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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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Blue Mountain Coffee Market Chaos: Tenfold Price Gap Between Raw and Roasted Beans
Authentic Blue Mountain coffee costs three digits per cup, but as one advertisement says, not all milk can be called the same, and not all Blue Mountain beans can produce the characteristic flavor that Blue Mountain coffee should have. Because the true flavor of Blue Mountain coffee comes from the combination of beans and processing technology, not simply importing Blue Mountain beans. In the market, while both are Blue Mountain...
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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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Coffee Flavor Wheel and Flavor Spectrum Basic Coffee Knowledge Latest SCAA Specialty Coffee Flavor Wheel
The coffee flavor spectrum was created in 1997 by Ted Lingle, senior consultant at SCAA, consisting of normal and abnormal flavor spectrums. The normal flavor spectrum refers to the flavors that coffee should have under normal conditions, while the abnormal flavor spectrum refers to flavors that occur when coffee beans are in abnormal conditions, such as improper processing, transportation, and storage, causing the coffee's proteins and organic acids
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How to Properly Use the Coffee Flavor Wheel and Understand the Differences Between Old and New Versions
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). Introduction: When you visit FrontStreet Coffee, you'll notice two versions of the coffee flavor wheel hanging on the walls. One is the 1995 edition coffee flavor wheel, and the other is the 2016 edition coffee flavor wheel. Comparing the two versions, you'll notice that the 2016 edition
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How to Brew Blue Mountain Coffee - Delicious Blue Mountain Coffee Flavors
Recommended dosage: Approximately 10-15g of Blue Mountain coffee grounds per cup to brew 6-8oz of coffee. Steps for brewing Blue Mountain coffee with a siphon: Step one - grind beans, fineness: 4.5. Step two - hook down the filter, ensuring no gap between the filter and glass container, as gaps will not only cause coffee grounds to fall into the water below
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Jamaican Blue Mountain Quality Coffee Siphon Brewing Method and Parameter Guide
Recommended dosage: approximately 10-15g of Blue Mountain coffee grounds per cup to brew 6-8oz of coffee. Steps for brewing Blue Mountain coffee with a siphon pot: Step 1 - Grind beans, fineness: 4.5 Step 2 - Hook down the filter to avoid gaps between the filter and glass container, because gaps not only cause coffee grounds to fall into the water below
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Differences Between Yirgacheffe and Sidamo Coffee: Price Gap Comparison
Professional coffee knowledge exchange - for more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style). Many coffee enthusiasts cannot distinguish between the two regions [Yirgacheffe] and [Sidamo], both belonging to Ethiopia. Simply put, Sidamo is a province, while Yirgacheffe is a town within Sidamo province.
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Roast Level Discussion: Is Light Roast Coffee Easier to Store or Dark Roast Coffee? How to Brew Dark Roast Coffee Beans
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account cafe_style) Today's research topic: Are light roast coffee beans easier to store or dark roast coffee beans? To find this answer, we need to conduct an experiment: Which one has longer off-gassing time during blooming - lightly roasted beans or dark roast coffee beans? By comparing coffee beans with different roast levels, we can...
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What Causes the Center to Collapse After Blooming in Pour-Over Coffee | A Brief Analysis of the Depression Pit Formation in Pour-Over Coffee
For professional coffee knowledge exchanges and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (official WeChat account: cafe_style). That's right, we all love pour-over coffee! Pour-over coffee possesses infinite charm, not just in its ritualistic process, but also in the delightful enjoyment that well-extracted pour-over coffee brings us, just like handcrafted coffee does.
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What's the Difference Between Manual and Electric Coffee Grinders? Which One Should Beginners Buy?
As coffee gradually becomes part of people's daily lives, more and more friends are starting to brew their own coffee. The most important thing about brewing coffee is selecting the right equipment! The quality of equipment can directly affect the final taste of coffee, among which the most influential factor is—the coffee grinder. Just like other
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What are the Basic Parameters of Espresso Coffee and What are the Steps to Make a Shot of Espresso?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information can be found by following the Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee explains the basic parameters of Espresso. The extraction time is 25 seconds, try to follow this duration unless you plan to conduct some different experiments. The amount of coffee grounds will depend on the size of your portafilter (single and double shot), requiring 8-10 grams of grounds for each shot of Espresso.
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What Causes Espresso Machine Leaks? Why Do Coffee Machines Drip During Espresso Extraction?
Recently, many friends have provided feedback to FrontStreet Coffee's backend: "Espresso machines often experience leaking during the extraction process." This issue is actually easy to resolve once we understand the underlying principles. Normally, during espresso extraction, water within a sealed space is only subjected to pressure from the coffee machine
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How to Adjust Espresso Dosing Grinders and Key Considerations for Coffee Grind Size Settings
A dosing grinder, as the name suggests, is a coffee grinder that can set a specific amount of coffee grounds for each grind, eliminating the step of weighing the coffee powder (time). It sounds like a more convenient grinder. But is this really the case? Dosing grinders have two working methods—by weight and by time. Most dosing grinders on the market use time-based dosing.
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Is Cloudy Pour-Over Coffee Safe to Drink? Understanding Coffee Clarity
Have you ever observed how your coffee's appearance changes in daily life? Various factors influence its color and clarity—from red to black tones, bright to dark shades, and clear to cloudy consistencies. The term we use, "soup color," actually originates from tea terminology, where "tea soup color" is a professional term describing how tea's appearance varies based on brewing methods and fermentation levels.
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Why Weigh Coffee Doses After Using a Doser Grinder for Espresso?
A customer once asked: "Why do you use a doser grinder but, unlike some chain brands, weigh the grounds again after grinding before using them? Doesn't this defeat the purpose of having a doser grinder?" Before answering this question,
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How to Make Espresso? What Factors Affect the Extraction of a Shot of Espresso?
Every time you drink espresso, you find it bitter and astringent? Maybe you're not approaching it the right way! Making espresso might seem simple—just grind the beans, tamp them, lock the portafilter, and press a button, right? Not quite! In fact, there are many important details to consider within just a few minutes! First, let's look at the coffee beans! That's right, if you want to produce a consistent
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Does Tapping the Dripper Affect Coffee Extraction?
A single coffee bean is composed of various flavor compounds, including acidity, sweetness, bitterness, aroma, and more, each dissolving at different rates—some quickly, others slowly. To achieve a pot of coffee that captures all these delightful flavors without exhibiting the negative taste of over-extraction, we draw upon our previous brewing experience, perfecting the "fundamentals"
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SCAA Coffee Flavor Wheel Flavor Profiles: The New Coffee Flavor Wheel Offers More Intuitive Flavor Descriptions
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). FrontStreet Coffee's Flavor Wheel Usage Guide 1. Smell Coffee flavors are incredibly complex. The smelling step is extremely important because our noses can recognize thousands of flavors, while our mouths can only distinguish a few basic tastes: sour, sweet, bitter, salty, and umami. Compared to the limited palate, our nose is truly our primary tool for...
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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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