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How to Tamp Espresso Coffee Puck? How Much Pressure Should You Apply When Tamping?
Sometimes, observing a barista's tamping technique can be incredibly satisfying! Because every barista has a different understanding of tamping, they each develop their own unique tamping motions. Creating a level coffee bed is something everyone can agree on, because once the coffee is compressed unevenly—with one side higher than the other—
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How to Distribute Espresso Coffee Grounds Correctly? How to Use a Coffee Distributor? How Much Pressure is Needed for Tamping Espresso? Coffee Distribution Techniques Shared!
In espresso making, to achieve more stable coffee extraction, we use distribution and tamping methods to ensure even distribution of coffee grounds in the portafilter. This helps reduce channeling and prevent uneven extraction. Although these are seemingly simple actions, they contain considerable knowledge and technique.
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What is the concept of 9 bar in an espresso machine? How much pressure should be applied when tamping coffee grounds for espresso?
FrontStreet Coffee shared in the article 'The Importance of Distribution and Tamping' that in the preparation steps before espresso extraction, whether the coffee grounds are evenly distributed in the portafilter and whether force is applied evenly during tamping will affect the extraction and influence the taste of espresso. However, since it didn't mention the amount of force that should be used for tamping, many people
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Espresso Tamping Techniques: How Much Pressure to Apply with Coffee Distribution Tools
A video tutorial on coffee tamping techniques - the appropriate pressure for coffee distribution tools can be determined by observing the espresso extraction process. If coffee flows too quickly, completing 30cc in less than 20 seconds, then the tamping pressure is likely insufficient (assuming other variables have been properly addressed)
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The Complete Guide to Cold Brew Coffee: Everything You Need to Know
For more specialty coffee knowledge, follow: FrontStreet Coffee. Iced coffee offers a refreshing and clean taste that cuts through richness, and even in the dead of winter, customers come to FrontStreet Coffee to order this chilled coffee beverage.
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Latest News on Peruvian Coffee: Falling Prices Force Peruvian Farmers to Switch to Coca Cultivation!
Professional coffee knowledge exchange, more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Due to the collapse of global coffee prices, farmers in Peru's central jungle have had to cut down all their coffee plantations and start cultivating coca, the raw material for cocaine production. This national trend has brought Peru's coca cultivation close to 55,000 hectares annually (producing approximately 500 tons
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Yunnan Coffee: FrontStreet Coffee's Yunnan Coffee Estate Sun-Dried Typica Coffee Bean Story and Characteristics
Since 2014, we visit Yunnan every two to three months to check on the growth of our coffee in the Yunnan plantation. Those who are familiar with the actual situation of coffee-producing regions, or have carefully read the books "Specialty Coffee Studies" and "Bean Hunter," should notice that many coffee-producing regions are relatively unstable. By a stroke of fate, our plantation (located between Yunnan and
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The Myanmar Coffee Map: Introduction to Myanmar Coffee Varieties and Cultivation - What Coffee Does Myanmar Have?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style). Myanmar began growing coffee beans in 1885, but for nearly a century after cultivation began, there were no exports or significant commercial traces. In the mid-to-late 20th century, the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) encouraged Myanmar farmers to abandon poppy cultivation and therefore initiated coffee development programs.
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Introduction to the Endless Aftertaste and Flavor Profile of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Kochere Estate Coffee
Ethiopia is an ancient country with 3,000 years of civilization. The Hamitic people who migrated from the southern Arabian Peninsula were the earliest inhabitants. Menelik I ascended to the throne in 975 BC. The Nubian Kingdom was established in the 8th century BC. From the 1st century to 976 AD, the Ethiopian Empire, also known as the Aksum Kingdom, was established in the northern Aksum region, and Christianity was introduced in the 4th to 5th centuries.
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What is the correct brewing method for pour-over coffee? How to reduce channeling? These brewing mistakes must be avoided!
Grind size, time, water temperature, and ratio are extraction parameters we pay great attention to when brewing pour-over coffee. These parameters determine the dissolution efficiency of hot water, and when improperly combined, coffee will always deviate from a delicious direction, resulting in some negative flavors or sensations. It's not just about parameters – incorrect water pouring methods
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Why is Milk Pitching Necessary for Coffee Latte Art? What are the Benefits of Milk Pitching? How to Create Fine Microfoam? What are the Key Points for Latte Art?
After steaming the milk, baristas don't immediately proceed with latte art. Instead, they pour the milk from one pitcher into another before beginning the art creation! This is a scene you can observe in many coffee shops. This practice has a professional term in the industry—one that FrontStreet Coffee often shares—called 'Milk Pitching'. Milk Pitching
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Forcing a Point? Oatly Attempts to Register "Barista" as a Trademark!
For more professional coffee knowledge and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex. According to foreign media reports, the globally renowned oat milk company attempted to register in New Zealand this September.
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Pour-Over Coffee Watering Techniques! Drip Coffee Pouring Tips and Methods! How to Add Water to Coffee?
FrontStreet Coffee often welcomes friends who are learning pour-over coffee at home to discuss brewing-related topics. Many of them mention that although they use parameters completely consistent with what FrontStreet Coffee recommends in-store, their coffee's flavor often varies in quality, leaving them uncertain about where the problem lies. In such cases
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Vietnam's Viral Railway Coffee Street Just Reopened! Now Forced to Shut Down Again?!
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). For more specialty coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee's private WeChat account: qjcoffeex. Recently, Hanoi's "Railway Coffee Street," which had just reopened for a few days, was ordered to shut down by authorities! According to Vietnamese
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Coffee Shop Syrup Mistaken for Hand Sanitizer! Barista Forced to Post Sign, Accused of Being Stingy
For more professional coffee knowledge exchanges and coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). For more premium coffee beans, please add FrontStreet Coffee on WeChat: qjcoffeex. Recently, a netizen shared that a KFC store's coffee area had posted a notice about syrup stating: "No
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Distribution Tool vs. Tamper: Differences, Correct Usage Methods and Techniques - How to Fix Uneven Tamping
The differences between distribution tools and tampers, and the correct usage methods for coffee equipment. Water will flow through these small pits, and undoubtedly this area becomes a route for water to flow away quickly, causing uneven extraction in this region, making it impossible to achieve the desired coffee aroma. Now let's discuss what happens when tamping too tightly, which affects Espresso extraction.
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What Gases Are Released During Coffee Bloom - Coffee Bloom Function - How Much Water for Coffee Bloom
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style ) Pour-over coffee basically requires: pour-over kettle, filter paper, dripper, thermometer, timer, electronic scale, and grinder. And not only the taste of the coffee beans themselves, but also the water temperature, flow rate, direction, filter paper selection, particle size of the grounds and many other factors will
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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 to Use a Coffee Shower Dripper? Will Strong Water Flow Cause Blockage When Pour-Over Brewing? How to Use the Stirring Method?
Many novice coffee brewers, when starting to learn coffee brewing, often struggle to control the water flow, resulting in injected hot water having excessive penetrating power! Excessive penetration greatly increases turbulence effects, which easily causes fine coffee grounds to be carried to the bottom by the water flow, blocking the filter paper, ultimately causing the coffee to become over-extracted due to excessive extraction time.
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What's the Right Grind Size for Espresso? What to Do When Your Espresso Machine Won't Build Pressure?
Quick question! What's the biggest difference between espresso extraction and other brewing methods like pour-over, boiling, or steeping? That's right—it's pressure! The former uses pressure-based extraction, while the latter relies on atmospheric pressure. Thanks to pressure, espresso can be extracted in an extremely short time! And that beautiful layer on top of your espresso...
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