At home, we most commonly use three types of coffee machines: espresso machines, American drip coffee machines, and capsule coffee machines. The first two appear most frequently, so many people ask what coffee beans are suitable for these two machines. Let’s first talk about the characteristics and differences between these two machines.
What is an espresso machine?
An espresso machine produces steam by heating water in a boiler. Using the pressure of steam, hot water at 94 degrees Celsius is quickly passed through extremely finely ground coffee powder at a pressure of 9-10 bar, and a coffee liquid as thick as honey is extracted. The coffee liquid will appear brown-red in the early stages of extraction, with a concentrated and smooth texture. As the extraction time increases, the coffee liquid will change from brown to golden yellow, and then to light golden yellow. Due to the high extraction concentration, water or milk is usually added to make Americano, latte, mocha and other coffees.
Espresso machines have relatively high requirements for extraction. Choosing lightly roasted beans can easily lead to insufficient extraction, resulting in concentrated sourness. Therefore, if you want to make coffee that tastes good and has good coffee oil, it is generally recommended to use medium-dark roasted coffee beans.
What is an Americano coffee machine?
The working principle of the American coffee machine is very simple. You only need to lay filter paper on the upper floor, pour in the coffee powder, then fill the water tank with water, and start the machine. The American drip filter machine will automatically heat the water and inject it into the coffee powder, dripping out the coffee liquid. Some coffee machines also have the function of keeping the coffee liquid warm or heating it. Because the concentration is low, black coffee made from an American machine is generally drunk directly.
Compared with Italian coffee machines, American coffee machines do not have a supercharging function, and the requirements for coffee beans are not too high. As long as it is the type that suits your taste, all roasting degrees are suitable for extraction by American coffee machines.
Coffee machine household ration beans popular list
1. Front Street. Classic Italian Pairing
Most coffee lovers have only heard of Mamba coffee, but they don't know the formula and origin of "Mamba". In fact, Mamba is a combination of Indonesian Mandheling beans and Brazilian coffee beans. The taste can play a complementary and harmonious role. Mamba blending was very popular in Taiwanese cafes in the early years, and it can be regarded as an ancient coffee flavor. Front Street's classic Italian blend is based on the Mamba recipe and adds Robusta, which fully improves the oiliness of the coffee and makes the Italian coffee body stronger. It is suitable for home production and used for latte art.
2. Front Street. Premium Italian blends
As the world's top coffee-producing countries, Brazilian coffee and Colombian coffee have long been famous. Front Street combines coffee beans from the two production areas. The nutty aroma and balanced taste of Brazilian coffee and the chocolate tonality of Colombian coffee perfectly achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two. The extracted espresso has the flavor of butter cookies, cocoa, and roasted nuts. Suitable for friends who don't like sour taste, used for making American style and latte.
3. Front Street. Strawberry candy Italian style
If you want to make an espresso with a floral and fruity aroma, you should use medium roasted coffee beans. We recommend Front Street Strawberry Candy espresso coffee beans. You can order directly from Taobao or Tmall stores. This is a espresso made from Costa Rica Tara beads, which are famous for their honey processing, and Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. On this basis, coupled with Colombian coffee beans, the espresso you can prepare is not only non-irritating, but also has good oil and dense texture when extracted by the coffee machine. It also has a sweet and sour taste like strawberry gummy, suitable for making American style or latte.
4. Front Street. Bird of Paradise SOE
Like the world-famous Blue Mountain coffee, Papua New Guinea mainly grows the Typica variety. Typica has an elegant flavor, but is weak, has low disease resistance, and is susceptible to leaf rust. Front Street Coffee believes that the biggest characteristic of the Typica coffee tree is the bronze top leaves, which some people call "red-top coffee." The beans of Typica are larger, tapered or thin, and are different from the round-bodied beans of the Bourbon variety coffee beans. Front Street Bird of Paradise SOE has a pleasant toasty, nutty aroma and sugarcane-like sweetness, with a clean taste.
5. Front Street. Queen's Manor SOE
Front Street Brazilian Queen Estate belongs to the yellow bourbon variety, which is a genetic mutation of bourbon. Bourbon has always been considered the leader in coffee because of its high yield and good quality. Yellow Bourbon is a bourbon variant unique to the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. When the coffee berries mature, they do not turn red like red Bourbon, but turn orange, so it is named after Yellow Bourbon. Front Street Queen's Manor SOE contains nuts and chocolate, with balanced and smooth acidity, weak bitterness, clean finish, and overall viscous and soft texture.
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
