SOE and Dirty can be said to be the two biggest internet celebrities in the coffee industry. In recent years, many coffee shops have launched SOE and Dirty, which are made from single-origin beans. Front Street has also encountered many customers who asked as soon as they entered the door: "Can you use SOE to make dirty food?" Front Street was also curious about this, what kind of sparks will SOE and dirty make, and will many coffee lovers flock to it?
Dirty in the world of ice and fire
What Dirty drinks is its clear-cut feeling, so after the coffee is made, there is no need to stir it evenly or use a straw, but to drink it directly from the surface, and it is recommended to drink it in three to four sips.
The first sip is a rich and warm espresso (with a small amount of milk), which makes us feel the strong coffee flavor; the second sip is an unsaturated blend of milk and coffee, which can taste the fragrant milk chocolate flavor; the third sip is iced milk and a faint coffee aroma. Without the dilution of ice cubes, the overall taste of Dirty is very full, from bitter to sweet, from hot to ice, it is a very rich and multi-layered experience.
In order to separate the coffee from the milk and retain more oil on it, it is best to use specialized medium-dark roasted Italian beans, which can have a richer caramelized aroma during extraction without the unpleasant bitter taste caused by being roasted too darkly.
The barista recommends that the front street commercial blend is the first choice for making Dirty. It uses typical combinations from Brazil and Colombia, and then adds a small amount of Robusta to enhance the original flavor level. The coffee exhibits complex nutty aromas such as almonds, almonds, and walnuts. It has good oil fluidity, low acidity and mellow taste. Plus the price advantage, it is the best choice whether you are opening a store or using it at home or in the office.
If you prefer complex nutty aromas such as almonds, almonds, and walnuts, we recommend Front Street Boutique Blend. It contains a large proportion of Brazilian coffee beans, which provides a comfortable sweet and bitter taste for the concentrate. It is extremely smooth in the mouth and has a rich roasting aroma. Not only does the Dirty have beautiful layers, but also dark brown "tiger spots" remain on the surface of the coffee.
Why use SOE to do dirty?
Everyone should know that SOE is a coffee product that can taste the unique terroir of the production area. When using SOE to make Dirty, you can not only feel the unique layering of Dirty, but also taste the more directional coffee aroma. You can choose your favorite flavor characteristics to make espresso.
Different beans express different flavors, such as a medium-light roasted SOE that is rich in floral and fruity tones, such as Front Street Yirgacheffe, or a medium-dark roasted SOE that emphasizes dark chocolate spices, such as Front Street Mandheling.
What kind of SOE is more suitable for making dirty? If I am determined to make this bean dirty, how should I adjust it? In this regard, Front Street will share with you some attempts to use SOE to make Dirty for your reference. (In this test, the extraction parameters used by Front Street ranged from: powder weight 20 grams, liquid weight 38 grams, extraction time 27 to 33 seconds)
Try One: Medium Roasted Front Street Red Cherry Yirgacheffe SOE (Sun-Dried)
SOE Dirty, made with Front Street red cherry extract, has a soft citrus citric acidity in the first sip, with a slightly creamy aftertaste; in the second sip, the iced milk further stimulates the taste buds' perception of the sour aroma, and the coffee and milk are not fully integrated, as if drinking orange-flavored milk. (The SOE beans from Yirgacheffe are lighter in roasting degree than the Nuanyang blend used daily in stores. After debugging, the concentrate has thinner fat and lighter color.)
Attempt 2: Medium-dark Front Street Queen Manor ·Brazil (sun-dried)
This one comes from the Front Street Queen Manor in Brazil and is a medium-dark roast. After making it into SOE Dirty coffee, the rich buttery cookie flavor fills the entire mouth the moment you drink it. The mellow and smooth hot coffee also has the sweetness of ice milk at the end. In the second sip, you will get more diluted almond flavored coffee and the sweetness of iced milk; after that, the overall flavor is like nutty chocolate milk.
After making two types of SOE Dirty with traditional processing methods, Front Street suddenly thought about what would happen if the beans with extremely strong flavor encountered SOE Dirty. Therefore, Front Street took out the Front Street Blackberry and tried the following.
Try Three: Medium Roasted Front Street Blackberry Costa (Black Honey Processed)
As the name suggests, the SOE Dirty after being made with Front Street Blackberries smells of strong berry aroma; although it tastes like a sour and sweet cranberry milk flavor, the aftertaste after swallowing is not as long as expected and fleeting; after the second sip, the coffee flavor becomes much lighter, with more of the fresh and sweet taste of milk, and it tastes like milk with a little coffee flavor.
It may also be that Front Street has never found a suitable extraction solution, resulting in the flavor of SOE not being full enough. The beans of Front Street blackberries treated with black honey are crisper and more flexible than sun-dried and washed beans, and are more sensitive to fine-tuning of the grinding degree. It is relatively difficult to adjust the appropriate extraction parameters. Getting a relatively suitable cup of SOE requires several or even more than a dozen adjustments. This process is painful and long. I hope that all persistent coffee lovers will eventually be able to debug and make a cup of SOE Dirty that you are satisfied with.
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
