The emergence of coffee machines has made people's lives more convenient. They have been spread by word of mouth and recommended to each other. Whether at home, in the office, or for commercial use, traces of coffee machines can be seen. The functions, styles, brewing methods, etc. of coffee machines have also been constantly improved and evolved. Since the birth of the world's first coffee machine in 1818, over two hundred years have passed since then. Countless star-level coffee machines with great reputations and recommendations by household names have been launched, and they have become one of the indispensable life companions of modern people!
At present, household coffee machines can be divided into two categories, one is an Italian coffee machine that extracts espresso, and the other is a drip-type American coffee machine. Because the extraction principles are different, the coffee beans used will also be somewhat different.
Espresso Machine
It has a boiler design inside to facilitate the production of hot water. The high-pressure hot water, which is close to boiling, is passed through finely ground and flat-packed coffee powder to produce a drink of about 30ml. It has a rich flavor and a dense layer of oil.
Various coffee making methods: After adding water to espresso, it can become a cup of Americano coffee. You can also add milk, syrup, cream, spices and other flavorings to make coffee drinks with different flavors such as macchiato, cappuccino, latte, mocha... etc.
Features
There are different models to choose from such as semi-automatic and fully automatic.
Semi-automatic: Contains one or more brewing heads, short brewing time, effectively supplied in commercial environments that require large amounts and fast brewing
Fully automatic: It has a grinding mechanism and the whole process is automatically controlled. The brewing time is longer than that of semi-automatic models.
Because it has a supercharging function, espresso coffee not only has a rich taste, but also has a dense layer of coffee oil foam on the surface, which we call Crema. The color of the oil tends to be golden yellow or brown, and the aroma also emits different flavor characteristics depending on the different coffee beans used. When making espresso, it is recommended to use medium to dark roasted coffee beans, because this has a higher success rate.
1. Fruity Americano coffee beans: Front Street Strawberry Candy
Front Street Strawberry Candy Italian Coffee Beans are made from three production areas: Costa Rica, Colombia, and Ethiopia. They combine sun-dried, washed, and honey-processed coffee to create a flavor with rose, grape, orange, cream, and almond. It has a soft taste, sweet and sour taste, and is very suitable for summer drinking.
2. For full-bodied American coffee beans, Front Street Commercial Blend is the first choice.
Using Front Street Coffee commercial blended coffee beans, Colombian coffee beans, Brazilian coffee beans and Robusta coffee beans are selected. The coffee produced has the sweetness of caramel, the flavor of nuts, cocoa, and dark chocolate, with a balance of sweet and sour, a little bit of sweetness and bitterness, and a long-lasting aftertaste.
3. For neutral and balanced American coffee beans, buy Front Street Boutique.
We use Front Street boutique blended coffee beans, including Colombian coffee beans and Brazilian coffee beans. The extracted coffee has a soft, slightly sour, sweet, nutty aftertaste. The overall feeling is not too irritating, mild, and the oil is medium.
American coffee machine Electric Drip Coffee
The mechanized drip filtering method is divided into two layers. The upper layer is a funnel-shaped filter; the lower layer is placed with a coffee pot. The extraction time varies depending on the machine model. Since the extraction time is difficult to control, the caffeine content may be relatively high.
Features
Easy to operate: pour coffee powder and hot water to brew coffee
Popularization: There are many styles, ranging from simple and compact to multi-functional models. You can choose according to your own needs.
Wide capacity range: one to multiple cups of coffee can be brewed according to needs
Compared with Italian coffee machines, American coffee machines do not have a pressurization function, so the extraction is relatively simple, and the coffee beans are not too particular. We only need to combine our own taste. Here are a few recommended coffee beans suitable for making drip filter American coffee:
1. Fresh and fruity sour: Front Street Colombian Claw
This Front Street Xija SOE comes from Cymbidium, a famous production area in Colombia. It is produced by the Divide Manor. It is close to the volcanic zone, which gives the coffee a rich aroma. The mature coffee cherries are double anaerobic sun-dried and are moderately roasted, which maximizes the floral and fruity aroma. The Italian coffee will have obvious flavors of blueberry juice, passion fruit, ripe grapes, and the sweet and sour taste of apricots;
Front Street Colombian Hija coffee beans
Origin: Colombia Cymbidium
Manor: Divide Manor
Altitude: 1700m
Treatment method: double anaerobic sun exposure
Breed: Cicada
Flavor: passion fruit, grape, berry, apricot, preserved fruit
2. Fermented Fruit Wine Flavor: Front Street Costa Rican Blackberry
In order to make the flavor of SOE coffee extraction more concrete, it is recommended to choose some coffee beans with mature fruit flavors, which will make it easier for us to drink the sweet fermentation feeling like fruit wine.
Front Street Costa Rican Blackberry Coffee Beans
Origin: Costa Rica Tara beads
Manor: Palong Treatment Plant
Altitude: 1700m
Breed: Catura
Processing method: black honey processing
Flavor: Grape juice, blueberry, floral, fermentation
During the peeling process of honey processing, coffee farmers can freely adjust the amount of pectin retained according to the desired degree of fermentation. Because pectin is rich in sugar, the more pectin is retained, the darker the color of the coffee beans will be after drying. Black honey retains the highest amount of gum among the four, almost no pectin is removed, and it takes the longest to dry. It generally needs to be dried in the sun for more than 14 days. Therefore, the coffee processed with black honey has a very rich flavor and a rich sweetness.
3. Mellow, rich and bitter: Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor
Some friends may think that the SOE coffee produced by the above two types of Front Street is not "coffee-flavored" enough. The mellow and rich coffee beans should be suitable for you. For example, the Brazilian Queen Manor coffee beans on Front Street are very representative.
Front Street Brazilian Queen Estate Coffee Beans
Production area: Morgiana production area
Manor: Queen Manor Fazenda Rainha
Altitude: 1400-1950m
Variety: Yellow Bourbon
Treatment method: Sun treatment
Flavor: Cream Peanut Sucrose Nut Chocolate
Unlike many commercial beans produced on a large scale in Brazil, Queen's Manor in Brazil mainly produces fine batches of coffee beans, using excellent yellow bourbon varieties. Through sun-drying treatment, Front Street Brazilian Queen Manor coffee not only has a strong flavor of cream, peanuts, and nuts, but also has a super sweet aftertaste of sucrose. Made into SOE, it has a strong coffee aroma and a significant aftertaste.
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
