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Should the Final 15ml of Pour-Over Coffee Be Removed? Can You Skip the Last Portion?
Once while brewing coffee, a customer nearby asked, "Should the last portion of this coffee be kept?" The last portion After some investigation, the decision to keep or remove the last portion refers to removing the filter cone (cutting off the flow) when there are still 15-20ml of coffee liquid remaining in the filter cone during the final stage of brewing. Those who use this method of removing the last portion believe that the final portion will have bitter, astringent, and miscellaneous flavors, so it should be
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What Does Coffee Cleanliness Mean? Which Coffee Beans Have Better Cleanliness?
Nowadays, the first impression of a cup of coffee is often the most attractive with distinctive flavors. However, the cleanliness of a cup of coffee is also very important. What are the characteristics of clean coffee? A cup of clean coffee, in FrontStreet Coffee's opinion, has no off-flavors or defect flavors. Moreover, it is clear and transparent. Off-flavors and defect flavors generally refer to tastes that are universally recognized as unpleasant. Imagine
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Why Does Coffee Become Astringent and Develop Off-Flavors When It Cools? What Is the Ideal Temperature for Drinking Coffee?
FrontStreet Coffee's store rarely makes pour-over coffee for takeout. Even when customers insist, FrontStreet Coffee's barista will gently remind them, "Coffee is best enjoyed hot. It won't taste as good once it cools." Have you ever experienced this? When taking that first sip of freshly brewed pour-over coffee, you're greeted with wonderful aromas and smooth flavors
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Methods for Brewing High-Cleanliness Pour-Over Coffee: How to Evaluate Coffee's Cleanliness and Flavor Profile?
For pour-over single-origin coffee, while the flavor of the brew is important, cleanliness should not be overlooked. High-clarity coffee does not necessarily mean weak or thin. A cup of high-clarity coffee refers to coffee that is exceptionally clean, without off-flavors. Therefore, the lighter the coffee doesn't necessarily mean it's cleaner, nor does acidity indicate cleanliness.
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What Does Coffee Cleanliness Mean? Recommendations for Pour-Over Coffee Beans with Clean, Bright Flavor
FrontStreet Coffee mentioned previously that coffee flavor and body create your coffee experience—flavor captures your attention while body represents the mouthfeel. The combination of these elements provides a multi-sensory experience through smell, taste, and touch. Today, FrontStreet Coffee will discuss cleanliness, which is also crucial for coffee quality.
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Where Did the Herbal Flavors of Indonesian Mandheling Coffee Go? How to Handle Off-Flavors When Brewing Pour-Over Mandheling Coffee
Mandheling is a highly polarizing coffee bean—those who love it become intoxicated by its wild spice notes, herbal aromatics, caramel and cocoa flavors, along with its incomparably rich, viscous mouthfeel. Those who dislike it find that beyond its bitterness and roastiness, it carries notes of medicinal herbs, earthiness, and wood. Often, when describing Mandheling coffee
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Why Rinse the Grinder Before Brewing Coffee? How to Clean a Coffee Grinder? Will Not Rinsing the Grinder Cause Off-Flavors in Pour-Over Coffee?
Grinder rinsing, as the name suggests, is the practice of cleaning a coffee grinder. To extend the grinder's service life, we perform regular deep cleaning to ensure that its burrs and other components remain unaffected by external contaminants that could cause issues. However, grinder rinsing...
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Introduction to Grind Size, Roast Level, and Processing Methods for Paradise Bird Estate Specialty Coffee Beans with Slight Off-Flavors
Papua New Guinea boasts rich natural resources but suffers from a very underdeveloped economy. As one of the world's least developed countries, many mountain residents still live original tribal self-sufficient lives, with only coastal areas being relatively more developed. Many farms cultivate land in forest regions, some of which are deep in the forest, almost completely isolated from the outside world. Therefore, in Papua New Guinea, there is not
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What Are Coffee Blends? Can Espresso Blends Be Pour-Over? Can You Create Your Own Espresso Blends?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat account: cafe_style). What are coffee blends? Can espresso blends be pour-over? Can you create your own espresso blends? Blending: Since single-origin coffee beans have different characteristics and people's tastes vary, most coffee shops don't simply use a single variety.
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How Fine Should You Grind Coffee for Pour-Over? Calibration Guidelines for Grinder Settings
FrontStreet Coffee emphasizes the importance of parameters when analyzing pour-over coffee knowledge. Using the right water temperature, the right grind size, the right coffee-to-water ratio, and the right pouring method will definitely yield the right coffee. This "right" is not unique; it's just that FrontStreet Coffee believes these values are very beginner-friendly and simple during our exploration process.
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How to Taste Costa Rican Coffee Beans - Pleasant Sweet and Sour Flavor Profile
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style) FrontStreet Coffee - Costa Rican Coffee Introduction Costa Rica's volcanic soil is extremely fertile and has good drainage properties making it the first Central American country to grow coffee and bananas for commercial value. Coffee and bananas are the country's main export products. High-quality Costa Rican coffee
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Why Does Pour-Over Coffee Have Foam? Is Foam in Pour-Over Coffee Good or Bad?
When brewing pour-over coffee, many find it therapeutic to see rich coffee foam forming. Have you ever wondered what causes coffee foam and how it affects the flavor of your brew? Anyone who has brewed pour-over coffee has likely experienced the abundant foam that emerges during the first pour after blooming. The foam that appears during the initial pour is a fascinating aspect of the brewing process.
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How to Properly Evaluate Coffee? Standards for Assessing Coffee Cleanliness, Acidity, Sweetness, Mouthfeel, and Aftertaste
When it comes to tasting coffee, many people often discuss flavors. It seems that the ability to taste coffee is closely related to how many flavors one can detect. However, this is not necessarily the case. Tasting refers to tasting and evaluating, which is different from drinking coffee in an ordinary way, just as we often enjoy tasting single-origin coffee, but rarely
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What is Coffee Cleanliness? Cupping Cleanliness Definition and Coffee Roasting Considerations
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style) Guide When FrontStreet Coffee's barista cups each coffee bean the first thing they look for is not its flavor but its cleanliness. As the first scoring item in COE cupping cleanliness's importance is evident~If cleanliness doesn't pass the subsequent scoring items will also fail
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Why Does Pour-Over Coffee Taste Weak? How to Brew Flavorful Coffee That Isn't Watery?
For professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat Official Account: cafe_style) 'Temperature' 1. Extraction rate: Temperature has a significant impact on coffee extraction rate. Bitter, astringent, and burnt flavors are later-stage flavors. If the brewed coffee tastes bitter, burnt, or astringent, you can reduce the extraction water temperature to adjust. The
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Washed Processing: Pros and Cons, Characteristics of Washed Coffee Processing, Kenya Washed Processing
Professional coffee knowledge exchange and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Coffee beans must immediately enter processing after harvesting, otherwise they will begin to ferment and develop off-flavors. The main processing methods include natural and washed methods, which create different flavor profiles. Natural processed beans have complete natural richness
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Why is My Brewed Coffee So Weak? What Causes Under-extraction in Pour-over Coffee? Does the Coffee-to-Water Ratio Affect Coffee Strength?
Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Attention! That's not a frog croaking, but rather the exclamation from someone who has just tasted a coffee as weak as water. Of course, FrontStreet Coffee doesn't rule out the possibility that this might be some single person's reaction. Coffee that tastes either too strong or too weak is a very common phenomenon, not just for beginners who are just starting out.
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Sidamo Sun-Dried Lion King Coffee Bean Flavor and Taste Characteristics, Introduction to Ethiopia's Guji Coffee Growing Region Story
Lion King Natural Process Ethiopia Sidamo Province Guji region coffee flavors are exceptionally diverse, as different soil compositions, regional microclimates, and countless native coffee varieties create distinct differences and characteristics in coffee produced by each town area. Sidamo Growing Region (Sidama)
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What Are Washed Coffee Beans_ Coffee Bean Washed Processing Method & Procedure_ Washed Coffee Bean Flavor Characteristics
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style ) Today I'd like to share with everyone what washed coffee beans are. Coffee beans after harvest must immediately enter the processing procedure, otherwise they will start to ferment, causing the coffee beans to produce off-flavors. The processing methods include two types: natural and washed, and these two methods will create different flavors
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What Are the Five Major Pour-Over Coffee Techniques and Which One Tastes Best
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat Official Account: cafe_style). With a dazzling array of pour-over methods available, this article collects the five most common pour-over coffee techniques from the internet, conducts experiments, and briefly analyzes their flavor profiles and differences. We hope this can serve as a reference for friends just learning pour-over coffee, as well as spark new creative inspiration for experienced enthusiasts.
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