Green coffee beans themselves are rich in aroma and taste, but various physical and chemical reactions will occur during the roasting process, which can increase, decrease, and reorganize various flavors. Therefore, roasting has a very significant impact on the flavor of coffee. from front street view，You don't have to have dark roasted beans to make espresso. Coffee beans of any roasting degree can be used. It all depends on personal preferences and preferences. It’s just that Italians do like dark roasts.espresso beans, and most people may also prefer dark roastingcoffee beansThe flavor is less sour, richer in taste, and more mellow), so this has become the mainstream.
dark roast——The darker the color of the coffee beans, the sweeter and more mellow the flavor. At this time, when the oil has turned into caramel, the bitterness is gone and the aftertaste is endless. It is most suitable for brewing strong Espresso coffee, so it is also called Italian roasting method.
Long-term heating allows the coffee beans to store more gas. When extracted with an espresso machine, the gas will turn into coffee oil and form golden foam, which not only emits a caramel-like aroma, but also makes latte art a breeze. Therefore, if you are a latte lover, buy the dark roasted Front Street Classic Blend and Front Street Commercial Blend, which both add a small amount of Robusta to the Arabica base to provide the coffee with a rich caramel aroma and oily feeling.
Light roast——When the beans burst out with the first soft sound, the volume expands at the same time, and the color changes to a delicious cinnamon color, so it is also called cinnamon roast or half-city roast. Acidity dominates the flavor of lightly roasted beans, and the richness and caramel aroma are not fully developed, so it is generally used for fruit-acid single-origin coffee beans in African production areas.
There are many representatives of light roasted coffee beans. Front Street Fruit Tintin Yirgacheffe, Front Street Kaffa Forest, and Front Street Red Label Geisha are all popular styles with floral and fruity aromas. Because they are heated for a short time and are more acidic and less bitter, they are more suitable for normal pressure methods such as hand brewing, cold brewing, and French press than espresso coffee.
medium roast——When roasted for 10-11 minutes, the coffee beans will appear elegant brown. New Yorkers like to start their day with medium-roasted coffee beans, plus fragrant milk and sugar for breakfast. Therefore, this roasting method is also called breakfast roast or city roast. Medium roasting can preserve the original flavor of coffee beans and moderately release the aroma. Therefore, single-origin coffees such as Front Street Blue Mountain No. 1, Front Street 2013 Yunnan Xiaoli, Front Street Brazilian Cerato, Front Street Little Blue Mountain Bird of Paradise... often choose this roasting method. So if you like coffee with a balanced taste, buy medium roast beans.
medium roast coffee beans
At 12-16 minutes, the oil begins to rise to the surface, and the beans are burnt by the flames to turn a shiny dark brown color, which is called full-city roast. Some people believe that at this time, the acidity, sweetness, and bitterness of the coffee reach the most perfect balance point, and the character of the coffee beans is also delineated by clear lines.
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
