What kind of coffee beans do you use for iced coffee? What is the taste and flavor of iced coffee? Is the ice drop bitter?

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Some time ago, a guest came to the store and asked, "what kind of coffee beans can be used for ice drop coffee?" For this type of question, you will find the answer in this issue of barista cultivation!

How does Qianjie make ice drop coffee?

The ice drop rack used in the front street is Tiamo HG2713, which belongs to a relatively large ice drop coffee pot, including a water bottle on the upper pot, a glass powder cup, a snake tube, and a coffee bottle on the bottom pot. Some ice drop bottles may be of integrated design or omit the snake tube. But this does not affect the production of ice drop coffee, we can choose.

The front street uses this type of ice drop rack, the coffee powder cup holds 60g coffee powder, extract the coffee liquid of 600ml, the powder-to-liquid ratio is as high as 1:10. As for the degree of grinding, a slightly smaller scale than hand-brewed coffee will be chosen, and if judged by the 850 μ m screen, the screening rate will be about 85%. The proportion of ice-water mixture is 1:1 and the throttle valve is controlled at a flow rate of 7 drops / 10 seconds. The whole extraction time lasts about 6-8 hours. After the extraction is finished, it will be chilled in a bottle for 12 hours before drinking.

The overall feeling of the ice drop coffee made in this way will be relatively rich, and the front street will be chilled and diluted by adding ice at the time of production. In this way, the quality can be maintained for a longer time when tasting.

What coffee beans do you choose to make ice drop coffee in front street coffee?

In theory, hand-made coffee beans can be used to make ice-drop coffee. Let's share the formula of ice-drop coffee that is often made by Qianjie Coffee.

① dark berry type: 60 grams of Costa Rican Mozart, Mozart coffee beans using anaerobic honey treatment, itself has a very special raisin aroma. Used to make iced coffee will show a very obvious blueberry, black grape and wine fermented flavor, refreshing taste, teeth and cheeks stay fragrant.

② refreshing clean type: 60 grams of Asalia, Kenya, Assaria's acid is very lively, as a whole like a cup of fruit juice, used to make ice drop coffee will have the fragrance of virgin fruit, grapefruit, taste fresh and light acid, very suitable for summer drinking.

③ sweet and delicious: Indonesia gold Mantenin 60 grams, few shops will use deep-roasted coffee to make ice drops of coffee, never tried may think that deep-roasted coffee beans made of ice droplets will be very bitter, in fact, this is not the case. Using the ice drop production method of Qianjie and mixing it with ice after 24 hours in the refrigerator, Golden Mantenin Ice drop Coffee is sweet, a hint of chocolate bitterness, the whole is very clear, and the fermentation feeling of a strong fragrance is comfortable.

④ front street classic ice drop: Shirley 30 grams + Beethoven 30 grams, this is the front street self-made ice drop formula, but also many guests' favorite ice drop formula. In the production, the sherry coffee beans and Beethoven coffee beans are stirred and then ground. After making ice drops, it shows a strong aroma of whisky, and the blend of refreshing citrus fruit and full vanilla cream is memorable.

Space is limited. Qianjie has only accepted four of Qianjie's most popular ice drop recipes. Other coffee beans can also try to make ice droplets. There may be unexpected surprises.