As we all know, not everyone can accept the bitterness of coffee, even for adults, if they don’t like the taste, they just don’t like it. Therefore, in order to make the bitter taste of coffee less prominent and to make the coffee more drinkable, people add various ingredients that can mediate the bitter taste into coffee.
In addition to the familiar milk and sugar, condensed milk is also a "permanent player" that neutralizes the bitter taste of coffee. For example, Vietnam's drip coffee is a well-known masterpiece that adds a large amount of condensed milk to reduce the bitter taste. But unfortunately, what I want to share on Front Street today is not Vietnamese coffee, but a local specialty coffee produced in Spain - "Café Bombón".
What is Café Bombón?
Speaking of Spanish and condensed milk coffee, I believe that many friends will immediately think of the Spanish latte developed by a certain chain brand. It is a flavored latte based on latte and added with condensed milk. Compared with regular latte coffee, Spanish latte has a very rich sweetness and body due to the presence of condensed milk.
However, what we need to know is that although Spanish latte has Spain, it has nothing to do with Spain. We couldn't find this coffee as an option on local cafe menus. The reason is simple, there is no Spanish latte in Spain! At this time, some friends will ask: Since there is no Spanish latte in Spain, why is this coffee using condensed milk called Spanish latte?
Although there is no Spanish latte in Spain, a regional limited coffee - Café Bombón is sold in cafes in Valencia, Spain's third largest city. This coffee is made only from condensed milk and espresso, so if your guess is correct, the Spanish latte idea comes from this unique regional coffee. In other words, Spanish Latte is Café Bombón’s second creation.
The word "Bombón" means both chocolate and candy in Spanish. Therefore, Café Bombón can be understood as candy coffee or chocolate coffee. However, since Café Bombón is a product that only consists of condensed milk and espresso, there is no chocolate element in the whole cup of coffee, so Front Street is actually more inclined to choose candy coffee, after all, it does taste very sweet.
As mentioned before, this coffee is not popular throughout Spain. It is a local specialty coffee and a limited product of Valencia, the third largest city in Spain. In other words, outside of the city of Valencia, it will be difficult for us to find Café Bombón in Spain. But it doesn’t matter, since we can’t get it, we might as well do it ourselves. After all, it’s almost not difficult to obtain the two materials, and it’s not too simple to make!
To make espresso, we’d better choose the Front Street Italian bean series. If you like nutty pie, buy the Front Street boutique blend; if you want a fat explosion, the first choice is the Front Street commercial blend and the Front Street classic blend; if you’re looking for delicious and inexpensive beans, you can try the Front Street black cocoa basic blend. These are all hot favorites highly recommended by baristas.
In addition to espresso, we only need to prepare a portion of condensed milk. The ratio of condensed milk to espresso is 1:1. If the amount of espresso liquid we extract is 40ml, then the corresponding amount of condensed milk is 40ml. But those who have tasted condensed milk alone will know that condensed milk with added sugar is too sweet! ! ! Therefore, Front Street suggested that we can appropriately reduce the proportion of condensed milk so that this "candy" will not be too sweet. That’s right! In addition to these two, we'd better prepare a transparent glass with a capacity of about 100ml.
(It must be higher than the total amount, because espresso will have grease. The show cup used in front of the street suffers from this disadvantage and the espresso cannot be blended in at one time)
Because the density of condensed milk is relatively high, when it is placed on the bottom layer, the poured espresso cannot blend with it without external support. There will be a very obvious layering, which is very beautiful! A transparent glass can display such beautiful scenery, so Front Street recommends using glass. Then, when our props and materials are ready, we can start making coffee!
First, pour 30ml of condensed milk into the cup.
Then we started with the espresso extraction. The amount of powder used by Front Street this time was 19.8g, the extraction time was 31 seconds, and the liquid weight was 39ml. After we crush the powder and snap the handle on, remember to place the cup filled with condensed milk at the bottom to collect the concentrate. This can reduce the loss of oil and allow the coffee to have a more complete expression in the cup.
When the extraction is complete, we can remove the coffee and prepare a small spoon for tasting.
If you don’t have a spoon, other tools will work just as well. Because the purpose is mainly for stirring! Otherwise, even if it is left for too long, the coffee will not be able to blend because the density of the condensed milk is too high.
After mixing it evenly, Front Street took a bite. Unexpectedly, it was not bad! ! The coffee is not as sweet as expected. The aroma of whiskey blended with Nuanyang and the flavor of butter cookies are very prominent. In addition, there is a strong milk aroma of condensed milk, followed closely by the sweetness of condensed milk! The taste of the whole cup of coffee is smooth and mellow, which is very good.
Even for friends who don't like sweetness, this taste will still be a bit sweet. So if friends don’t like sweet drinks but want to try it, then we can reduce some condensed milk on this basis. The ratio of coffee to condensed milk is about 1:0.5.
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
