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Pour-Over Coffee: Water Ratio, Grind Size, Time, and Temperature Recommendations - A Guide to Proper Single-Origin Coffee Brewing
Many friends have visited FrontStreet Coffee by reputation. Besides being impressed by FrontStreet Coffee's wide variety of coffee beans, they also admire the baristas' brewing techniques. Many of these friends want to discuss pour-over brewing techniques with the baristas. FrontStreet Coffee takes this opportunity to share insights on how to improve coffee brewing skills. Before that, FrontStreet Coffee asks
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What is the optimal brewing time for pour-over coffee? Causes and solutions for slow drip rates
Brewing time for pour-over coffee is not a parameter that can be actively and precisely controlled. It serves more as an indicator to test whether your other parameter combinations are reasonable. In other words, if you can control the brewing time properly with minimal variation, it indicates that your parameters are appropriate and your technique is consistent. During extraction...
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Do Different Drippers Require Different Pour-Over Methods? What's the Ideal Extraction Time for Brewing Coffee?
A friend recently raised a question. He's been a long-time follower of FrontStreet Coffee's articles and pays close attention to brewing parameters. He noticed that FrontStreet Coffee recommends a 2-minute brewing time in their articles, but when he uses the parameters suggested by FrontStreet Coffee, his actual brewing time always exceeds 2 minutes, landing around 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
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Why is Espresso Extraction Pressure 9 Bar? How Does It Relate to Extraction Parameters and How to Adjust?
FrontStreet Coffee often says that once we understand the relationship between espresso extraction parameters, a delicious espresso is practically effortless (slight exaggeration). These extraction parameters include grind size, dose amount, brew ratio, and extraction time. But did you know? There's actually another parameter that's quite important as well
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Do Different Pour-Over Drippers Require Different Brewing Frameworks?
Yesterday, a friend who visited our shop raised an interesting question: "Do different pour-over drippers require different brewing parameters or methods?" After some conversation, I learned that this is because FrontStreet Coffee frequently recommends in our articles to control the pour-over coffee brewing time to around two minutes. However, although this friend uses FrontStreet Coffee's
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Pour-Over Coffee Basics: Grind Size/Water Temperature/Technique/Ratio—Which Parameter Matters Most?
Many readers visit FrontStreet Coffee after finishing our articles, and they take the opportunity to discuss various coffee brewing questions they've encountered, especially regarding pour-over parameters. Once, a friend asked FrontStreet Coffee a thought-provoking question: With so many parameters affecting pour-over coffee, which one is truly the most important? The reason this friend raised this question was...
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How to Brew Iced Pour-Over Coffee? What's the Ice Ratio and Parameters for Iced Pour-Over?
Iced pour-over coffee, to be precise, is actually "flash-chilled pour-over" - it's hot coffee that's normally brewed, then quickly transformed from hot to cold in a short time through ice cubes (rapid cooling with ice). Of course, just as you might learn while drinking coffee at a café, simply observing the barista's movements and workflow is relatively
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What is the Best Water Temperature for Brewing Guanxi Coffee? Hand Brewing Techniques for Guanxi Coffee
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Recently, while adjusting a newly arrived washed Ethiopian Sidamo Guanxi coffee, I fixed the pre-first-crack curve and then only changed the length of the development stage and bean drop temperature to see how this affects the flavor profile.
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What is the Ideal Extraction Time for an Espresso Machine? Requirements for Standard Espresso Coffee
When brewing any type of coffee, one parameter is unavoidable: extraction time. Compared to other brewing methods, espresso has much stricter time requirements. This is because espresso extraction is relatively short, and even a difference of one second can create significant variations. Therefore, extraction time is crucial for
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How Should Parameters Be Adjusted When Making Dark Roast Coffee with AeroPress?
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Previously, we have used AeroPress to make flavor-profile coffees, so today let's try how to make a cup of coffee with rich mouthfeel using AeroPress! AeroPress extraction is primarily immersion-based,
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Causes of Inconsistent Espresso Extraction - Does Espresso Grinder Bean Hopper Pressure Affect Coffee Flavor?
This situation is particularly noticeable in busy coffee shops. After completing all morning preparations, filling the bean hopper, and adjusting the day's espresso extraction parameters, as espresso extraction volume increases, you'll notice the flow rate becomes faster and extraction time is several seconds shorter than the planned parameters. Normally, a stable reference point is expected...
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How to Customize Your Pour-Over Coffee Brewing Method? What Are the 4 Key Detail Parameters?
Many friends have their own coffee brewing habits, and when they visit FrontStreet Coffee, they see so many different types of coffee beans. Some friends even declare they want to try every bean on FrontStreet Coffee's menu. Many people, after purchasing a less familiar coffee bean, suddenly don't know how to brew it and ask FrontStreet Coffee for the best brewing method. FrontStreet Coffee takes this opportunity to share
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Multi-Serve Pour-Over Coffee: A Tutorial on Adjusting Brewing Parameters for Large Batch Quantities - 4-Serve Pour-Over Coffee Brewing Guide
Recently, friends have asked FrontStreet Coffee, "How should I brew coffee for multiple servings?" FrontStreet Coffee previously touched upon this topic when discussing coffee grounds quantity in pour-over parameters. This time, FrontStreet Coffee will elaborate in detail on how to brew coffee with large quantities of grounds. An increase in grounds quantity means that closely related parameters will also change, namely the water pouring process.
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What's the Right Coffee Powder to Water Ratio for Brewing? Expert Guide to Pour-Over Coffee Parameters
The coffee powder to water ratio is one of the most crucial parameters in pour-over coffee brewing. Simply put, with a fixed amount of coffee grounds, there exists an optimal water quantity that can perfectly express the coffee's flavor profile. Therefore, mastering how to find the right coffee ratio is an essential part of learning coffee brewing. What aspects of coffee does the powder-to-water ratio affect?
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What are the extraction standards for espresso? How to adjust espresso grinding ratio parameters
A friend saw FrontStreet Coffee's shared espresso recipe and tried extracting coffee at home. However, they didn't achieve the desired taste and returned to FrontStreet Coffee to discuss this issue. Therefore, FrontStreet Coffee is taking this opportunity to share with everyone how to judge espresso during practical operation. First of all, any data is just
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Yirgacheffe Pour-Over Parameters: Brewing Method Sharing
For more professional coffee knowledge and bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe pour-over parameters sharing: Bean introduction - Yirgacheffe is a small town in Ethiopia, located at an altitude of 1700-2100 meters, making it one of the highest altitude coffee growing regions in the world.
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Espresso Extraction Parameters Guide: How Much Coffee, Time, and Temperature for Perfect Espresso
Introduction Just like pour-over coffee, extraction parameters have a significant impact on the flavor expression of espresso. Especially with espresso, slight variations in the amount of coffee grounds used, extraction time, pressure, and other factors can amplify certain flavors in the espresso, potentially leading to excessive acidity, bitterness, or burnt notes... Therefore, understanding espresso extraction parameters is truly crucial
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Beginner's Pour-Over Coffee Tutorial with Visual Guide: Hand Brew Parameters and Process Demonstration for Washed Yirgacheffe Coffee Beans
The topic of water pouring in pour-over coffee has been discussed countless times, but there are also many friends who are just starting out and following FrontStreet Coffee, asking "Why can't I brew good coffee?" "Pour-over coffee is so difficult!" Pour-over coffee currently remains in a relatively small circle, and to accommodate new friends, these frequently discussed topics are essential. For those just beginning
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Pour-Over Coffee-to-Water Ratio Parameters: Standard Brewing Ratio Recommendations
In the coffee industry, research from SCAE and SCAA stands as the most thorough and authoritative. Therefore, for those of us who are newcomers to the field and lack the expertise, capability, or resources for in-depth study, adopting their established standards is the most straightforward approach. The standard brewing ratio (Standard Brewing Ratio)
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Essential Guide for Coffee Beginners: Understanding Bitterness and Over-Extraction in Pour-Over Brewing
Over-extraction is a common challenge for coffee beginners! This occurs when excessive compounds are drawn from the coffee grounds. Although approximately 30% of a coffee bean's composition is water-soluble, extracting all available compounds isn't desirable, as the remaining elements contain undesirable bitter compounds that can ruin your coffee's flavor profile.
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