How to make American Coffee the correct ratio of Coffee to Water Super-detailed description of the taste of American Coffee making tutorial

With the development of the times, the development of coffee also continues to progress, experienced two waves of coffee we, although in the third wave of fine coffee wave, but Italian coffee is still important. Italian coffee making skills are compulsory skills for every barista, and almost every cafe will also produce Italian coffee. Front Street often said that espresso coffee is a series of coffee drinks based on espresso. Today, let Front Street share the practice of American coffee.

American coffee can be said to be the simplest Italian coffee, because American coffee is composed of only two parts, espresso and water, ice American coffee is more ice cubes. The easiest part is also the most technical part, and American coffee is often the espresso that tests a barista's espresso skills the most.

American coffee and latte coffee compared to these milk coffee, because less milk on the taste of coffee, so the most able to perceive the taste of coffee beans themselves, many barista friends go to other cafes will choose American coffee, one is convenient and fast, the second is to know the production level. Anyway, we just said that American coffee is easy to make, there are only two parts of water and espresso, so you just need to pour espresso into water.

Espresso needs to be extracted according to the characteristics of beans, and different beans have different extraction parameters. Daily barista should adjust according to the state of beans, and finally the most suitable time and amount. Get the best taste.

The sunflower warm sun blend coffee beans used in the former street are an example. After the production experience of the former street, the flavor of this coffee bean is the best after 12-14 days of cultivation. The espresso extraction scheme used in the former street is 20g coffee powder to extract 40 g espresso solution for 30 seconds.

When making hot American coffee, Front Street preheats the cup with hot water, then pours hot water, and finally pours the extracted espresso into it. The ratio of American coffee is generally between 1:6 and 1:8, while Front Street Coffee chooses a ratio of 1:6 after many adjustments, that is, 40 grams of coffee solution mixed with 240 grams of hot water.

Similarly, when making iced American coffee, pre-cool the glass with ice cubes, then pour in water, and finally pour in espresso. Because to add ice cubes, the ice American style of Front Street Coffee chooses a ratio of 1:7. 40 grams of coffee solution is mixed with 280 grams of ice water mixture, of which 180 grams of ice cubes and 100 grams of water.

Does it taste better without grease?

When making hot American coffee, you will notice a layer of foam floating on the coffee surface, which is often called coffee grease. This part of the fat comes from the fat produced when espresso is made. The three parts of espresso we know are the core, the body and the fat. Espresso oil comes from coffee powder under high pressure in the coffee machine, carbon dioxide is melted into the liquid, and then at the end of the extraction, the pressure returns to normal, the carbon dioxide in the coffee liquid begins to return to the air, and at the same time meets the fat in the coffee and is encapsulated. This is the reason for the oil.

What if we scraped the grease off it? Front Street Coffee tried to make two cups of American coffee, one of which was stripped of fat as a control group. Compared with the warm sun blend coffee beans in the former street coffee shop, the cup with the oil scraped off would be cleaner and smoother, while the cup with the oil retained would taste thicker. Both glasses have obvious dark chocolate, slight whisky oak barrel aroma, acid soft, the difference is not big, if you like clean taste recommended to scrape off the grease, if you need to continuously produce more recommended to retain grease.

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