawed? Does freezing affect the flavor of coffee beans? Can pour-over coffee beans be frozen for storage?
Freezing has become a very popular method for "preserving" coffee beans in recent years. By simply sealing coffee beans and placing them in the freezer, the rate of flavor deterioration can be significantly slowed, thereby extending their optimal tasting period. Many coffee enthusiasts have adopted this approach to stock up on beans purchased during FrontStreet Coffee's discount promotions.
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Coffee Bean Processing: The Natural Method
The natural process, also known as the dry process, is the oldest, most straightforward method requiring minimal mechanical tools. The initial step involves sorting and cleaning. Unripe, overripe, and damaged coffee cherries are first removed. Additionally, branches, leaves, soil clumps, and stones mixed in with the cherries
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What situations often occur during the roasting process? What kind of coffee flavors result from improper roasting?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange, more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workroom (WeChat official account cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee briefly describes common situations that occur during the roasting process. Coffee roasting involves roasting raw coffee beans at certain temperatures to remove excess moisture from the beans, converting some components into caramelized sugars and flavor oils. Roasting is what creates the flavors in coffee beans
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Santa Rita Estate Pacas Coffee Introduction - El Salvador Coffee Varieties
Professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). Region: Santa Ana Volcano (Volcan Santa Ana) Producer: Santa Rita Estate Altitude: 1400M Varieties: Bourbon, Catimor, Pacas Processing Method: Washed Grade: SHG Harvest Period: November to February of the following year Certification: Rainforest Alliance (Rainfo
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Characteristics of Natural Process Coffee - An Introduction to the Steps and Features of Natural Coffee Bean Processing
Professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information. Follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee - Introduction to Natural Process. Natural Process is a very ancient processing method, also can be called 'whole berry drying method.' The history of natural process is very long, this is currently the simplest processing method among all processing methods.
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What are the "Maillard Reaction" and "Caramelization" in the Coffee Roasting Process?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee briefly explains the reactions during the roasting process. The roasting process is generally divided into three stages, where the first two stages can sometimes be merged. The first stage is loading beans into the roaster, at which point moisture migrates from inside the beans to the surface, and the coffee beans are dried. This stage may not be visually apparent...
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