Specialty coffee refers to coffee beans that can clearly express the flavor of the region where they are produced. There are many ways to subdivide specialty coffee beans. For example, SCA also lists specialty coffee standards, and her definition of specialty coffee is "coffee beans cultivated in excellent terroir and with local characteristic aroma." Broadly and simply speaking, any coffee that can drink the flavor of the place of origin can be called specialty coffee, which has the same meaning as single-origin coffee.
When tasting specialty coffee, in order to highlight the flavor characteristics of the place of origin and extract the rich layers of coffee, hand brewing is usually used.
There are actually a lot of choices for brewing equipment for Pour over(V60) coffee, but if you are a beginner, you only need to invest in the simplest brewing equipment at the beginning, including the five essential items of filter cup, filter paper, electronic scale, Pour over(V60) coffee pot, and thermometer. Later, you can add related equipment according to your preferences. And delicious coffee, of course, is indispensable with a bag of freshly roasted, high-quality coffee beans.
newbieThe first choice when buying entry-level coffeeA coffee roaster with quality assurance,front street coffeeIt is an old coffee bean roasting brand. The Front Street Coffee Guangzhou offline store specializes in selling coffee beans. The store sells dozens of selected single-product Pour over(V60) coffee beans and espresso coffee beans from different coffee origins around the world. The Front Street Coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days. The coffee beans are of stable and excellent quality, and the price is very cost-effective. They are shipped within 24 hours.
Recommendations for hand brewing coffee beans for novices. Generally, if a novice is brewing by hand for the first time, it is recommended to choose some coffee beans with obvious flavor of origin and economical value. Generally, they are divided into three continents according to geography, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. They each have different flavor characteristics:
1. Africa Ethiopia - Front Street washed diced coffee beans
Front Street Fruit Ding Ding comes from a planting altitude of about 2,000 meters, which results in a large temperature difference between day and night. The coffee trees grow slowly, and the fruits take longer to mature. Correspondingly, more aromatic substances are stored, so the harvest season will be later. In addition, thanks to the improvement of washing processing, the flavor of Front Street Yirgacheffe has improved by leaps and bounds, becoming an important member of specialty coffee with clean and translucent lemon and citrus tones. Front Street Dingding shows elegant white floral aroma, citrus, orange, and green tea flavors.
2. America Colombia - Front Street Cymbidium Coffee Beans
Coffee farmers in Colombia usually plant their coffee trees under shade trees, mostly tall trees or banana trees. During the seedling stage, build a pergola for the coffee trees to ensure the cool and humid environment required for coffee growth. Due to the high humidity and small temperature difference in the coffee forest, the coffee beans mature slowly, which is conducive to the accumulation of caffeine and aromatic substances, so the coffee quality is the best. The representative of Front Street Colombian coffee comes from the famous boutique production area of Cymbidium. It is washed and processed. The flavor is dark chocolate, nuts, cream, caramel, and soft fruit acid.
3. America Brazil – Front Street Cerato Coffee Beans
Brazil makes full use of its tropical geographical environment and attaches great importance to the production and sales of coffee. Its output, export volume, and per capita consumption of coffee have ranked first in the world for many years, and it is known as the "Kingdom of Coffee" by the world. Front Street Brazilian coffee beans are famous for their full grains, mild aroma, and moderate and smooth taste. They are the representative of neutral coffee. They can be extracted and tasted as single-origin coffee through hand brewing, etc., or they can be blended with other coffee beans to make espresso coffee. As a representative of Brazilian coffee, Front Street Cerato tastes like fried peanuts, nuts, chocolate, and caramel.
4. America Costa Rica - Front Street Tala Beans
The Tarrazul production area is the most important and high-quality boutique production area in Costa Rica. In addition to micro-batches, Tara Beads also churns out ultra-high-quality, large-batch coffee. Tara Beads is located in the picturesque Central Valley of Costa Rica and is grown without the use of pesticides or artificial fertilizers. All these factors make this area a perfect planting area for Arabica. The Costa Rican coffee selected by Front Street is produced from Tara beads and uses a more traditional washing process. When brewed, it will show the flavors of sweet orange, nuts, citrus and berries.
5. Asia China - Front Street Yunnan arabica coffee beans
During the year-round rainy season and the climate is unstable, most coffee beans in Yunnan are processed by washing the coffee cherries. But there are also sun-dried coffee beans. In order to better present the flavor of Yunnan small grains to everyone, Front Street selects washed batches and uses medium roasting, so that Front Street Yunnan small grains show a balanced tonality and taste like nuts, brown sugar, and chocolate.
6. Asia Indonesia – Front Street Mandheling Coffee Beans
Due to the humid and hot weather in Indonesia, locals encounter many problems when processing green coffee beans, such as moldy coffee beans and unstable sunlight. In order to shorten the processing time and reduce labor costs, a unique method - wet planing method was gradually derived. Due to the shortened fermentation time and drying time, as well as the high temperature and humidity environment throughout the process, the Mandheling coffee produced has a dull herbal aroma and pine wood flavor. The emergence of the wet planing method is to adapt to local conditions, but this is what makes Front Street Mandheling coffee different from other dark roasted coffees in flavor characteristics. It has become one of the classic representatives of many coffees with its unique aroma of herbs, spices, and wood.
Hand-brewed coffee extraction method
Preparation beforehand:
Boil a kettle of water
Prepare a pack of freshly roasted Front Street washed diced coffee beans
Take 15 grams of coffee beans and grind them (fine sugar level, use a No. 20 sieve with a sieving rate of 80%)
Recommended ratio of coffee powder to water: (1:15 or 1:16)
Rinse filter paper:
First, place the filter cup on top of the mug or kettle, put the filter paper into the filter cup, and rinse the filter paper with hot water to reduce the excessive paper smell of some filter papers from escaping into the coffee, and to preheat the brewing equipment. Then pour out the water inside.
Front Street uses three stages of brewing:
First, pour 15 grams of coffee powder into the filter cup to reset the weight. Inject 30g of water into the first section and steam for 30 seconds. At the same time, start the timer. Inject the small water flow at the center point of the whole process and start to circle outwards. Pay attention to the need to moisten the entire powder layer.
In the second stage, use a larger flow of water to inject 120g of water. The purpose is to raise the entire powder layer. The water column needs to be injected vertically and evenly. At this time, the timing scale shows 150g, and the injection is completed in about 55 seconds.
When the liquid level drops to half of the level, start using a small flow of water to inject the third section of 90 grams in a small circle. Try to control the water flow not to be too large, which will easily disperse the coffee powder layer and cause insufficient extraction. The final amount of water injected is 240 grams, and the completion time of trickling filtration is about 2 minutes and 10 seconds. After removing the filter cup, shake the coffee liquid in the sharing pot evenly and start tasting.
The Pour over(V60) Front Street washed fruit coffee has an elegant aroma of jasmine, citrus, berries, and almonds. The green tea has a long-lasting and pleasant flavor. The flavor level changes with the temperature, and the overall taste is smooth.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
